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    A Cultural, Linguistic, and Ecological Framework for Response to Intervention with English Language Learners

    1/5/09 - Julie Esparza Brown, Jennifer Doolittle, Equity Alliance at ASU

    Looking through the lens of culturally responsive practice, we consider how best to implement Response to Intervention (RTI) in a way that will provide equitable educational opportunity for students who are English Language Learners (ELLs).

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    Facilitating transformation: A framework for culturally responsive cognitive coaching in schools

    1/5/10 - Mulligan, Elaine, Kozeski, Elizabeth B., Equity Alliance at ASU

    "This coaching framework provides the intent, structure, and processes for providing coaching support to participating NIUSI-LeadScape principals. NIUSI-LeadScape is a federally-funded grant project to support the transformative work of inclusive schools. This project works to provide school leaders with the tools, professional learning, and ongoing dialogue necessary to transform school practices so that all students have full access to educational opportunities. The NIUSI-LeadScape...

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    On...Transformed, Inclusive Schools: A Framework to Guide Fundamental Change in Urban Schools

    1/24/08 - Diane L. Ferguson, Kozeski, Elizabeth B., Smith, Anne, Equity Alliance at ASU

    Multicultural education is not merely a set of skills and procedures learned at one point in time and applied over and over again. It is a process through which educators and other service providers learn to interpret and adapt to their personal encounters with one another. Through multicultural education, teachers and students become culturally responsive and competent, creating new pathways for communication and knowledge sharing (Liston & Zeichner, 1996).

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    Reconceptualizing Continuing Professional Development: A Framework for Planning

    1/1/06 - Diane L. Ferguson, Equity Alliance at ASU

    Teachers’ professional preparation, along with their working conditions, has been identified as fundamental to improving elementary and secondary education for the 21st Century (Darling-Hammond, 1997). A recent report by the National Center for Education Statistics (1997) reveals that many teachers are not adequately prepared for their teaching assignments even at initial licensure. This situation is worse in urban districts where significant numbers of teachers are not licensed, where...

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    Schools on the Move: Benito Martinez Elementary School

    1/27/09 - Dianne L. Ferguson, Gwen Meyer, Equity Alliance at ASU

    These publications reflect authentic work going on in our synergy sites. Anchored by the Systemic Change Framework, we plan to continue this series by engaging student voice, examining teacher practice, and exploring additional schools and systems all in the context of urban education.

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    Schools on the Move: JC Nalle Elementary School

    1/27/09 - Phil Ferguson, Rick Blumberg, Equity Alliance at ASU

    These publications reflect authentic work going on in our synergy sites. Anchored by the Systemic Change Framework, we plan to continue this series by engaging student voice, examining teacher practice, and exploring additional schools and systems all in the context of urban education.

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    Schools on the Move: Kepner Middle School

    1/27/09 - Dianne L. Ferguson, Gwen Meyer, Equity Alliance at ASU

    These publications reflect authentic work going on in our synergy sites. Anchored by the Systemic Change Framework, we plan to continue this series by engaging student voice, examining teacher practice, and exploring additional schools and systems all in the context of urban education.

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    Skilled Dialogue

    1/5/09 - Isaura Barrera, Lucinda Kramer , Equity Alliance at ASU

    Skilled Dialogue© is a relational approach to communication and interactions that stems from the evidence-based premise that three qualities characterize cultural competence: respect, reciprocity, and responsiveness. These three qualities along with the component skills that promote and sustain them (see Figure 1) define the nature of Skilled Dialogue©. When integrated, the qualities and skills generate a framework of guidelines and strategic questions that help ensure culturally competent...

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    Systemic Change Framework – Rubrics Assessment Handbook

    1/4/07 - National Institute for Urban School Improvement,, Equity Alliance at ASU

    The rubrics in this publication have been designed to help your inclusive schools network assess their current status and identify specific goals for the coming year. Based on the systemic change framework and vignettes from the National Institute for Urban School Improvement’s (NIUSI) network of schools, these rubrics provide a yardstick for measuring your improvement efforts.

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    Understanding English Language Learners' Needs and the Language Acquisition Process

    1/10/09 - Alicja Rieger, Ewa McGrail, Equity Alliance at ASU

    This OnPoint tackles the complexity of English language learners’ needs from our point of view. We are native Polish-speaking teacher educators who use our own experiences and knowledge as English language learners in methods courses that we teach in teacher education programs in the United States. We both were born and raised in Poland, and share our passion for our native language and culture with our students, who are either already practicing public school teachers or in the process of...

  • How Large an Effect Can We Expect from School Reforms?

    1/1/08 - Konstantopoulos, Spyros, Hedges, Larry V.

    Background/Context: Determining the effectiveness of reform strategies is a major part of the current and future educational research agenda. Effects of education reforms will be evaluated largely quantitatively, and an important aspect of this work will be judging how well reform strategies work. The rhetoric of contemporary school reform suggests two somewhat different solutions to the problem of the interpretive frame. One solution is derived from the idea that the goal of school reform...

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    A Call to Action: Transforming High School for all Youth

    1/14/09 - National High School Alliance,

    "In A Call to Action: Transforming High School for All Youth, the National High School Alliance identifies six core principles and recommended strategies that will foster high academic achievement, close the achievement gap, and promote civic and personal growth among all high-school-age youth in our high schools and communities. At the center of the framework is the Alliance’s belief that the purpose of high school is to ensure that all high-schoolage students are ready for college...

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    A Child Outcome Framework for the Early Childhood Transition Process

    1/19/09 - Beth Rous, Gloria Harbin, Katherine McCormick

    "One of the major service componenets under IDEA for young children with disabilities and their families is specific planning and support for transition as children exit Part C services and enter other programs."

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    A coherent approach to high school improvement: a needs assessment tool

    1/22/10 - Lindsay Fryer , Amy Johnson

    "The foundation for this needs assessment tool is the National High School Center’s Eight Elements of High School Improvement: A Mapping Framework. This framework was developed to support researchers, policymakers, and practitioners at all levels in their efforts to maximize the achievement of all high school students. The document outlines eight core elements that can be used as a lens for mapping school, district, and state high school improvement efforts in a comprehensive, systemic...

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    A framework for developing and sustaining a Part C finance system

    1/5/09 - Greer, M., Taylor, A., Mackey Andrews, S.D., The National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center

    This paper summarizes the fiscal challenges that this legislation presents and proposes a framework for analyzing, adjusting, and maintaining a flexible and self-regulating finance system to support Part C early intervention services for infants and toddlers and their families. The framework design features four phases of work to help agencies understand the issues and make informed decisions for on-going development and support of a Part C finance system.

  • A framework for developing high-quality english language proficiency standards and assessments

    1/1/08 - Southeast Comprehensive Center,

    Edynn Sato, PhD, director, WestEd Assessment and Accountability Comprehensive Center, discusses the framework for creating high-quality English language proficiency (ELP) standards and assessments. The purpose of the framework is to assist states with interpretation and implementation of Title III requirements for ELP standards and assessments.

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