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The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) requires the reporting of participation in assessments overall and by subgroup, including students with disabilities. As states and school districts strive to meet the goals for adequate yearly progress required by NCLB, the use of individual accommodations continues to be scrutinized for effectiveness, threats to test validity, and score comparability. This report summarizes 49 empirical research studies completed on test accommodations between... - 1/1/08 - Goe, E., Bell, C., Little, O.
This research synthesis examines how teacher effectiveness is currently measured and provides practical guidance for how best to evaluate teacher effectiveness. It evaluates the research on teacher effectiveness and the different instruments used to measure it. In addition, it defines the components and indicators that characterize effective teachers, extending this definition beyond teachers' contribution to student achievement gains to include how teachers impact classrooms, schools, and... - Riccomini, P., Bost, L.W. , Katsiyannis, A., Zhang, D.
This Practice Brief based on the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) supported work by The What Works In Transition Synthesis Center, The Effects of Cognitive-Behavioral Interventions on Dropout for Youth with Disabilities (Cobb, Sample, Alwell, & Johns, 2005), provides educators with a conceptual understanding and technical information to assist in implementing cognitive-behavioral interventions that reduce aggressive behaviors in students. - 1/1/07 - Coggshall, J.
This communication framework was developed to promote effective dialogue about the measurement of teacher quality and effectiveness. It facilitates communication about policies regarding teacher effectiveness by helping to build a shared understanding of the terminology used in the discussion. Through a brief overview of teacher quality and the various instruments that can be used to collect evidence of its many facets, the framework illuminates both the possibilities and the limitations of... - 1/1/09 - Bryan Goodwin, Elizabeth Hubbell, Laura Lefkowits, Danette Parsley, Howard Pitler, Mel Sussman
At McREL, we analyze research on the science of education and translate it into effective teaching, schooling, and leadership practices. But we have learned that the effectiveness of any practice is dependent on the school culture. Culture is not “touchy-feely”—it makes a difference. In this issue, we take a critical look at school culture. We offer concrete guidance for improving school culture and provide examples of what happens when school leaders fail to acknowledge its importance... - 1/1/07 - Gersten, R., , Baker, S.K., Shanahan, T., Linan-Thompson, S., Collins, P. , Scarcella, R.
This practice guide, from the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, formulates evidence-based recommendations for teaching literacy to English Language Leaners (ELLs) in the elementary grades based on the current body of studies for each area. The authors evaluated the effect sizes of interventions to measure their impact on programs and practices. The recommendations involve areas such as curriculum selection, sensible... - 1/1/09 - Daphne L.M Worsham
Based on the priorities of IDEA 2004 states must report on their effectiveness in several areas. Parent Involvement is Indicator 8 in the State Performance Plan (submitted every 6 years) and the Annual Performance Report: “Percent of parents with a child receiving special education services who report that schools facilitated parent involvement as a means of improving services and results for children with disabilities.” (20 U.S.C. 1416 (a)(3)(A)). In the State Performance Plan (SPP... - 1/1/06 - T. B. Parrish, A. Merickel, M. Perez , R. Linquanti, M. Socias, A. Spain, , C. Speroni, P. Esra , L. Brock, D. Delancey
“In June of 1998, Proposition 227 was passed by 61 percent of the California electorate. The initiative was intended to significantly alter the ways in which the state’s English learners are taught. Proposition 227 requires that English learners be taught ‘overwhelmingly in English’ through sheltered/structured English immersion programs during ‘a temporary transition period not normally intended to exceed one year,’ and then transferred to mainstream English-language... - 1/1/09 - Fixsen, D. L., , Blase, K. A.
Stages of Implementation and stage-related work together with effective use of the Core Implementation Components are two key frameworks for creating an effective implementation infrastructure. We need to build, utilize, and evaluate implementation infrastructures and strategies if we are to achieve significant outcomes for consumers and communities. We must
learn how to implement well-researched programs and practices effectively on a national scale - 1/1/09 - Goe, E., Croft, A.
This brief is intended to help regional centers and state policymakers as they consider evaluation methods to clarify policy, develop new strategies, identify effective teachers, or guide and support districts in selecting and using appropriate evaluation methods for various purposes. - 1/1/09 - Wayne Wright
One of the greatest strengths ELL students bring to the classroom is their primary language (L1). Richard Ruiz (1984) reminds us that effective programs for ELLs view the primary language as a resource, rather than as a problem to be overcome. Even in non-bilingual classrooms teachers can utilize their students’ L1 in a manner which will make content-area instruction in English much more comprehensible (Wright, 2008). As Krashen (1985) has pointed out in his Comprehensible Input... - 1/1/09 - Peter Z. Schochet
In randomized control trials (RCTs) in the education field, the complier average causal effect (CACE) parameter is often of policy interest, because it pertains to intervention effects for students who receive a meaningful dose of treatment services. This report uses a causal inference and instrumental variables framework to examine the identification and estimation of the CACE parameter for two-level clustered RCTs. The report also provides simple asymptotic variance formulas for CACE... - 1/1/08 - Conger, D., Schwartz, A.E., Stiefel, L.
Objective: This paper explores the effect of the economic conditions of source countries and the human capital characteristics of coethnic immigrant communities on foreign-born students' reading and math achievement. Methods: We use data on New York City public school foreign-born students from 39 countries merged with Census data on thecharacteristics of the city's immigrants, and United Nations data on the economic conditions of countries. We estimate regressions of student achievement on... - 1/1/07 - Romero, M., Lee, Y.
It has long been recognized that chronic absenteeism and school truancy in middle and high school are significant problems with highly visible negative consequences for youth, and ultimately, for their employability as adults. Little is known, however, about chronic school absenteeism among early elementary school students, as well as among children in preschool programs. This brief reveals a significant level of absenteeism in the early school years, especially among low-income children... - 1/1/07 - Zenisky, A., Sireci, S.
A report summarizing test accommodations research published from 2005-2006, covering 32 published research studies. It identifies promising directions in research and provides suggestions for future studies. - 1/1/04 - Heraldo Richards, Ayanna Brown, Timothy Forde
This practitioner brief deals with how to address educational needs of culturally and linguistically diverse students. It applies to all parents and teachers of culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) children. The authors of this article suggest that as more and more students from diverse backgrounds populate 21st century classrooms and efforts mount to identify effective methods to teach these students, the need for pedagogical approaches that are culturally responsive intensifies...
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