Teacher and Leader Effectiveness - All Reports and Products
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Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Report: Instruction Across the High School—College Divide (2009)
This latest report for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation examines how Early College Schools (ECS) can best prepare high school students for college success. The report presents findings from high school and college instructional data collected during site visits to ECS classrooms in the 2008–09 academic year, as part of the Early College High School Initiative (ECHSI).
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Monday, October 8, 2012
Report: Race to the Top–District (RTTD) Guidance and Action Brief
AIR and Turnaround for Children have authored two white papers to support districts who are applying for the Race to the Top – District (RTTD) competition. The two white papers provide guidelines for establishing foundational conditions as outlined by RTTD and for using a specific set of metrics to measure their effectiveness and impact.
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Monday, April 30, 2012
Report: The Ripple Effect
After providing a short historical overview of the changing role of school principals, the brief presents two policy perspectives on principal effectiveness and, finally, introduces a research-based framework for defining principal effectiveness.
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Monday, April 23, 2012
Report: Measuring School Climate for Gauging Principal Performance
This policy brief provides principal evaluation system designers information about the technical soundness and cost (i.e., time requirements) of publicly available school climate surveys.
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Monday, April 2, 2012
Report: Teachers’ Perspectives on Educational Research
This paper addresses the teachers’ use of educational research to improve their instructional practice. Based on two qualitative, exploratory studies AIR conducted in the Chicago metropolitan area between 2008 and 2011, researchers found that teachers do appreciate and use research when there is a pressing need.
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Monday, June 27, 2011
Tool: Educator Effectiveness Pocket Guide
The Reauthorizing ESEA Pocket Guides are written by AIR experts to assist policymakers and educators as they consider changes to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA).
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Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Service: Good Behavior Game Research, Training, and Support
The Good Behavior Game (GBG) is a team-based classroom behavior management strategy that helps young children master the role of student while developing the discipline needed to sit still, pay attention and complete their school work. AIR works with school districts and communities on all aspects of GBG implementation.
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Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Report: Middle School Mathematics Professional Development Impact Study: Findings After the Second Year of Implementation
This study examines the impact of intensive mathematics professional development (PD) on teachers' knowledge and teaching skills for 7th grade mathematics in rational number topics such as fractions, decimals, percent, ratio, and proportion. The intensive PD studied includes over 100 hours of support in the form of summer institutes, seminars, and in-school coaching.
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Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Report: Exploratory Study of the HOPE Foundation© Courageous Leadership Academy
This report, authored by AIR and funded by the HOPE Foundation, introduces the school reform model, describes the study methodology, presents findings for each of the three research questions explored, and discusses the implications for the intervention and additional research.
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Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Report: Managing Educator Talent: Promising Practices and Lessons from Midwestern States
Between 2009 and 2010, seven Midwestern states—Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin—passed significant legislation addressing teacher preparation, licensure, and evaluation. AIR conducted a review of this legislation, analyzing each state’s system for developing, recruiting, and retaining effective teachers and leaders.
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Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Report: Study of Teacher Preparation in Early Reading Instruction
The final report of a study of teacher preparation in early reading instruction describes pre-service teachers' perceptions about the content of their training programs and summarizes their scores on an assessment of their knowledge of the essential components of reading instruction, as defined in the Reading First legislation.
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Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Tool: Teaching Soft Skills Through Workplace Simulations in Classroom Settings
This technical guide describes how to teach soft skills, such as teamwork, problem-solving, and critical thinking, in the classroom setting.
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Monday, February 1, 2010
Report: Hiring Quality School Leaders: Challenges and Emerging Practices
Choosing an effective school principal is one of the most significant decisions that a superintendent or school board can make, as new leadership can propel a district forward in meeting its goals. In this issue brief, AIR staff review the research and summarize the challenges facing school superintendents and hiring committees when identifying and selecting candidates. The paper also identifies emerging hiring practices.
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Monday, February 1, 2010
Report: Measuring Principal Performance: How Rigorous Are Publicly Available Principal Performance Assessment Instruments?
School principals are second only to classroom teachers as the most influential school factor in student achievement. For the lowest-performing schools, strong leadership—including setting and maintaining direction—plays a key role in turning around schools’ performance and improving student outcomes. Assessing the performance of principals is essential given the position’s critical role. AIR researchers reviewed eight publicly available formative assessments of principal performance, focusing on the tool’s approach, time requirement, content and construct validity, and reliability.
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Sunday, November 1, 2009
Report: Toward the Structural Transformation of Schools: Innovations in Staffing
Toward the Structural Transformation of Schools: Innovations in Staffing is a thought paper which proposes steps to embrace changes in American education, primarily through fundamentally reconsidering the teacher’s role in education.
