Laura O'Dwyer
Associated IES Content
Grant
Estimating the Full NAEP Population Distribution: Imputing Scores for Excluded SD and LEP Students Using Hierarchical Linear Modeling Techniques
This study will extend recent research on the imputation of scores for excluded students by using multilevel modeling to increase the accuracy with which scores for excluded students can be imputed.
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Descriptive Study
Teacher Shortages in New York State: New Teachers' Certification Pathways, Certification Areas, District of Employment, and Retention in the Same District
New York State is experiencing teacher shortages in specific subject areas. One way to address these shortages is through the certification and placement of new teachers. This study explored the pathways through which new teachers between 2015/16 and 2017/18 earned certificates, their certification areas, and their subsequent placement and retention in districts across the state, particularly high-need districts. While the majority of new teachers earned certificates through the traditional i...
Nov 01, 2021
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Descriptive Study
Using Enhanced Coaching of Teachers to Improve Reading Achievement in Grades PreK-2 in Chicago Public Schools
Chicago Public Schools is working to improve early literacy outcomes through a multiyear professional development initiative for preK-2 teachers. The P-2 Balanced Literacy Initiative aims to improve literacy instruction by training teachers to implement effective early literacy instruction balancing systematic foundational skills instruction with reading and writing instruction involving rich, complex texts. The initiative began in 2016/17 and served 23 percent of all district elementary scho...
Sep 15, 2021
FY2018
FY2018 Early Intervention and Early Childhood Education Peer Review Panel
FY2016
FY2016 Early Intervention and Early Childhood Education Peer Review Panel
FY2015
FY2015 Early Intervention and Early Childhood Education Peer Review Panel
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Training Material
The English Language Learner Program Survey for Principals
REL Northeast & Islands at Education Development Center, in partnership with the English Language Learners Alliance, has developed a new survey tool--The English Language Learner Program Survey for Principals--to help state education departments collect consistent data on the education of English language learner students. Designed for school principals, the survey gathers information on school-level policies and practices for educating English language learner students, the types of professi...
Jun 01, 2014
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Training Material
Early Childhood Educator and Administrator Surveys on the Use of Assessments and Standards in Early Childhood Settings
The Early Childhood Educator Survey and the Early Childhood Administrator Survey allow users to collect consistent data on the use of child assessments and learning standards in early childhood learning settings. Each survey includes modules on educator/administrator background information, assessment use, and learning standards implementation. The surveys and modules can be used either together or individually, and are part of a research agenda to improve early childhood programming and chil...
Apr 01, 2014
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