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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Educational law and legislation--Iowa"”.
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The Iowa Education System : Do We Really Have What We Need? Do We Need What We Have?
… considered the impact of the structure of the Iowa Education governance system on what happens in schools. This qualitative study investigated organizational roles and the relationships between Area Education Agencies, The State Board/State Department of Education, local school boards and their …
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A Study of Administrator Perceptions of State Mandated Teacher Evaluation: The Student Achievement and Iowa Teacher Quality Law
… problem: Because of the high stakes for teachers and the expected levels of achievement for students, there is a clear need for specific data about the current state of implementation and effectiveness of Iowa's Teacher Quality Evaluation Standards and Criteria. Procedure: A survey was …
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Legislating Learning: What Happened in the Process?
… process as it applied to enactment of HF2272, and is guided by three central questions: What factors led legislators to pass HF2272? What did policy makers hope to accomplish with HF2272? How do policy makers perceive the legislation four years later? Procedures: Data was collected through …
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Large Secondary Schools Respond to State Policy
It is the purpose of this study to understand what happened in the implementation of Iowa’s 1998 education accountability law and to provide information to policymakers on how to improve their policy-making. This was one of seven FINE-supported studies to carry out this purpose. The problem of this …
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Journey From the Statehouse to the Schoolhouse: A Study of the Implementation of State Policy
… The problem of this study was to identify and analyze factors that assist in the creation of meaning at the local level of state school improvement mandates and determine what assisted in implementation at the classroom level. Procedures: Qualitative methodology was chosen because of the …
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An Analysis of Selected 1994-95 Phase III Plans Submitted Under the Iowa Educational Excellence Act (Chapter 294A)
The problem: In 1987, the Iowa Legislature enacted the Iowa Educational Excellence Act to provide financial incentives to raise teacher salaries through locally developed plans. Phase III of the act promoted the development of performance based and supplemental pay plans. In 1993, the legislative …
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Implementing State Educational Policy in Iowa: Voices from the Field
… policy implementation study was to describe and analyze what implementers understood as the intent of Iowa's Accountability for Student Learning Act as well as the processes and strategies used by small public school districts to implement this policy. This study also sought recommendations …
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Comprehensive School Improvement Mandates : The Challenge For Iowa's Small Schools
… of this study was to describe how educators from Iowa's small districts understood the intent of House File 2272 and how they implemented that legislation. Further, this study sought recommendations from educators for legislators to consider in making future policy. This was one of seven studies …