Thursday, August 21, 2003
Wednesday, August 20, 2003
Boehner Hails New Paper Showing Education Choice Gives Schools Incentive to Improve
Results Bolster Case for D.C. School Choice & No Child Left Behind Reforms, House Education Chairman Says
Results Bolster Case for D.C. School Choice & No Child Left Behind Reforms, House Education Chairman Says
Tuesday, August 19, 2003
Eight Questions on Teacher Preparation: What Does the Research Say?
By Michael Allen
What are the most effective strategies for educating and training the nation's teachers? This ECS report reviews the body of research on teacher preparation to ascertain what evidence the research truly provides and what its implications are for policy. The report is based on a review of 92 studies selected, using rigorous criteria, from more than 500 originally considered. These studies were used to answer eight questions about teacher preparation that are of particular importance to policy and education leaders.
This report is the first in a series of reports on teaching quality that ECS will release in 2003 and 2004. Subsequent reports will focus on what the research says about teacher recruitment and retention, licensure and certification, and professional development.
By Michael Allen
What are the most effective strategies for educating and training the nation's teachers? This ECS report reviews the body of research on teacher preparation to ascertain what evidence the research truly provides and what its implications are for policy. The report is based on a review of 92 studies selected, using rigorous criteria, from more than 500 originally considered. These studies were used to answer eight questions about teacher preparation that are of particular importance to policy and education leaders.
This report is the first in a series of reports on teaching quality that ECS will release in 2003 and 2004. Subsequent reports will focus on what the research says about teacher recruitment and retention, licensure and certification, and professional development.
Standards operating procedure
Will testing push leave children behind or move them ahead?By Greg Botelho
CNN) – Statistics show that the typical American high school senior can find the Mississippi River on a map but doesn't know the significance of the Gulf of Tonkin resolution and isn't aware that Canada is the United States' top trading partner.
Will testing push leave children behind or move them ahead?By Greg Botelho
CNN) – Statistics show that the typical American high school senior can find the Mississippi River on a map but doesn't know the significance of the Gulf of Tonkin resolution and isn't aware that Canada is the United States' top trading partner.
OK, now that you have your school's ISAT results, what do they mean?
Your children's school touts (or explains away) its ISAT results, and you are sent your children's own ISAT scores. But what exactly is the ISAT -- the Illinois Standards Achievement Test -- and what is it supposedly measuring?
Read these excellent reports to find out:
Your children's school touts (or explains away) its ISAT results, and you are sent your children's own ISAT scores. But what exactly is the ISAT -- the Illinois Standards Achievement Test -- and what is it supposedly measuring?
Read these excellent reports to find out:
Monday, August 18, 2003
Parental input is key to success
ENSURING PARENTS are a part of their children's education is considered so important that the federal and state governments have mandated schools to encourage it. And nearly every school improvement plan includes parents' participation. But while rhetoric and good intentions abound, getting a majority of parents involved in blue-collar areas is fraught with obstacles.
ENSURING PARENTS are a part of their children's education is considered so important that the federal and state governments have mandated schools to encourage it. And nearly every school improvement plan includes parents' participation. But while rhetoric and good intentions abound, getting a majority of parents involved in blue-collar areas is fraught with obstacles.
