UPDATED: House to Discuss Education Research Reauthorization
A House education subcommittee will hold its first hearing on reauthorizing federal education research law on Wednesday. Read Full Post >
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November 15, 2011
October 10, 2011
Experts: Recovery Law Leading to More Data Reporting
Education and other programs are generating and reporting unprecedented amounts of data, but federal agencies are only just beginning to build the processes needed to ensure those data are timely and accurate enough to use for measuring program performance, experts say. Read Full Post >
October 06, 2011
What Works Clearinghouse Gets a Facelift, Joins Facebook
The What Works Clearinghouse is launching a new Web site and Facebook page, to help practitioners access its research. Read Full Post >
September 29, 2011
Study Finds Successful Extended-Time Schools Strategize Learning
Schools that successfully extend learning time to improve student achievement change their practice in eight critical ways, according to a new study by the National Center on Time and Learning. Read Full Post >
September 19, 2011
Resource Highlights Data-Driven Decision Making
Education Week resource highlights research and trends in data-driven decision making. Read Full Post >
August 05, 2011
Districts Confused By School Turnaround Data Researchers
Federal school improvement grants are generating a potential goldmine for researchers, with hundreds of schools producing in-depth data about their students, teachers, and the ways they are trying to improve. Yet some officials worry that some researchers are taking the wrong approach to getting that data. Read Full Post >
August 04, 2011
States Seek Ways to Measure Quality Instructional Time
States explore ways to make additional learning time more meaningful. Read Full Post >
July 22, 2011
National Data Conference Highlights Privacy, Innovations
The National Center for Education Statistics' annual National Forum on Education Statistics and NCES Data Conference begins next week, and Inside School Research will be live-Tweeting the event. While STATS-D.C. is always geared to the technical side, this year explosion of new sessions on using state longitudinal data systems and the piles of new data coming in from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Read Full Post >
July 20, 2011
Study Leads to End of New York City Merit-Pay Program
A new study by the RAND Corp. put the final nail in the coffin of New York City's teacher performance-pay program. Read Full Post >
July 06, 2011
6 Urban Districts to Study Effectiveness of Summer Programs
A $50 million research project will evaluate whether students who attend summer programs can accumulate summer learning from year to year. Read Full Post >
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