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Showing 1 to 20 of 30 for “"State Mandates"”.
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Teacher Perceptions Of The Impact Of Federal And State Mandates On Their Students And Classrooms In Small, Rural, Isolated Communities
… eight teachers on the impact of federal and state mandates, including the results of high-stakes standardized testing. The study focused on teacher perceptions of mandates and the effects on their students in three small, geographically isolated, public schools during the 2015-2016 school …
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The identification of best practices for teaching students with limited English proficiency and degree of implementation in Salem and Cumberland counties
… percent of the schools were in compliance with state mandates regarding student identification and programming. The eleven elements of best practice were ranked by the respondents according to frequency of use.</p>
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The legal rights and responsibilities of the public school principal in Virginia
… and regulations of the local school board, state mandates, federal laws and regulations, but must also respond to a multitude of daily crises, any one of which could result in litigation. The primary purposes of this study were to examine and report the current legal status of the public …
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Intergovernmental Mediation : a Technique for Successful Local Government Partnerships
<p><em>Problem</em>. Statement Local government officials are faced with ever-increasing citizens' demands and unfunded Federal and State mandates while competing with neighboring governments for dwindling federal and state monies. Both of these tend to fuel intergovernmental conflicts. Research is …
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(Co-teaching Team) Model Co-Teachers' Perceptions of Factors Impacting the Effectiveness of Co-Teaching in the Inclusion Setting within K-12 Schools
… disabilities. With the emergence of federal and state mandates, standards-based accountability is compelling schools to place students with disabilities in the inclusion setting to receive the same content as their nondisabled peers. This research study aimed to identify the factors impacting the …
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Positioning Rights and Duties for Parent Representation at the CAC for Special Education Table: A Result of CBPAR
… (CAC) policy and practice. While California state mandates a CAC that includes parent-district collaboration in decision-making, several Southern California districts oppress eager voices and willing participants. On the premise that policy implementation was absent and that parents wanted to …
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Contextualizing Renewable Energy Adoption: An Examination of the Role of Community Choice Aggregation
… electricity supply either meets or surpasses state mandates. The third contribution employs an empirically-grounded agent-based model to forecast PV adoption rates under two scenarios: with and without the CCA context. The fourth contribution delves into how a greener default electricity …
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Exploring teacher awareness and implementation of TELPAS descriptors in rural secondary classrooms: A qualitative study
… teachers have a limited knowledge of federal and state mandates regarding ELLs after the implementation of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB, 2001). Unless there is a specific need for training due to the enrollment of an ELL of beginning or intermediate English language proficiency (ELP), …
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A case study: the implementation of the English Language Arts Common Core State Standards in a secondary school setting
… of the English Language Arts (ELA) Common Core State Standards (CCSS) in a secondary high school setting. The most critical factor to successful implementation of both policy and curriculum involves instructional leadership that provides ongoing support and resources through knowledge- and …
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The Impact of Online Credit Recovery Programs on the On Time Graduation Rate in Virginia School Divisions
… Pang, 2006). School divisions face federal and state mandates to improve graduation rates and are under pressure to reform educational practices in an effort to lower the dropout rate (Picciano, Seaman, Shea, and Swan, 2012). School districts around the country have sought to diminish dropout …
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An Examination of Teacher Belief Systems on the Implications of Their Evaluation Instrument through the Use of District and State Developed Models
… nature, while it is required due to state mandates. Moreover, there is autonomy within Texas law to allow school districts to deviate from the state framework if district leadership deems it necessary. This study investigates state adopted and locally adopted teacher evaluation …
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The residential energy map : catalyzing energy efficiency through remote energy assessments and improved data access
… be a significant energy resource in the United States, many energy efficiency projects continue to go unrealized. This is especially true in the residential sector, where efficiency programs, frequently administered by utilities, see very low participation rates. However, growing access to data …
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Make it so: How low-resourced school districts implement a Virginia state mandate to prepare K-12 teachers to integrate technology into the classroom
… the K-12 classroom in response to a Virginia state mandate. Factors influencing computer integration into the curriculum were also studied. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 50 educators representing 2 state-level administrators, 12 district level-administrators, 8 school-level …
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An Analysis of State Policy Implementation on School Consolidation: Working From the Bottom Up
… this study was to provide an analysis of Iowa's state policy on whole grade sharing and school consolidation. The study was designed to ascertain if the policies of the state of Iowa were effective in encouraging small rural school districts to whole grade share and follow up with school …
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How Do District Level and Building Level Leaders Collaborate to Implement Mandated Change?
… study, the mandated change was that of the State's adoption of the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics.</p><p>This study utilized a case study methodology. The case study included one case of an associate superintendent of curriculum for the district and a junior high school …
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A Correlational Study of the AVID Program with M.S. Math Achievement
… in our country. With continued federal and state mandates to improve overall student achievement in mathematics, as well as to close the achievement gap, many school districts have sought programs, such as Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID), to assist in improving student …
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Locus of Control and Strategic Planning Among Virginia Public School Principals
… or merely as a compliance measure driven by state mandates. Through a mixed-methods approach, the study explored how principals' psychological beliefs intersect with professional practice in shaping educational outcomes. Quantitative findings indicate that, on average, principals exhibited a …
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Determining the Quality of Physical Education Programs in Selected Virginia Schools
… of Virginia were following the Virginia school mandates and fulfilling the requirements identified by NASPE and AHA, as critical elements required in a quality physical education program and the NASPE national recommendations. The population for this study was 116 physical education teachers in …
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Culturally Relevant Pedagogy: Teacher Experiences and Impact on Student Learning
… this group of students. Currently, federal and state mandates promise to hold all students to the same high expectations, but ELLs consistently underperform academically. Such research suggests that culturally relevant pedagogy (CRP), specifically the inclusion of culture in the classroom, as …
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Performance Feedback: How Structure, Culture, and Agency Affects Feedback
<p>Federal and state mandates have placed an added pressure on teachers to demonstrate “effective” instructional practices. These mandates also affect the role of a principal, as an evaluator of “effective” instructional strategies, and as an instructional leader who continuously needs to build …
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