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This What Works Brief is part of a continuing series of short, easy-to-read, “how to” information packets on a variety of evidence-based practices, strategies, and intervention procedures. The Briefs are designed to help teachers support young children’s social and emotional development. They include examples and vignettes that illustrate how practical strategies might be used in a variety of early childhood settings and home environments. Logical consequences refer to the actions or... - 1/1/09 - National Professional Development Center on Inclusion,
This is a seven-step sequence for considering the key components and contexts of a statewide early childhood professional development system. A definition and conceptual framework for professional development are included, as well as suggestions for facilitation, guiding questions, key considerations, and planning forms. - 1/1/06 - National Center for Culturally Responsive Educational Systems,
Assists teachers and administrators in assessing the degree to which mandated curricular guides in mathematics and reading curricula and strategies are responsive to the socio-cultural experiences and backgrounds of their students. - 1/1/09 - National Professional Development Center on Inclusion,
The webinar uses anecdotes and lessons learned from states to frame a guided tour of a 7-step process for developing an integrated, cross-sector state professional development system. Tools to support this process, including a planning guide and a definition and conceptual framework for professional development will be shared. Examples will also be provided of how two states (Minnesota and Pennsylvania) are using this process to build regional, cross-sector early childhood professional... - 1/1/08 - Partnership for 21st Century Skills,
This guide summarizes the challenges and opportunities that, if left unaddressed, will curtail our competitiveness and diminish our standing in the world. - 1/1/09 - Melissa Raspa, Kathleen Hebbeler, Don Bailey
The Family Outcomes Survey (FOS) provides a way for state and local programs serving young children to assess the extent to which families have achieved a variety of outcomes. This document provides suggestions on how to analyze the data from the survey; the analyses can then be used to plan for program improvement. The document is written for state agency staff, but many of the suggested analyses could be carried out at the local level as well. - 1/1/06 - Cortiella, C.
This 2006 brief provides an overview of the RTI process and describes how it is implemented in schools. This resource would be useful to parents who are looking for more information about the RTI process and provides specific questions that parents can ask at their children's schools. - 1/1/06 - Johnstone, C. , Altman, J., Thurlow, M.
The purpose of this guide is to provide states with strategies for designing tests from the very beginning, through conceptualization and item construction, field-testing, item reviews, statewide operationalization, and evaluation. The objective is to create tests that present an accurate measure of the knowledge and skills of the diverse population of students enrolled in today’s public schools. - 1/1/09 - Julia Coffman
A User's Guide to Advocacy Evaluation Planning was developed for advocates, evaluators, and funders who want guidance on how to evaluate advocacy and policy change efforts. This tool takes users through four basic steps that generate the core elements of an advocacy evaluation plan, including what will be measured and how. The tool helps users: Identify how the evaluation will be used and who will use it to ensure the evaluation delivers the right kind of information when it is needed; Map... - National Secondary Transition Technical Asssistance Center,
This guide explains what a transition assessment is, reasons to conduct them, how to select instruments, how to conduct an age appropriate assessment, sample instruments, and informal and formal assessment examples. - 1/1/09 - Gersten, R. , Beckmann, S. , Clarke, B. , Foegen, A. , Marsh, L. , Star, J. R. , Witzel, B.
This Practice Guide, released by IES in April 2009, aims to help educators develop and implement Response to Intervention to assist students struggling in math. The focus is building an instructional program in order to improve outcomes for students who have difficulty with math. The guide presents recommendations about screening, instruction, and progress monitoring and indicates the quality of the research base that supports them. It includes common questions and potential concerns that... - 1/1/08 - Gersten, R., Compton, D., Connor, C.M., Dimino, J., Santoro, L., Linan-Thompson, S., Tilly, W.D.
This Practice Guide, released by IES in February 2009, aims to help educators develop and implement Response to Intervention to assist students struggling with reading. The focus is building an instructional program in order to improve outcomes for students who have difficulty with reading as well as set in place a screening process for all students. The guide presents recommendations and indicates the quality of the research base that supports them. It includes common questions and... - 1/1/06 - Ella Taylor, Kathleen Stremel, Nancy Steele
Designed to identify characteristics of model classrooms for students who are deaf-blind. The COI is comprised of three main components: (1) teacher interview; (2) student cumalative folder review; and (3) observation rubric. A final section allows the observer to note any special circumstances or additional information that should be noted about the classroom. A scoring guide is provided so that each individual section can be assessed as well as the total instrument. - 1/1/05 - National Center for Culturally Responsive Educational Systems,
Notice the number of times that data and evidence appear in NCCRESt’s principles. Saying that teachers, families and administrators need data to make decisions is one thing, understanding and using data well is another. In fact, few teachers and administrators have been educated in programs that have focused on making meaning from data and then using those analyses to guide school improvement and classroom instruction. This module is designed to help building leadership teams learn the... - Colorín Colorado,
A free web-based, bilingual service that provides information, activities, and advice for educators and Spanish-speaking families of English language learners.Also includes information about accommodations and evaluation, informal assessment, standards-based writing, bilingual parent tips about testing, recommended guides and research, and a webcast. - 1/1/08 - Center for Mental Health in Schools,
“Supporters of Community Schools often are drawn to the term because of their concern with improving school climate, focusing on the whole child. Addressing diversity needs, and taking a ‘broader and bolder approach’ in order to transform public education. Diverse concepts commonly raised in discussions of Community Schools include establishing a psychological sense of community; promoting well-being, resilience, and protective factors; increasing student and family empowerment and...
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