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  Distinguishing Difference from Disability: The Common Causes of Racial/Ethnic Disproportionality in Special Education

  1/27/10 - Fergus, Edward

  This Equity In Action is intended to provide educators and researchers with the most comprehensive, praxis-oriented information on identifying and reducing disproportionality in schools. Over the course of developing and piloting a data-driven process (2004-2010) for identifying root causes, we’ve gained insight into not only the root causes but also the driving forces (internal and external to district) of these root causes. Our data driven root cause process focused on examining various...

• Closing the Achievement Gap Through Teacher Collaboration: Facilitating Multiple Trajectories of Teacher Learning

  1/1/07 - Levine, Thomas H., Marcus, Alan S.

  How should district and school leaders improve education for students traditionally underserved by public education: by increasing control over teaching and curriculum, or by empowering groups of teachers to have more collective autonomy, responsibility, and opportunities for professional learning? The second approach-promoting multiple trajectories of learning among groups of teachers-has advantages, as well as some challenges, as a means of closing various achievement gaps. Sociocultural...

• Closing the achievement gap through teacher collaboration: Facilitating multiple trajectories of teacher learning

  1/1/08 - Levine, Thomas H., Marcus, Alan S.

  How should district and school leaders improve education for students traditionally underserved by public education: by increasing control over teaching and curriculum, or by empowering groups of teachers to have more collective autonomy, responsibility, and opportunities for professional learning? second approach--promoting multiple trajectories of learning among groups of teachers--has advantages, as well as some challenges, as a means of closing various achievement gaps. Sociocultural...

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• A NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTION FOR 2007: INCREASE UNDERSTANDING OF ADOLESCENT LITERACY TO HELP CLOSE THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP

  1/1/07 - Donlevy, Jim

  The academic Achievement Gap persists even as calls intensify to close it. One fruitful area for helping to address achievement disparities is adolescent literacy. Although a great deal is known about teaching reading in the early grades, not as much is known about middle and high school literacy, areas where the Achievement Gap becomes more pronounced. This article reviews previous New Year's resolutions, calls for greater understanding of adolescent literacy, and describes some...

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  Accounting for resource use at the school-level and below: The missing link in education administration and policy making

  1/5/09 - Dwight Denison, Leanna Stiefel, William Hartman, Michele Moser Deegan

  "In this paper, we analyze the challenges involved in establishing a system to track costs at the school, grade, and subject level that will fit the needs of both internal and external users. To begin, we review the literature on cost accounting that is relevant to micro-level costs and the research that analyzes sub-district level resources. Next, we describe general challenges that arise in reporting at the level of the school and below and we then discuss school-level reporting in...

• Achieving inclusion through CLAD: Collaborative Learning Assessment through Dialogue

  1/1/08 - Fitch, E. Frank, Hulgin, Kathleen M.

  This study measures the effectiveness of Collaborative Learning Assessment through Dialogue (CLAD) on reading achievement in inclusive classrooms in the USA. The CLAD process involved students collaboratively completing multiple-choice quizzes, using dialogue and critical thinking to reach consensus and receiving immediate feedback on their responses. The procedure was implemented in three third-grade classrooms (n = 30) in a midwestern elementary school for the purpose of reducing a...

• Are gifted girls motivationally disadvantaged? Review, reflection, and redirection

  1/1/02 - Dai, David Yun

  Over the past 2 decades, much research on gifted girls has revolved around the issue of whether they, compared to gifted boys, are motivationally disadvantaged in achievement settings. While research and anecdotal evidence seems to support this hypothesis, most recent educational statistics show the closing of the gender gap. In this article, the literature is reviewed and critiqued as to the existence of alleged gender differences, as well as task and social conditions, and putative...

• Attributed for academic achievement: A comparative study in tribal and non-tribal settings

  1/1/08 - Rath, Muralidhar

  The failure or poor performance of tribal students in their academic tests has initiated deep debates and grave discussions now-a-days. It is worthwhile to note that tribal students in India are not only they who reside in ashrams or hostels of different urban schools and colleges, and are mostly compared by researchers with non-tribal students. Rather, a major portion of tribals dwell in rural and tribal settings and some of them pursue their education in poorly maintained schools and...

• Bridging the Acculturation Gap: Parent-Child Relationship Quality as a Moderator in Mexican American Families

  1/1/08 - Schofield, Thomas J., Parke, Ross D., Kim, Young, Coltrane, Scott

  The authors examined the degree to which disparities in parent and child acculturation are linked to both family and child adjustment. With a sample of 1st- and 2nd-generation Mexican American children, acculturation and parent-child relationship quality at 5th grade, and parent-child conflict, child internalizing, and child externalizing at 7th grade were measured. Acculturation gaps with fathers were found to be related to later father-child conflict as well as internalizing and...

• Comparative and International Research in Education

  1/1/03 - Crossley, M. & Watson, K.
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  Early Childhood Residential Instability and School Readiness: Evidence from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study

  1/23/09 - Kathleen M. Ziol-Guest, Claire McKenna

  "This paper assesses the consequences of residential instability during the first five years of a child’s life for a host of school readiness outcomes. Using data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study, we examine the relationship between multiple moves and children’s cognitive and behavioral readiness at age five. We further test this relationship for differences among poor, near poor, and not poor children. We find that moving three or more times in a child’s first five...

• Expanding Opportunities for High Academic Achievement: An International Baccalaureate Diploma Program in an Urban High School

  1/1/08 - Mayer, Anysia P.

  The article discusses the implementation of Jefferson High School's International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Program in California. The program was established in 1993 as a magnet Program for Portville Unified School District and has instituted various academic and social support mechanisms that motivate students to pursue challenging curriculum. It also offers an overview of the literature documenting the academic achievement gap between high-achieving Latino and African American students.

• FOCUS ON MATHEMATICS

  1/1/06 - Rycik, James A.

  The article focuses on the teaching of mathematics in schools in the United States. A study related to the impact of the intimidation associated with gender stereotypes is discussed. An overview of a study completed by psychologist Matthew S. McGlone of the University of Texas is included. The study suggested that using prompts which remind students of their successes will help narrow the gaps in performance between men and women. Also discussed are the standards of the mathematical...

• Gender Differences and Similarities in PISA 2003 Mathematics: A Comparison between the United States and Hong Kong

  1/1/09 - Liu, Ou Lydia, Wilson, Mark

  Differential gender performance in standardized mathematics assessment has long been a heated topic. Gender gaps of varied magnitude have been identified on large-scale assessments in the United States. To continue the investigation, this study examined male and female performance on the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2003 mathematics along four in-depth dimensions (strand, content topics, competency cluster, and item format). Furthermore, to identify the shared and...

• Gender differences in academic achievement and the educational implications

  1/1/00 - Cheng, Gang, Xie, Guiyang

  Part of a special issue on women's education and employment in China. A study investigated gender difference among college students in China. Data were obtained from international research and a survey of three universities in the Wuhan region of China. The results indicate that female students' motivation to study rose significantly because they attributed their success to the positive factor of effort but they still underestimated their own ability, that female students have made some...