EDUCATION RESEARCH REPORT
Wide Range of Assessments to Gauge Students’ Career and Technical Skills
While most states give one or more assessments of career readiness, technical, or employability skills to high school students, the types of tests used vary considerably across states and are sometimes decided at the school district level, according a new report by the Center on Education Policy (CEP). These career and technical assessments are distinct from the academic tests that states currentl
More Graduates with High Academic Scores Now Enter Teaching
A new study released today finds the academic caliber of new teachers, entering the profession with a bachelor’s degree, has risen substantially since the early 2000s.The study’s authors use a variety of data sets to look at demographic and academic changes in the teaching profession and find that the average SAT scores of first-year teachers in 2008 was 8 percentile rank points higher than the av
Two high schools and the road to full inclusion: A comparison study
This article documents a roadmap for developing fully inclusive school sites at the secondary level. Full inclusion is defined as placement in the general education classroom for all students with disabilities. Specifically, two large high schools located in suburban areas attempted to fully include over 300 students identified as needing special services. Students had varying disabilities, but ea
Parental reactions: child referred for special education services
This study used the grief and loss model as conceptualized by Kubler-Ross (1969), Lamb (1988), and Kubler-Ross and Kessler (2005) as a foundation in examining parental reactions when a child has been referred for special education services. The model was expanded to include definitions of the concepts as applied to a special education setting and incorporated additional stages. Findings suggested
Time in General Education and Achievement for Students With Disabilities
This study examined the relationship between hours in general education and achievement in reading and mathematics for students with disabilities. The study population included more than 1,300 students between the ages of 6 and 9 years old within 180 school districts. The relationship between hours in general education and achievement in reading and mathematics was explored while accounting for st
Education Research Report: Challenging Common Core the Research: A Reanalysis of Text Complexity
Education Research Report: Challenging Common Core the Research: A Reanalysis of Text Complexity: EDUCATION RESEARCH REPORTChallenging Common Core the Research: A Reanalysis of Text ComplexityThis study offers an independent analysis of third- and sixth-grade reading textbooks used throughout the past century. Contrary to the authors of the English Language Arts component of the Common Core State