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  Conducting Focus Groups to Develop a Comprehensive School Portrait

  1/25/07 - National Institute for Urban School Improvement, , University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center,, Equity Alliance at ASU

  This On Point is for all teachers who want to explore issues around conducting focus groups to develop a comprehensive school portrait. Focus groups are an effective means of collecting qualitative information that can be used to guide improvement planning and efforts. Building Leadership Teams can use focus groups to find out almost anything about the climate, day-to-day operations, and individual perceptions of the school. Conducting focus group can help in developing a comprehensive...

• Learning Academies: Module 4, Universal Designs for Learning

  1/1/04 - National Institute for Urban School Improvement,

  The concept of Universal Design foregrounds equitable opportunities and access to spaces, information and participation for all by creating environments and products that accommodate as many individuals as possible from the beginning. Universal Designs for Learning (UDL) extends Universal Design into the field of education. While initially defined as a method to minimize barriers students may experience when learning new concepts, this professional learning module presents UDL as an approach...

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  The Building Leadership Team

  1/5/09 - National Institute for Urban School Improvement, , University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center,, Equity Alliance at ASU

  A Building Leadership Team (BLT) is a school-based group of individuals who work to provide strong organizational process for school renewal and improvement. BLTs orchestrate the work of school professionals, administrators, families, and students through the school improvement process. This process includes the examination of current, successful practices and also those areas that are of concern to the school community. In addition, BLTs plan for progress, achievement, and risk. This...

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  The School Improvement Process

  1/24/09 - National Institute for Urban School Improvement, , University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center, , Equity Alliance at ASU

  Each page of this guide focuses on a different part of the School Improvement Process. You’ll find ideas about how to gather and use information to set your focus areas and action cycles. There’s no one right place to start. If your building already has an active planning process, you may want to proceed directly to the action cycle step.

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  Universal Designs for Learning, Academy 1, Facilitator's Manual

  1/1/10 - National Institute for Urban School Improvement

  This is from the Universal Design for Learning, Learning Module. Please see the other documents within this module (6 total participant handouts, 1 participant handbook, 3 facilitator manuals, and 3 slide presentations)

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  Universal Designs for Learning, Academy 1, Participant Handouts

  1/1/10 - National Institute for Urban School Improvement

  This is from the Universal Design for Learning, Learning Module. Please see the other documents within this module (6 total participant handouts, 1 participant handbook, 3 facilitator manuals, and 3 slide presentations)

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  Universal Designs for Learning, Academy 1, PowerPoints

  1/1/10 - National Institute for Urban School Improvement

  This is from the Universal Design for Learning, Learning Module. Please see the other documents within this module (6 total participant handouts, 1 participant handbook, 3 facilitator manuals, and 3 slide presentations)

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  Universal Designs for Learning, Academy 2, Facilitator's Manual

  1/1/10 - National Institute for Urban School Improvement

  This is from the Universal Design for Learning, Learning Module. Please see the other documents within this module (6 total participant handouts, 1 participant handbook, 3 facilitator manuals, and 3 slide presentations)

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  Universal Designs for Learning, Academy 2, Participant Handouts

  1/1/10 - National Institute for Urban School Improvement

  This is from the Universal Design for Learning, Learning Module. Please see the other documents within this module (6 total participant handouts, 1 participant handbook, 3 facilitator manuals, and 3 slide presentations)

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  Universal Designs for Learning, Academy 2, PowerPoints

  1/1/10 - National Institute for Urban School Improvement

  This is from the Universal Design for Learning, Learning Module. Please see the other documents within this module (6 total participant handouts, 1 participant handbook, 3 facilitator manuals, and 3 slide presentations)

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  Universal Designs for Learning, Academy 3, Facilitator's Manual

  1/1/10 - National Institute for Urban School Improvement

  This is from the Universal Design for Learning, Learning Module. Please see the other documents within this module (6 total participant handouts, 1 participant handbook, 3 facilitator manuals, and 3 slide presentations)

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  Universal Designs for Learning, Academy 3, Participant Handouts

  1/1/10 - National Institute for Urban School Improvement

  This is from the Universal Design for Learning, Learning Module. Please see the other documents within this module (6 total participant handouts, 1 participant handbook, 3 facilitator manuals, and 3 slide presentations)

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  Universal Designs for Learning, Academy 3, PowerPoints

  1/1/10 - National Institute for Urban School Improvement

  This is from the Universal Design for Learning, Learning Module. Please see the other documents within this module (6 total participant handouts, 1 participant handbook, 3 facilitator manuals, and 3 slide presentations)

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  A state guide to the development of universally designed assessments.

  1/3/09 - Johnstone, C. , Altman, J., Thurlow, M.

  The purpose of this guide is to provide states with strategies for designing tests from the very beginning, through conceptualization and item construction, field-testing, item reviews, statewide operationalization, and evaluation. The objective is to create tests that present an accurate measure of the knowledge and skills of the diverse population of students enrolled in today’s public schools.

• Acquisition of simple and complex knowledge: a knowledge gap perspective [computer file]

  1/1/05 - Le Heron, Judy, Sligo, Frank

  This paper assesses university students' acquisition of simple and complex knowledge, in exploring whether the knowledge gap hypothesis (KGH) with its origins in community-based research into people's informal learning from mass media, provides insights into students' acquisition and retention of information. The KGH posits that attempts to equalise knowledge within a community by releasing new information into it often either has no such effect, or even worsens knowledge inequities. The...

• Cultural and Interpersonal Factors Affecting African American Academic Performance in Higher Education: A Review and Synthesis of the Research Literature

  1/1/05 - Rovai, Alfred P., Gallien, Louis B., Jr., Wighting, Mervyn J.

  The disparity in educational outcomes between majority White and minority African American populations has become known as the African American achievement gap. The authors examine the under performance of African American university students by providing an overview of the major cultural, communication, and learning style characteristics of Black students and the schooling conditions and practices at predominantly White universities. By not teaching based on diversity, professors may be...