Download or read book The Advantages and Disadvantages of Multiage Classrooms in the Era of NCLB Accountability Education Policy Brief Volume 7 Number 1 Winter 2009 written by Ruiting Song and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For a great portion of the history of the American education system, multiage education was the norm in one-room schoolhouses throughout the nation. The current graded, curriculum-centered approach in the U.S. appeared during the mid-nineteenth century with the rapid economic development and massive immigration into the country. Concurrently, some innovators tried to develop child-centered education, which focused on applying a developmentally appropriate practice in a more social and natural learning environment. These efforts led to the current scheme of multiage education, teaching students in a cross-grade group as a whole class and emphasizing individual progress through a developmentally appropriate curriculum. This report discusses benefits/advantages and obstacles/problems of the multiage approach, and models of multiage programs in Kentucky, Michigan, and internationally. Two Policy Perspectives are presented: (1) Primarily Speaking in Kentucky (Joe McCowan); and (2) Multiage in the Era of NCLB (Sandra J. Stone.) Concluding recommendations are offered: (1) High-quality research on the effects of multiage education is needed via a randomized control trial or a quasi-experimental study to validate the existing body of research that generally point to accelerated gains by students in language development, reading, and mathematics; (2) Parent education and teacher preparation are essential; (3) Administrators need to create space for multiage classrooms within the school and to let multiage classrooms exist outside the graded system, optimally as a "school within a school;" and (4) School administrators should consider multiage education as a viable alternative program that should be available to any student who is underserved or not succeeding in the traditional classroom.
Download or read book Beyond NCLB written by Commission on No Child Left Behind (Aspen Institute) and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This year, Congress is scheduled to review the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). In 2002, this law signaled an important change in federal education policy by focusing on accountability for results rather than simple compliance and by seeking to set the performance bar high for all children, regardless of where they live. The time is now to learn from the successes and struggles of the law and forge a stronger path to a better future. The nation has an important opportunity to move beyond NCLB in its current form and take the steps necessary to fulfill the promise of high achievement for all children. In February 2006, 15 leaders in education--representing K-12 and higher education, school and school-system governance, civil rights and business--came together to form the Commission on No Child Left Behind, a bipartisan, independent effort dedicated to improving NCLB. Through the generous support of their funders and the Aspen Institute, the Commission traveled across the country, listening to the stories and experiences of students, teachers, principals, parents, administrators, state and district officials, experts and policymakers. They held public hearings and roundtables, visited schools, wrote profiles of schools and districts, read thousands of comments submitted through the their Web site, and researched and analyzed extensive amounts of data. This report outlines the Commission's recommendations for establishing a high-achieving education system, one that includes teacher and principal quality and effectiveness, strong accountability, meaningful school improvement, high-quality student options, accurate assessments and truly high expectations for all students. Their recommendations are defined and supported by research, data and the experiences of parents and the people who do the hard work in public education and are affected daily by NCLB. This report addresses specific statutory and implementation issues as well as other challenges. The recommendations build on the foundation of NCLB and fill in those pieces that the Commission believes are needed to address shortcomings in the law and its implementation, as well as other necessary actions to produce a true high-achieving education system for all children. Appended are: (1) Summary of Outreach and Research Activities; (2) List of Graphs and Charts; (3) Common Abbreviations Used; and (4) Additional View. (Contains 27 graphs and charts.) [This report was prepared by the Commission on No Child Left Behind.].
Download or read book Methods in Educational Research written by Marguerite G. Lodico and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2010-04-07 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Methods in Educational Research Methods in Educational Research is designed to prepare students for the real world of educational research. It focuses on scientifically-based methods, school accountability, and the professional demands of the twenty-first century, empowering researchers to take an active role in conducting research in their classrooms, districts, and the greater educational community. Like the first edition, this edition helps students, educators, and researchers develop a broad and deep understanding of research methodologies. It includes substantial new content on the impact of No Child Left Behind legislation, school reform, quantitative and qualitative methodologies, logic modeling, action research, and other areas. Special features to assist the teaching and learning processes include vignettes illustrating research tied to practice, suggested readings at the end of each chapter, and discussion questions to reinforce chapter content. Praise for the Previous Edition "A new attempt to make this subject more relevant and appealing to students. Most striking is how useful this book is because it is really grounded in educational research. It is very well written and quite relevant for educational researchers or for the student hoping to become one." -PsycCRITIQUES/American Psychological Association "I applaud the authors for their attempt to cover a wide range of material. The straightforward language of the book helps make the material understandable for readers." -Journal of MultiDisciplinary Evaluation
Download or read book Closing the Achievement Gap Series Part III What Is the Impact of NCLB on the Inclusion of Students with Disabilities written by Cassandra Cole and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This policy brief examines several questions regarding the impact of No Child Left Behind (NCLB) on students with disabilities, including: What are the benefits of the law? What are the unintended consequences? Does NCLB conflict with the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEIA)? In addition, the author conducted an online survey of Indiana superintendents, principals and directors of special education to understand the views of educators. Recommendations also are offered, such as developing a second alternate assessment for students with cognitive disabilities who may not qualify under the current alternate assessment guidelines. This brief highlights many of the unintended consequences of NCLB for students with disabilities; likewise, it highlights the critical reasons why students with disabilities should be held to high standards and participate in accountability systems to monitor their learning. [This policy brief was produced by the Center for Evaluation and Education Policy, Indiana State University School of Education; and Indiana Institute on Disability and Community.].
Download or read book Fixing the NCLB Accountability System CRESST Policy Brief 8 Summer 2005 written by Robert L. Linn and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act is praiseworthy for the special attention it gives to improved learning for children who have been ignored or left behind in the past. The emphasis on closing the achievement gap is certainly commendable, as is the encouragement given to states to adopt ambitious subject matter standards and enhance teacher quality. NCLB's focus on students with low achievement seems to have had some short-term positive effects. The percentage of schools meeting Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) targets increased in 2003-04 from the year before in most states, and the recently released National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) long-term trend scores have shown some narrowing of achievement gaps. Given the positives, a conclusion might be made that NCLB is working, and hence no changes are needed at this point. Unfortunately, the accountability system has some fundamental problems that threaten to undermine its central goals over the next few years. Dissatisfaction with some of the accountability provisions led the U.S. Department of Education to make some changes in NCLB accountability requirements last year, with more on the way this year. The changes, however, are what Jim Popham calls "edge-softening" and do not deal with NCLB's fundamental problems, which include expectations, targets, state proficiency levels, reporting, and the safe harbor provision. The remainder of this policy brief describes each problem and offers proposals for improvement. (Contains 5 figures and 7 endnotes.).
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Download or read book No Child Left Behind written by Jonathan A. Plucker and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this "Education Policy Brief," the Center for Evaluation and Education Policy at Indiana University examines how states are progressing with the implementation of NCLB; identifies the basis of the criticisms from educators and state officials; summarizes NCLB changes and additions recently proposed by the Bush administration; and shares the perspectives from six national and state education leaders on the current status and future of NCLB. Contents of this brief include: (1) Overview of NCLB; (2) What does NCLB require of states?; (3) Status of state NCLB implementation; (4) Status of Indiana NCLB implementation; (5) Major NCLB compliance issues; (6) Center on Education Policy report; (7) Where do we go from here under NCLB?; (8) NCLB changes and additions proposed by the Bush administration; (9) Policy Perspectives; and (10) Themes and Conclusions. (Contains 40 endnotes and a list of resources.).
Download or read book International Handbook of Educational Policy written by Nina Bascia and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-05-14 with total page 1129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nina Bascia, Alister Cumming, Amanda Datnow, Kenneth Leithwood and David Livingstone This Handbook presents contemporary and emergent trends in educational policy research, in over ?fty chapters written by nearly ninety leading researchers from a number of countries. It is organized into ?ve broad sections which capture many of the current dominant educational policy foci and at the same time situate current understandings historically, in terms of both how they are conceptualized and in terms of past policy practice. The chapters themselves are empirically grounded, providing illustrations of the conceptual implications c- tained within them as well as allowing for comparisons across them. The se- re?exivity within chapters with respect to jurisdictional particularities and c- trasts allows readers to consider not only a range of approaches to policy analysis but also the ways in which policies and policy ideas play out in di?erent times and places. The sections move from a focus on prevailing policy tendencies through increasingly critical and ‘‘outsider’’ perspectives on policy. They address, in turn, the contemporary strategic emphasis on large-scale reform; substantive emphases at several levels – on leadership and governance, improving teacher quality and conceptualizing learning in various domains around the notion of literacies and concluding, ?nally, with a contrasting topic, workplace learning, which has had less policy attention and thus allows readers to consider both the advantages and disadvantages of learning and teaching under the bright gaze of policy.
Download or read book The Multiage Classroom written by Sandra J. Stone and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Creating the Multiage Classroom written by Sandra Stone and published by Good Year Books. This book was released on 2004-07 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From philosophy and rationale to sample lesson plans and evaluation forms, this complete design for the mixed-age primary classroom provides practical answers to teachers', administrators', and parents' questions about planning, implementation, environment, curriculum, management, assessment, and evaluation. Reproducible forms and assessment tools ease use. Grades K-6. Index. Bibliography. Illustrated. Good Year Books. 277 pages.
Download or read book A Nation Empowered Volume 2 written by Susan G. Assouline and published by University of Iowa Press. This book was released on 2015-10-05 with total page 665 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new report, A Nation Empowered: Evidence Trumps the Excuses Holding Back America's Brightest Students builds on the momentum of the 2004 report, A Nation Deceived: How Schools Hold Back America's Brightest Students. A Nation Deceived initiated a critical dialogue about academic acceleration, an under-used intervention. A Nation Deceived exposed to the nation the inconsistencies between research and practice and brought acceleration to prominence in the field. Volume 1 and 2 of A Nation Empowered: Evidence Trumps the Excuses Holding Back America's Brightest Students equips students, families, and educators with facts to refute biased excuses. A Nation Empowered shifts the impetus from conversation to action. Empowerement galvanizes determination with evidence. Volume 1 portrays the determination of students, educators, and parents to strive for excellence. Volume 2 reveals the evidence that trumps the excuses that hold bright students back.
Download or read book Early Childhood Education written by Kimberly A. Gordon Biddle and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2013-01-02 with total page 577 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Turning passion into practice as a professional early childhood educator Early Childhood Education: Becoming a Professional is an inspiring introduction to the world of early childhood education, preparing the teachers of tomorrow to reach their full potential in their schools and communities. Written by a diverse and experienced author team, this text engages readers to connect contemporary educational and developmental theory and research to developmentally appropriate practices and applications that are easily implemented in the classroom. In response to today′s ever-changing educational environment, the text focuses on both the importance of taking personal and professional responsibility, as well as today′s issues in diversity—from supporting children with exceptionalities to supporting children and families in broader cultural contexts.
Download or read book Serving Gifted Students in Rural Settings written by Tamra Stambaugh and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-09-23 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A cooperative publication of the National Association for Gifted Children and Prufrock Press, Serving Gifted Students in Rural Settings provides a framework for educating the gifted in rural settings. The book outlines practical, theoretical, and evidence-supported approaches for understanding, teaching, and leading programs for this unique population. Case study vignettes and practical ideas for administrators and teachers are combined with theoretical applications. The first of three sections in the book outlines the various philosophies and current status of rural education. The second section focuses on practical strategies and evidence-supported approaches for identifying and serving rural gifted students based on their unique geography. Section three highlights support structures that are necessary for leading and supporting gifted education in rural schools. This book helps bridge the gap existing between rural education and accessible, effective gifted education.
Download or read book Excellence Gaps in Education written by Jonathan A. Plucker and published by Harvard Education Press. This book was released on 2020-01-15 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2017 Texas Association for Gifted and Talented Legacy Scholar Book Award 2017 National Association of Gifted Children Scholar Book of the Year Award In Excellence Gaps in Education, Jonathan A. Plucker and Scott J. Peters shine a spotlight on “excellence gaps”—the achievement gaps among subgroups of students performing at the highest levels of achievement. Much of the focus of recent education reform has been on closing gaps in achievement between students from different racial, ethnic, or socioeconomic backgrounds by bringing all students up to minimum levels of proficiency. Yet issues related to excellence gaps have been largely absent from discussions about how to improve our schools and communities. Plucker and Peters argue that these significant gaps reflect the existence of a persistent talent underclass in the United States among African American, Hispanic, Native American, and poor students, resulting in an incalculable loss of potential among our fastest growing populations. Drawing on the latest research and a wide range of national and international data, the authors outline the scope of the problem and make the case that excellence gaps should be targeted for elimination. They identify promising interventions for talent development already underway in schools and provide a detailed review of potential strategies, including universal screening, flexible grouping, targeted programs, and psychosocial interventions. Excellence Gaps in Education has the potential for changing our national conversation about equity and excellence and bringing fresh attention to the needs of high-potential students from underrepresented backgrounds.
Download or read book Timeless Learning written by Ira Socol and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2018-08-07 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reinvent public schools with proven, innovative practices Our homes, communities, and the world itself need the natural assets our children bring with them as learners, and which they often lose over time on the assembly line that pervades most of the public education system today. We see no actions as more important in school than developing, supporting, and reinforcing children's sense of agency, the value of their voices, and their potential to influence their own communities. In Timeless Learning, an award-winning team of leaders, Chief Technology Officer Ira Socol, Superintendent Pam Moran, and Lab Schools Principal Chad Ratliff demonstrate how you can implement innovative practices that have shown remarkable success. The authors use progressive design principles to inform pathways to disrupt traditions of education today and show you how to make innovations real that will have a timeless and meaningful impact on students, keeping alive the natural curiosity and passion for learning with which children enter school. Discover the power of project-based and student-designed learning Find out what “maker learning” entails Launch connected and interactive digital learning Benefit from the authors’ “opening up learning” space and time Using examples from their own successful district as well as others around the country, the authors create a deep map of the processes necessary to move from schools in which content-driven, adult-determined teaching has been the traditional norm to new learning spaces and communities in which context-driven, child-determined learning is the progressive norm.
Download or read book The Quest for Meaningful Special Education written by Amy Ballin and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2016-12-07 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every child should have access to an education that works. The Quest for a Meaningful Special Education follows the educational journeys of nine students with a language-based learning disability (LBLD) who, through a combination of parental advocacy and luck, were removed from a debilitating learning situation and enrolled in a school designed to address their particular learning needs. In the process of following their journeys, the book explores the role of cultures within and outside the school and examines some of the ways that the construction of special education has affected student learning. In the context of the ongoing national conversation about student academic success, high school dropout rates, the disproportionate number of prison inmates with learning disabilities, the costs of educating students, and the controversy over the placement of minorities in special education, The Quest For a Meaningful Special Education is a timely book that will add a new perspective to current debates
Download or read book School Finance written by Allan Odden and published by Ingram. This book was released on 2019-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
