November 17, 2016
A recent study, attempts to answer this question by examining the effects of two North Carolina early-childhood programs on students’ educational outcomes in elementary school. This study looked at the impact of state funding allocations to programs in each of 100 counties across 13 consecutive years in South Carolina. These findings indicate that North Carolina’s investment in early childhood programs is associated with improved educational outcomes for students in terms of math and reading scores, reductions in special education rates, and diminished incidence of grade retention. Importantly, these effects don’t appear to fade during the elementary grades.
Dodge, K. A., Bai, Y., Ladd, H. F., & Muschkin, C. G. (2016). Impact of North Carolina’s Early Childhood Programs and Policies on Educational Outcomes in Elementary School. Child Development.
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cdev.12645/full
July 11, 2016
Adequate yearly progress reports by state –
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July 11, 2016
Accountability measures for special education impacted by calculation methods.- Download the report
http://www.nciea.org/publications/NCEOAYPReport05_SMBGMS.pdf
July 1, 2016
Shanna Hirsch of the University of Virginia has been presented the 2015-16 research grant for her proposed study titled, Professional development in practice: improving novice teachers’ use of evidence-based classroom management practices.
May 24, 2016
Wing Institute Announces Graduate Student Grant Competition For 2016
The Wing Institute is pleased to announce the 2016 Wing Institute Graduate Student Research grant competition. The grant award is a maximum of $5000.
The deadline for submission is August 1, 2016. Notification of decision is September 1, 2016. Please follow the following link for more information and forms for submission.
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November 4, 2015
The National Council on Teacher Quality released its “State of the States 2015: Evaluating Teaching, Leading and Learning,” which provides a lay of the land on state teacher and principal evaluation policy in 2015. Read More…
November 3, 2015
John Hattie best known for his seminal work, Visible Learning: A Synthesis of Over 800 Meta-Analyses Relating to Achievement, examines the evidence base on effective teaching. Read More…
October 30, 2015
The Big Picture Science radio show and podcast explains the complexities of science with informative and entertaining story telling and interviews. This podcast offers listeners the basic information for discerning good from bad research and explains why we often encounter conflicting results of studies on the same topic. Read More…
October 29, 2015
Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) programs are found across middle school, high school, and higher education. Read More…
October 28, 2015
The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) released the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Nation’s Report Card 2015. Read More…
