This study examined classroom practices of effective versus less effective teachers (based
on student achievement gain scores in reading and mathematics). In Phase I of the study …

Since passage of the of No Child Left Behind Act in 2001, academic researchers,
econometricians, and statisticians have been exploring various analytical methods of …

Background Within the last few years, the focus on educational accountability has shifted
from holding students responsible for their own performance to holding those shown to …

The purpose of the study is to close the gap in the literature regarding the Marzano Teacher
Evaluation Model (MTEM) that lacks large scale empirical investigations to assess the …

What exactly is an" assignment," and why does it matter? How can educators ensure that
their teaching meets the rigorous demands of the Common Core State Standards, so that all …

Many researchers including (Hill et al., 2008; McCray & Chen, 2012) have found that
teachers' understanding of the mathematics content knowledge and their expertise in …

The purpose of this study was to explore general education teachers' perceptions of their
experiences while implementing the Real Engagement in Active Problem Solving (REAPS) …

Toward the end of the 1990s and into the 2000s, advocates for students with severe
disabilities emphasized access to the general curriculum with special focus on literacy skills …

A critical question for researchers and educators is how to assess the quality of learning
practices and the outcomes they produce for individual learners. This chapter summarizes a …

The objective of this paper is to present value-added calculation methods that were applied
to determine whether online schools performed at the same or different levels relative to …