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Perspective, March 2009
Author: Achieve, Inc.
Date: 2009-03-00
Type: Collected Works - Serial
Subjects: Benchmarking,Governing Boards,Academic Standards,Articulation (Education),High School Graduates,Educational Improvement,Improvement Programs,Politics of Education,Awards,Newsletters,Educational Resources,College Preparation

"Perspective" is a monthly e-newsletter presenting news and views from Achieve. This issue includes a commentary on the efforts of the states to adopt college- and career-ready policies. "Closing the Expectations Gap, 2009"--Achieve's fourth annual report--shows that states have continued to make steady progress on adopting policies aimed at making the high school diploma more meaningful--particularly in the area of standards--though there is still considerable work to be done. This issue also reports that: (1) new research supports the calls of President Obama on all Americans to commit to postsecondary education; (2) Achieve recently announced the addition of four new members to its Board of Directors: Governor Phil Bredesen; Governor Dave Heineman; Governor Deval Patrick and Vice Chairman of Prudential Financial Inc., Mark B. Grier; (3) users may download the report and the video of the "Benchmarking for Success: Ensuring U.S. Students Receive a World-class Education" on the links provided in this report; (4) Achieve has continued to add new materials to the Math Works advocacy kit, a collection of materials that make the case for why all students--regardless of their plans after graduation--should engage in rigorous math course-taking throughout their high school experiences; (5) the National Association of State Procurement Officials (NASPO) has awarded the 2008 George Cronin Gold Award for Procurement Excellence to the multi-state Algebra II End-of-Course Exam contract administered by the Ohio Department of Administrative Services for Achieve's American Diploma Project (ADP) Assessment Consortium; (6) in summer 2008, Achieve released a new Web-based toolkit, Postsecondary Connection (www.postsecconnect.org) which is designed to provide critical tools, data and strategies that higher education leaders need to help link high school preparation and college success; and (7) kids should listen to Governor Phil Bredesen's message in his State of the State address. A list of new resources is also presented.
Perspective, May 2009
Author: Achieve, Inc.
Date: 2009-05-00
Type: Collected Works - Serial
Subjects: Academic Achievement,Algebra,Grants,Newsletters,School Readiness,Educational Finance,Management Information Systems,Group Membership,Politics of Education,College Preparation,Consortia

"Perspective" is a monthly e-newsletter presenting news and views from Achieve. This month's issue commences with a commentary assessing the meaning of college- and career-readiness. In doing so, it addresses some of the questions Achieve gets asked most frequently, including: What subjects are most important in defining "Readiness"? What does "College-Ready" mean? What does "Career-Ready" mean? Does College-Ready = Career-Ready? Other items in this issue of "Perspective" include: Race to the Top Funds; NAEP [National Assessment of Educational Progress] Long-Term Trend Assessments Show Mixed Results; IES [Institute of Education Sciences] State Longitudinal Data System Grants Update; Nebraska Joins ADP [American Diploma Project] Network; ADP Assessment Consortium; Legislative Updates, News Clips; and New Resources.
Perspective, October 2009
Author: Achieve, Inc.
Date: 2009-10-00
Type: Collected Works - Serial
Subjects: Conferences (Gatherings),Change Strategies,Educational Change,Newsletters,Career Development,College Preparation,Federal Legislation,Competition,Algebra,State Standards,Postsecondary Education,Partnerships in Education,Community Action,Financial Support,Educational Quality,Student Evaluation,School Readiness,Mathematics Achievement,Literacy,Reading Skills,Competence

&quot;Perspective&quot; is a monthly e-newsletter presenting news and views from Achieve. This issue contains a report on the highlights of the fifth annual American Diploma Project (ADP) Network Leadership Team Meeting in Washington, D.C. Achieve's most well attended annual meeting, but also its most successful to date. While a variety of topics were discussed, there were three major areas of focus throughout the meeting: the Common State Standards Initiative, the Race to the Top Fund competition, and how to deliver and sustain the college- and career-ready agenda. This issue of &quot;Perspective&quot; also reports that: (1) Achieve recently released a series of &quot;Race to the Top: Accelerating College and Career Readiness&quot; guides to help state leaders take advantage of the exceptional opportunity to advance dramatic reforms to their P-20 education systems through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and the Race to the Top (RTTT) competition; (2) this past spring marked the second year of administration for the ADP Algebra II End-of-Course exam, which was administered to over 102,000 students across 13 states; (3) to help state leaders build strategies for sustaining their education agendas over the long run, Achieve recently launched &quot;Taking Root: Strategies for Sustaining the College- and Career Ready-Agenda,&quot; generously funded by the GE Foundation; (4) Achieve is planning to add a number of new resources to the Postsecondary Connection Web site this fall; and (5) in 2009, the P-20 Partnerships for Education launched Step Up Hawaii, a multiyear community awareness and action campaign tied directly to the new Step Up Diploma. Brief sections non news clips and new resources are included.
Artvision: State Arts Plan, 2009-2011
Author: South Dakota Arts Council
Date: 2010-00-00
Type: Reports - Descriptive
Subjects: State Agencies,Fine Arts,Economic Development,Quality of Life,Art Education,Organizations (Groups),Artists,Grants,State Legislation,Consciousness Raising,Community Support,Lifelong Learning,American Indians,Agency Cooperation,Rural Areas

The South Dakota Legislature, being aware of the impact of culture on a stable economy, desires to stimulate, encourage, and give recognition and assistance to the arts which, in order to grow and flourish, depend upon freedom, imagination and individual initiative. While the development of the arts has long been considered a matter of local concern, there is a need to unify and coordinate these forces on a statewide basis. The arts, the creative spirit which motivates them and which they personify, are an essential part of the state's human resources. The best interest of the state and its people requires that artistic expression in all of its forms be disseminated for everyone to see, appreciate and enjoy in order for South Dakota's cultural and economic progress to be sustained and given impetus. In order to accomplish this, the South Dakota Arts Council composed of eleven members appointed by the Governor was established. The South Dakota Arts Council is a state agency serving South Dakotans and their communities through the arts. Recognizing the importance of creativity in the lives of all South Dakotans, the Council makes quality arts accessible throughout the state by providing encouragement, grants, services and information to artists, arts organizations, schools, and the public. This paper presents the South Dakota Arts Council's public values and long range goals, detailing strategy, actions, timing, outcomes, and evaluation measures for each goal respectively.
Subgroup Achievement and Gap Trends: South Dakota
Author: Center on Education Policy
Date: 2009-10-00
Type: Numerical/Quantitative Data
Subjects: Federal Legislation,Low Income,American Indians,African American Students,Asian American Students,Hispanic American Students,White Students,Grade 8,Grade 4,Grade 11,English (Second Language),Disabilities,Gender Differences,Academic Achievement,Achievement Gap,Achievement Gains,High Achievement,Low Achievement,Achievement Rating,Student Evaluation,Educational Assessment,Reading Achievement,Mathematics Achievement,Evaluation Methods,Outcomes of Education,Educational Indicators,Federal Programs,Scores,Achievement Tests,Educational Testing,Educational Trends,Trend Analysis,Accountability,Educational Policy,Educational Improvement,Program Evaluation,Program Effectiveness,State Programs,School Effectiveness

This year the Center on Education Policy analyzed data on the achievement of different groups of students in two distinct ways. First, it looked at grade 4 test results to determine whether the performance of various groups improved at three achievement levels--basic and above, proficient and above, and advanced. Second, it looked at gaps between these groups at the proficient level across three grades (grade 4, grade 8 in most cases, and a high school grade). These two types of analyses show whether elementary school achievement has generally gone up for different groups of students and whether achievement gaps at different grade levels have narrowed, widened, or stayed the same. This paper profiles the student subgroup achievement and gap trends in South Dakota. Overall, student achievement has gone in an upward direction in South Dakota. Most achievement gaps between groups of students are narrowing. (Contains 9 tables.) [For the main report, &quot;State Test Score Trends through 2007-08, Part 3: Are Achievement Gaps Closing and Is Achievement Rising for All?&quot;, see ED507909.]
Narratives of Teaching, Learning, and Service in an Online Course
Author: De La Garza, Maria Celia
Date: 2010-01-23
Type: Reports - Descriptive
Subjects: Nursing,Holistic Approach,Chronic Illness,Service Learning,Learning Activities,Online Courses,Teaching Methods,Public Agencies,Clinical Teaching (Health Professions),Outcomes of Education,Resource Materials,Publications,Reflection,Health Promotion

This paper chronicles the service learning activities that surrounded the implementation of eight holistic approaches to chronic disease throughout the community served. Faculty facilitated independent practice related activities that brought knowledge to community agencies. Students, as a part of an online course, developed close relationships with community agencies and provided educational materials and teaching strategies. Systematic development and implementation of the holistic strategies was accomplished through research and reflective practice activities. The outcomes of this course were evidenced in educational materials such as brochures and teaching manuals developed specifically for each of the eight agencies that served a particular population of individuals with a chronic disease.
Evaluating an Organizational Protocol to Implement Effective Leadership Meetings
Author: Anderson, Erika
Date: 2009-00-00
Type: Dissertations/Theses - Doctoral Dissertations
Subjects: Protocol Analysis,Planning,Program Implementation,Meetings,Leadership Effectiveness,Professional Development,Leadership,Attitudes,Job Skills,Theory Practice Relationship,Outcomes of Education,Training,Rural Schools,Middle Schools

The problem on which this study focused was the need to organize and implement effective leadership meetings that led to improved professional collaboration. The purpose was to evaluate the use of a protocol in organizing and implementing such meetings. The research questions were framed around the four levels of the Kirkpatrick (1996) evaluation model: 1. What are the reactions of the leadership team members to the protocol as a professional-development tool? 2. What skills and knowledge related to organizing and implementing effective leadership meetings will the leadership team members learn as a result of using the protocol as a professional-development tool? 3. Will leadership team members routinely and consistently apply the new skills and knowledge related to organizing and implementing effective leadership team meetings in their meetings? 4. What result will learning the protocol have on participants' judgments about organizing and implementing effective leadership meetings? An 11-member leadership team participated in two professional-development training sessions and one simulation to improve their understanding of how to organize and implement effective leadership meetings. Prior to any staff development, the team was administered the Professional Learning Community Assessment (Huffman & Hipp, 2003). The first training session addressed the basic look and sound of professional collaboration and was evaluated using the Professional Development Evaluation Survey (Steele, 2007). The second training involved the use and purpose of the protocol. Reflective journals were kept and rubric analyses conducted throughout the study to monitor the effectiveness of the protocol during leadership meetings. Additional data were gathered at the conclusion of the study with the readministration of the Professional Learning Community Assessment (Huffman & Hipp, 2003). This was an effort to determine the impact of using the protocol to organize and implement effective leadership meetings. As anticipated, the leadership team experienced overall success in organizing and implementing an effective leadership meeting by using the specific protocol. Twelve appendixes are included: (1) Leadership Areas; (2) Professional Learning Community Assessment; (3) Professional Development Evaluation Survey; (4) Permission to Use Survey; (5) Rubric for Elements of an Effective Collaborative Group; (6) Guidelines for Journal Entries; (7) Agenda for Session 1; (8) Agenda for Session 2; (9) Simulation Exercise; (10) Protocol for Professional Development; (11) Effectiveness of Professional-Development Workshop; and (12) Summary of Calculations for Pretest and Posttest Surveys. (Contains 10 tables.) [Ed.D. Dissertation, Nova Southeastern University.]
Sign Language: An Effective Strategy to Reduce the Gap between English Language Learners Native Language and English
Author: Nicholson, Sheryl
Date: 2010-01-00
Type: Reports - Descriptive
Subjects: Sign Language,Oral Language,Second Language Learning,Language Skills,Minority Groups,English (Second Language),Limited English Speaking,Language Minorities,Language of Instruction,Native Speakers,Teaching Methods,Faculty Development,Teacher Competencies

Linguistic diversity provides even greater challenges for our educational system. English Language Learners (ELLs) are a diverse population of students who are learning English in school. They come from numerous cultural and economic backgrounds, and live throughout the country. The task of the classroom teacher is to find a way to reach these children. Language minority students and limited English proficient students are one of the fastest growing groups of students in the United States. About 50% of all public school teachers will teach an ESL student sometime in their career (Samway & McKeon, 1999). Allowing students to use their native language facilitates cognitive and academic growth. Research has shown that children who learn using their native language and also English did not delay their acquisition of English language skills (Samway & McKeon, 1999). Sign language provides a bridge between their native language and English as their spoken language.
Teaching of Psychology: Ideas and Innovations. Proceedings of the Annual Conference on Undergraduate Teaching of Psychology (23rd, Tarrytown, New York, March 20-21, 2009)
Author: Howell-Carter, Marya, Ed.
Date: 2009-03-00
Type: Collected Works - Proceedings
Subjects: Psychology,College Instruction,College Students,Age Groups,Conferences (Gatherings),Student Attitudes,Conventional Instruction,Blended Learning,Distance Education,Neighborhoods,Learning Laboratories,Class Activities,Technology Uses in Education,Student Reaction,Computer Mediated Communication,Context Effect,Attendance,Grade Point Average,Class Rank,Discussion (Teaching Technique),Cooperation,Research,Intellectual Property,Experimental Psychology,Mental Health,Evaluation,Role Playing

The document is a summary of the conference proceedings for the 23rd Annual Farmingdale State College Teaching of Psychology Conference held on March 20-21, 2009 at the DoubleTree Hotel in Tarrytown, New York. The conference featured a keynote address by Dr. Jeffrey Nevid on Reaching and teaching the millennials: Helping today's students become more effective learners. Participants also had 24 presentations from which to choose and many colleagues, new and old, with whom to network. Seven of these presentations are included in these proceedings: (1) A Student Perspective on Tradition, Hybrid and Distance Learning Courses (Katherine Zaromatidis and Patricia Oswald); (2) Neighborhood Environments as Learning Laboratories for 21st Century Undergraduates (Joan F. Kuchner); (3) Do Clickers Click? A Classroom Experience with Student Response Systems (Celia Reaves); (4) The Use of Online Resources on Student Attendance and Academic Standing (Linda L. Dunlap and Jeffrey D'Angelo); (5) Moving Classroom Discussions Online (Jeffrey S. Baker); (6) Collaborative and Original Research in 21st Century Undergraduate Experimental Psychology (Rachel T. Bowman, Nina Tarner, and Christina J. Taylor); and (7) Simulation of Initial Assessments in Classroom Settings via Role-Play (John Theodore). [Abstract modified to meet ERIC Guidelines. For the 2008 proceedings, see ED504072.]
School-Site Administrators: A California County and Regional Perspective on Labor Market Trends. Issues &amp; Answers. REL 2010-No. 084
Author: White, Melissa Eiler
Date: 2010-01-00
Type: Numerical/Quantitative Data
Subjects: Retirement,Labor Market,Enrollment Projections,Labor,Counties,Enrollment,Administrators,Enrollment Trends,Labor Force Development,Leadership,Principals,Assistant Principals

This study explores the differences among California's counties and regions in their needs for new school-site administrators in the coming decade, as driven by a combination of projected administrator retirements and projected student enrollment changes. The projected need for new school-site administrators, based solely on these combined factors, ranges from 9 percent to 71 percent of counties' 2007/08 administrator workforce, with the highest need counties generally in the Central Valley and Inland Empire regions. Specifically, using existing quantitative data, this study investigated three research questions concerning the labor market for California school-site administrators over the next decade: (1) How does projected retirement of school-site administrators vary at the county level? (2) How does projected demand for school-site administrators, based on projected changes in student enrollment, vary at the county level? (3) Assuming that other factors remain unchanged, how will changes in projected retirement rates and student enrollment intersect in particular counties to produce differential needs for school-site administrators? Appended are: (1) Data and analysis; and (2) Supplementary data tables. (Contains 4 boxes, 6 figures, 4 maps, 10 tables, and 15 notes.)
Mass Notification for Higher Education
Author: Schneider, Tod
Date: 2010-01-00
Type: Reports - Descriptive
Subjects: School Security,Educational Technology,Technology Uses in Education,Computer Software,Telecommunications,Communication Strategies,Emergency Programs,Handheld Devices,Technology Planning,Program Development,Internet,School Safety,Guidelines,Higher Education,Educational Facilities Planning

Mass notification is a high priority in educational institutions. As the number of electronic communication devices has diversified, so has the complexity of designing an effective mass notification system. Picking the right system, with the right features, support services and price, can be daunting. This publication, updated quarterly due to rapid changes in security technology, discusses essential considerations when designing a campus-wide mass notification system, and the pros and cons of current notification systems. (Contains a list of related resources.)
Fundraising Basics for Private School Facilities
Author: Roach, Arthur H.
Date: 2009-00-00
Type: Reports - Descriptive
Subjects: Fund Raising,Private Schools,Elementary Secondary Education,Educational Facilities,Educational Finance,Guidelines,Tax Credits,Computer Software,Program Development,Program Implementation,Educational Facilities Planning,Construction Materials,Donors,Institutional Advancement,Financial Support,Organizational Communication,Feasibility Studies,Consultants

This report examines the process behind setting up and implementing a "capital campaign": a program for raising money for new or renovated facilities at private K-12 schools. The report covers tax information regarding gifts to institutions then offers advice for setting up a comprehensive development program, including fundraising software and tips on implementing all the components of a development program. Campaign planning issues discussed are using fundraising consultants, drafting and assembling specific campaign documents, conducting a feasibility or planning study, and developing a campaign strategy. Final comments explore what to expect and be prepared for while conducting a capital campaign.
Music Education Suites
Author: Kemp, Wayne
Date: 2009-00-00
Type: Reports - Descriptive
Subjects: Music Education,Educational Facilities,Middle Schools,High Schools,Musical Instruments,Interior Design,Educational Facilities Improvement,Laboratories,Singing,Drills (Practice),Audio Equipment,School Community Relationship

This publication describes options for designing and equipping middle and high school music education suites, and suggests ways of gaining community support for including full service music suites in new and renovated school facilities. In addition to basic music suites, and practice rooms, other options detailed include: (1) small ensemble rehearsal rooms; (2) recording/MDI studios; (3) electronic keyboard laboratories, and (4) pianos. Additional resources that also provide design advice are  included.
WWC Quick Review of the Report &quot;Achievement Effects of Four Elementary School Math Curricula: Findings from First Graders in 39 Schools&quot;
Author: What Works Clearinghouse (ED)
Date: 2010-01-00
Type: Reports - Evaluative
Subjects: Mathematics Achievement,Elementary School Mathematics,Grade 1,Instructional Effectiveness,Mathematics Tests,Comparative Analysis

&quot;Achievement Effects of Four Elementary School Math Curricula: Findings from First Graders in 39 Schools&quot; examined the relative effectiveness of four widely-used early elementary school math curricula: (1) &quot;Investigations in Number, Data and Space&quot; (&quot;Investigations&quot;); (2) &quot;Math Expressions&quot; (&quot;ME&quot;); (3) &quot;Saxon Math&quot; (&quot;Saxon&quot;); and (4) &quot;Scott Foresman-Addison Wesley Mathematics&quot; (&quot;SFAW&quot;). The study included about 1,300 first graders from 39 schools in four school districts in Connecticut, Minnesota, New York, and Nevada. The relative effectiveness of the four curricula was measured by comparing end-of-year test scores on a nationally normed math assessment developed for the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Kindergarten Class (ECLS-K). The research described in this report is consistent with What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) evidence standards. Highlights of the study are presented herein. [The following study is the focus of this &quot;Quick Review&quot;: Agodini, R., Harris, B., Atkins-Burnett, S., Heaviside, S., Novak, T., &amp; Murphy, R. (2009). &quot;Achievement effects of four elementary school math curricula: Findings from first graders in 39 schools&quot; (NCEE 2009-4052). Washington, DC: National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education (ED504418).]