Student Achievement: Schools Use Multiple Strategies to Help Students Meet Academic Standards, Especially Schools with Higher Proportions of Low-Income and Minority Students. Report to Congressional Committees. GAO-10-18

Autor/in	Ashby, Cornelia M.
Institution	US Government Accountability Office
Titel	Student Achievement: Schools Use Multiple Strategies to Help Students Meet Academic Standards, Especially Schools with Higher Proportions of Low-Income and Minority Students. Report to Congressional Committees. GAO-10-18
Quelle	(2009), (42 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Academic Standards; Academic Achievement; Educational Improvement; Educational Strategies; Data Analysis; Effective Schools Research; Principals; Teaching Methods; Federal Government; Accountability; Educational Research; Educational Researchers; Minority Groups + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulleistung; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Lehrstrategie; Auswertung; Schulforschung; Principal; Schulleiter; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Bundesregierung; Verantwortung; Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Erziehungswissenschaftler; Erziehungswissenschaftlerin; Ethnische Minderheit
Abstract	The federal government has invested billions of dollars to improve student academic performance, and many schools, teachers, and researchers are trying to determine the most effective instructional practices with which to accomplish this. The Conference Report for the Consolidated Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2008 directed the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to study strategies used to prepare students to meet state academic achievement standards. To do this, GAO answered: (1) What types of instructional practices are schools and teachers most frequently using to help students achieve state academic standards, and do those instructional practices differ by school characteristics?; (2) What is known about how standards-based accountability systems have affected instructional practices?; and (3) What is known about instructional practices that are effective in improving student achievement? GAO analyzed data from a 2006-2007 national survey of principals and 2005-2006 survey of teachers in three states, conducted a literature review of the impact of standards-based accountability systems on instructional practices and of practices that are effective in improving student achievement, and interviewed experts. Six appendices are included: (1) Scope and Methodology; (2) Analyses of the Relationship between School Characteristics and Principals' Focus on School Improvement Strategies; (3) List of Education Researchers; (4) Studies Meeting GAO's Criteria for Methodological Quality; (5) Comments from the Department of Education; and (6) GAO Contact and Staff Acknowledgments. (Contains 1 table, 3 figures and 30 footnotes.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	US Government Accountability Office. 441 G Street NW, Washington, DC 20548. Tel: 202-512-6000; Web site: http://www.gao.gov
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10