This paper was presented at the American Education Research Association's 2007 annual conference. While there is a great deal of enthusiasm for collection and use of student data by educators, litt...
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This article discusses the No Child Left Behind legislation and inconsistencies resulting from each state being resposible for finding ways to measure and meet meet achievement requirements. It co...
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The School District of Philadelphia implemented several ambitious new initiatives in 2003-04 aimed at inducting and retaining new teachers. These efforts supplemented the existing in-school mentori...
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The School District of Philadelphia implemented several ambitious new initiatives in 2003-04 aimed at inducting and retaining new teachers. These efforts supplemented the existing in-school mentori...
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This article describes the way in which the School District of Philadelphia's late hiring timeline contributes to its high number of teacher vacancies, despite large applicant pools each year.
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This article describes the way in which the School District of Philadelphia's late hiring timeline contributes to its high number of teacher vacancies, despite large applicant pools each year.
A fact sheet describing the roots of the state takeover of Philadelphia's public schools, recent developments of the takeover, and results from the first year of the takeover.
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This report examines the current status of teacher quality in the city and what the School District of Philadelphia is now doing to ensure that all classrooms have highly trained, motivated, and kn...
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A review of the context and recent history of the state takeover of the School District of Philadelphia, with some tentative conclusions about the first year under the diverse providers model.
The Spanish translation of the article, 'A glossary of testing terms' gives definitions and explanations of important terms related to standardized tests.
As part of the public awareness initiative of the project Learning from Philadelphia's School Reform, the authors prepared this center spread article (also included in Spanish translation), which c...
Spanish version of the article 'Frequently asked questions about standardized testing,' provides a list of frequently asked questions about standardized testing, and their answers.
As part of the public awareness initiative of the project Learning from Philadelphia's School Reform, the authors prepared this center spread article (also included in Spanish translation), which c...
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