Effective Schools: Managing the Recruitment, Development, and Retention of High-Quality Teachers

Education and Literacy

Effective Schools: Managing the Recruitment, Development, and Retention of High-Quality Teachers

Analyzes the correlation between a school's effectiveness as measured by student achievement value-add and its ability to recruit, retain, and develop high-quality teachers and remove others, with a focus on the principal's leadership effectiveness.

August 1970

Geographic Focus: North America / United States (Southern) / Florida;North America / United States (Southern) / Florida / Miami/Dade County / Miami

Beyond the Bubble: Technology and the Future of Student Assessment

Computers and Technology, Education and Literacy

Beyond the Bubble: Technology and the Future of Student Assessment

Provides an overview of information technology's potential to enable better assessments of student achievement. Outlines promising models for testing complex skills, cognition, and learning and for utilizing such assessments to improve instruction.

August 1970

Geographic Focus: North America-United States

Assessing the Determinants and Implications of Teacher Layoffs

Education and Literacy, Government Reform

Assessing the Determinants and Implications of Teacher Layoffs

Analyzes the factors that predict which teachers are likely to be laid off in Washington state in the current seniority-based system and which would likely be laid off in an effectiveness-based system. Considers implications for student achievement.

August 1970

Geographic Focus: North America-United States (Western)-Washington

10 Goals for Improving Access to Education for Roma

Children and Youth, Education and Literacy, Race and Ethnicity

10 Goals for Improving Access to Education for Roma

Presents ten objectives with action plans for improving access to quality education for Roma children, including collecting data, fighting racism, implementing desegregation policies, expanding access to preschool, and training bilingual teachers.

August 1970

Geographic Focus: Europe (Central), Europe

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