Zeyu Xu
Associated IES Content
FY2023
FY2023 Single-Session Peer Review Panel
report
Descriptive Study
The Louisiana Believe and Prepare Educator Preparation Reform: Findings from the Pilot and Early Implementation Years
Believe and Prepare is a teacher preparation reform implemented by the Louisiana Department of Education in collaboration with school systems and teacher preparation programs across the state. It was piloted in the 2014/15 school year and became mandatory in July 2018 for incoming teacher candidates in all 18 institutions of higher education that offer traditional teacher preparation programs. The reform focused on competency-based curricula, extended clinical experiences, and rigorous mentor...
Dec 12, 2022
Publication number:
REL 2023 147
Grant
Alignment, Timing and Support: The Effect of Early Intervention on Student College Readiness
Weak academic preparation before college matriculation is often cited as a key reason for persistently low college graduation rates. To address this issue, about 40 states provide high school-to-college transition interventions at the state and local levels. This study examined the efficacy of one such effort-Kentucky's Targeted Interventions Program (TIP)-and explored the conditions under which TIP may help close the college readiness gap. The study focused on transition interventions that ...
Federal funding program:
Award number:
R305A160188
Grant
Misattribution of Teacher Value-Added
With the added emphasis on incorporating evidence of student learning into teacher evaluations, many states are using value-added modeling as part of their approach to evaluating teachers. The evidence typically comes in the form of year-to-year changes in student scores on annual standardized tests administered in spring, with the spring teacher assumed to be the only teacher in the intervening year. This approach misattributes a teacher's value-added for at least three reasons. First, ther...
Federal funding program:
Award number:
R305A120310