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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"education accountability"”.
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Vocational Education Accountability in Virginia: Analysis of Vocational Completers' Employment Status, Earnings, and Job Satisfaction
… regarding the employment outcomes of vocational education completers are growing in importance. States and their educational systems are increasingly confronted with the need to justify programs and funding and to provide evidence of the numbers and status of students graduated, obtaining …
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Reclaiming and Reconceptualizing Accountability
… of the policy levers, referred to as education accountability policy, that have driven entire systems toward the inclusion of student performance data into educator performance ratings and the impact on the profession. Only from an extensive understanding of where we have been can a …
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Sexual Addiction and MFT: Therapists' Perspectives on Facilitating Individual and Relationship Healing
… process of healing (which includes the themes of education, accountability, and couple perspective) and (d) distinguishing affairs from sexual addiction. I discuss the implications of study findings, offering a sequential outline of the process of therapy with couples who are struggling to recover …
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A Study of the Palmetto Achievement Challenge Test Performance of South Carolina's Gifted and Talented Learners in Grades Three Through Five
… by leaders in the South Carolina Department of Education (SDE) and by South Carolina Education Oversight Committee (EOC) leaders to assure the public that South Carolina public schools are making academic progress as outlined in the Education Accountability Act of 1998 (EAA) as well as with the …
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Large Secondary Schools Respond to State Policy
… 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 study was to describe and analyze the …
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Open-enrollment charter school laws and special education: A study of state and local policies in Texas
… to document how needs of students in special education are addressed in accordance with Texas charter school statutes and practices. It includes a background on charter schools in Texas, a survey report of key special education personnel directly involved with translating policies into …
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The Relationship Between Academic Achievement and Economic Level at Selected High Schools in Western Pennsylvania and Their Impact on the Degree and Success of Parental Inovlvement Strategies
Education accountability has risen due to the requirements of the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) legislation, and practitioners are working harder, and with more creativity, than at any other time in recent history to find ways to improve student achievement. If a school fails to …
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A Comparison Of The Perceived Leadership Characteristics Of Central Florida Middle And High School Principals And School Achievement Scores
… of student scores on state measures of education accountability (FCAT reading scores). Data from the research sample were collected through the administration of a modified version of the Audit of Principal Effectiveness (APE), a survey instrument developed by Dr. Jerry Valentine through …
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The Road from Paraprofessional to Certified Teacher: A State, School District, and University Partnership
<p>Over the past few decades thousands of special education teachers have been teaching students with disabilities on emergency or temporary certificates (Barnes, Crow, & Schaefer, 2007). The majority of these teachers entered the field of education with little to no preparation. Most of these …
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Collaboration or Compliance: A multiple case study approach exploring teachers' perspectives on interactions with parents within the framework of social accountability in rural Sitapur, India
… responsive to their needs for better quality education (World Bank, 2004; Joshi, 2014; Ringold et al., 2012). This concept, also known as social accountability, refers to the extent and capability of citizens to hold service providers accountable and make them responsive to their needs (Fox, …
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From Surveillance to Vigilance: A Relational Approach to College, Career, Military Readiness
… frameworks while foregrounding care, relational accountability, and justice-centered practice. Policymakers and school leaders should shift from surveillance and technical compliance toward collective responsibility; prioritizing relational accountability, equity-driven leadership, and community …
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Giving Voice to the "Insufficient Sample": A Phenomenological Study of African American Students Attending A Predominantly White High School
… of low socioeconomic status perceived their educational experiences at a predominantly White, high socioeconomic status high school. The study sought to capture the lived experiences of high school students from the Creek community, which has had a long history of poor academic performance …
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An analysis of the relationship between teacher trust and achievement for students of Latino and White ethnicities
<p>As educational leaders navigate change initiatives inherent in implementing Common Core academic standards and the Local Control Funding Formula, a focus on research-based practices through which leaders mediate policy and create and support environments in which teachers trust the principal, …
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Comparing Schools: From Value Added to Sound Policy
… value added measures (VAMs) have proliferated in education research and policy. Whether applied to teachers, schools, or districts, VAMs have attempted to measure the contribution made by a unit of interest toward observed student outcomes, typically test scores in literacy and math. At the same …
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Data-driven decision making and its effects on leadership practices and student achievement in K–5 public elementary schools in California
… Act of 2001 and its legislative mandates for accountability testing throughout the nation brought to the forefront the issue of data-driven decision making. This emphasis on improving education has been spurred due to the alleged failure of the public school system. As a result, the role of …