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| Piloting a Searchable Database of Dropout Prevention Programs in Nine Low-Income Urban School Districts in the Northeast and Islands Region Despite evidence that some dropout prevention programs have positive effects, whether districts in the region are using such evidence-based programs has not been documented. This report details a pilot project to generate and share knowledge by building a searchable database of dropout ... » more info |
Northeast & Islands Publication: Issues & Answers ; Publication Date: March 2008 |
| A Description of Foundation Skills Interventions for Struggling Middle-grade Readers in Four Urban Northeast and Islands Region School Districts This study describes how four midsize urban school districts in the Northeast and Islands Region were providing foundation skills assessments and programs to struggling middle-grade readers. Researchers found variations, but also some similarities, in the districts' use of tests and ... » more info |
Northeast & Islands Publication: Issues & Answers ; Publication Date: February 2008 |
| An Analysis of State Data on the Distribution of Teaching Assignments Filled by Highly Qualified Teachers in New York Schools New York rural schools and districts have a high percentage of core teaching assignments filled by highly qualified teachers, with only small differences across key factors such as school poverty and school need for improvement. Urban schools—particularly those in New York ... » more info |
Northeast & Islands Publication: Issues & Answers ; Publication Date: April 2008 |
| Measuring How Benchmark Assessments Affect Student Achievement This report examines a Massachusetts pilot program for quarterly benchmark exams in middle-school mathematics, finding that program schools do not show greater gains in student achievement after a year. But that finding might reflect limited data rather than ineffective benchmark ... » more info |
Northeast & Islands Publication: Issues & Answers ; Publication Date: December 2007 |
| Impact of the Thinking Reader Software Program on Grade 6 Reading Vocabulary, Comprehension, Strategies, and Motivation Improving adolescent literacy is a critical step toward improving adolescent academic achievement (Kamil , Borman, Dole, Kral, Salinger, & Torgesen, 2008). “Adolescent literacy” commonly refers to the skills that students in Grades 4–12 need in order to successfully learn by reading, ... » more info |
Northeast & Islands Publication: NCEE/REL Evaluation Report ; Publication Date: April 2011 |
| Processes and Challenges in Identifying Learning Disabilities Among English Language Learner Students in three New York State Districts To help districts accurately identify students who are English language learners and also have learning disabilities, this study examines practices and challenges in the processes applied in three New York State districts in identifying learning disabilities among students who are ... » more info |
Northeast & Islands Publication: Issues & Answers ; Publication Date: February 2010 |
| Parent Involvement Strategies in Urban Middle and High Schools in the Northeast and Islands Region This report summarizes efforts to develop and pilot test a protocol for collecting information about parent involvement policies, practices, and programs being implemented at the middle and high school levels. The protocol can be used to expand documentation of strategies selected, ... » more info |
Northeast & Islands Publication: Issues & Answers ; Publication Date: April 2009 |
| Five States' Efforts to Improve Adolescent Literacy This report describes efforts by five states—Alabama, Florida, Kentucky, New Jersey, and Rhode Island—to improve adolescent literacy. Highlighting common challenges and lessons, the report examines how each state has engaged key stakeholders, set rigorous goals and ... » more info |
Northeast & Islands Publication: Issues & Answers ; Publication Date: April 2009 |
| A Second Follow-up Year for Measuring how Benchmark Assessments Affect Student Achievement This REL Technical Brief examines whether, after two years of implementation, schools in Massachusetts using quarterly benchmark exams aligned with state standards in middle school mathematics showed greater gains in student achievement than those not doing so. A quasi-experimental ... » more info |
Northeast & Islands Publication: Technical Brief |
| Performance Patterns for Students with Disabilities in Grade 4 Mathematics Education in New York State This report describes the mathematics performance of grade 4 students with disabilities across schools categorized by need-to-resource capacity and compares their performance by school with that of general education students across New York State from 2003 to 2005. It finds that the ... » more info |
Northeast & Islands Publication: Issues & Answers ; Publication Date: August 2008 |
| Performance Patterns for Students with Disabilities in Grade 4 Mathematics Education in Massachusetts This report-analyzing the mathematics performance of grade 4 students with disabilities in Massachusetts across several metrics (by locale-need combination categories, in top-performing schools, and relative to general education students)-finds that the proportion of students with ... » more info |
Northeast & Islands Publication: Issues & Answers ; Publication Date: August 2008 |
| Math Education Practices for Students with Disabilities and Other Struggling Learners: Case Studies of Six Schools in Two Northeast and Islands Region States This report describes in-depth practices at six schools that are making targeted efforts to improve math education for students with disabilities and other struggling learners. It examines each school's practices for improving the math learning of all students as well as specific ... » more info |
Northeast & Islands Publication: Issues & Answers ; Publication Date: August 2008 |
| Gender Gaps in Assessment Outcomes in Vermont and the United States Using data from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) and the New England Common Assessment Program (NECAP), the report examines how gender gaps differ between Vermont NAEP scores and U.S. NAEP scores and between Vermont NAEP and NECAP scores in grades 4 and 8. Overall ... » more info |
Northeast & Islands Publication: Issues & Answers ; Publication Date: August 2008 |
| Developing the "Compendium of Strategies to Reduce Teacher Turnover in the Northeast and Islands Region": a Companion to the Database This report provides state-, regional-, and district-level decision makers in the Northeast and Islands Region with a description of the Compendium of Strategies to Reduce Teacher Turnover in the Northeast and Islands Region, a searchable database of selected profiles of retention ... » more info |
Northeast & Islands Publication: Issues & Answers ; Publication Date: October 2008 |
| New Measures of English Language Proficiency and Their Relationship to Performance on Large-Scale Content Assessments Using assessment results for 5th and 8th grade English language learner students in three Northeast and Island Region states, the report finds that the English language domains of reading and writing (as measured by a proficiency assessment) are significant predictors of performance on ... » more info |
Northeast & Islands Publication: Issues & Answers ; Publication Date: January 2009 |
| How Eight State Education Agencies in the Northeast and Islands Region Identify and Support Low–Performing Schools and Districts This report describes and analyzes how eight state education agencies in the Northeast and Islands Region—those of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, and Vermont–identify and support low-performing schools and districts ... » more info |
Northeast & Islands Publication: Issues & Answers ; Publication Date: March 2009 |
| Features of State Response to Intervention Initiatives in Northeast and Islands Region States The report documents the results of a search of state education agency web sites in the nine Northeast and Islands Region jurisdictions for publicly available information related to RTI (response to intervention). It finds that seven jurisdictions have developed state documents on RTI ... » more info |
Northeast & Islands Publication: Issues & Answers ; Publication Date: November 2009 |
| Access to Algebra I: The Effects of Online Mathematics for Grade 8 Students This report presents findings from a randomized control trial designed to inform the decisions of policymakers who are considering using online courses to provide access to Algebra I in grade 8. It focuses on students judged by their schools to be ready to take Algebra I in grade 8 but ... » more info |
Northeast & Islands Publication: NCEE/REL Evaluation Report ; Publication Date: December 2011 |
| Do States Have Certification Requirements for Preparing General Education Teachers to Teach Students with Disabilities? Experience In the Northeast and Islands Region This report on teacher certification requirements in the Northeast and Islands Region finds that eight of the nine jurisdictions require some coursework in teaching students with disabilities for initial licensure of general education teachers. |
Northeast & Islands Publication: Issues & Answers ; Publication Date: August 2010 |
| What Characteristics of Bullying, Bullying Victims, and Schools are Associated with Increased Reporting of Bullying to School Officials? This study tested 51 characteristics of bullying victimization, bullying victims, and bullying victims' schools to determine which were associated with reporting to school officials. It found that 11 characteristics in two categories—bullying victimization and bullying ... » more info |
Northeast & Islands Publication: Issues & Answers ; Publication Date: August 2010 |
| A Descriptive Analysis of State-Supported Formative Assessment Initiatives in New York and Vermont This study examines two state-supported formative assessment initiatives that promote a consensus definition of formative assessment endorsed by the Council of Chief State School Officers. It describes the primary components of the two initiatives and the strategies that state, ... » more info |
Northeast & Islands Publication: Issues & Answers ; Publication Date: November 2011 |
| How Student and School Characteristics are Associated with Performance on the Maine High School Assessment Using multilevel regression models to examine how student characteristics, student prior achievement measures, and school characteristics are associated with performance on the Maine High School Assessment, the study finds statistically significant relationships between several of ... » more info |
Northeast & Islands Publication: Issues & Answers ; Publication Date: February 2011 |
| Updating a Searchable Database of Dropout Prevention Programs and Policies in Nine Low-Income Urban School Districts in the Northeast and Islands Region This technical brief describes updates to a database of dropout prevention programs and policies in 2006/07 created by the Regional Education Laboratory (REL) Northeast and Islands and described in the Issues & Answers report, Piloting a searchable database of dropout prevention ... » more info |
Northeast & Islands Publication: Technical Brief ; Publication Date: February 2012 |
| An Examination of Performance Based Teacher Evaluation Systems in Five States An examination of performance-based teacher evaluation systems in five states, was conducted by the 2006–2011 REL Northeast and Islands at Education Development Center, Inc. This study reviewed state education agency websites and publicly available documents for all 50 states to ... » more info |
Northeast & Islands Publication: Issues & Answers ; Publication Date: February 2012 |
| The Characteristics and Experiences of Beginning Teachers in Seven Northeast and Islands Region States and Nationally The characteristics and experiences of beginning teachers in seven Northeast and Islands Region states and nationally, was produced by the 2006–11 REL Northeast and Islands and Education Development Center, Inc. The report describes the characteristics and experiences of ... » more info |
Northeast & Islands Publication: Issues & Answers ; Publication Date: March 2012 |
| How kindergarten entry assessments are used in public schools and how they correlate with spring assessments This study examined how many public schools nationwide used kindergarten entry assessments (KEAs), and for what purposes; the characteristics of public schools that used KEAs; and whether the use of KEAs was correlated with student assessment scores in reading and mathematics in spring ... » more info |
Northeast & Islands Publication: Making Connections ; Publication Date: October 2016 |
| Redesigning Teacher Evaluation: Lessons from a Pilot Implementation REL Northeast & Islands, in collaboration with the Northeast Educator Effectiveness Research Alliance and the New Hampshire Department of Education, conducted a study of the implementation of new teacher evaluation systems in New Hampshire's School Improvement Grant (SIG) schools. ... » more info |
Northeast & Islands Publication: What's Happening ; Publication Date: January 2015 |
| Gearing Up to Teach the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics in Rural Northeast Region Schools This study describes key challenges and necessary supports related to implementation of the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics (CCSSM) identified by rural math educators in the Northeast. The research team interviewed state and district math coordinators and surveyed teachers ... » more info |
Northeast & Islands Publication: What's Happening ; Publication Date: December 2014 |
| Online course use in New York high schools: Results from a survey in the Greater Capital Region What's Happening Report: As in most states, New York does not currently have a state-level protocol for collecting data about schools' objectives or methods for offering online courses. The goals of the study conducted by the REL Northeast & Islands' Northeast Rural Districts Research ... » more info |
Northeast & Islands Publication: What's Happening ; Publication Date: March 2015 |
| Early Childhood Educator and Administrator Surveys 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 ... » more info |
Northeast & Islands Publication: Tools ; Publication Date: April 2014 |
| The College Readiness Data Catalog Tool: User Guide The College Readiness Data Catalog Tool and User Guide enable states, districts and other educational entities to assess the presence of college readiness indicators in extant data sets and identify gaps that may present challenges in developing future indicator systems. The College ... » more info |
Northeast & Islands Publication: Tools ; Publication Date: September 2014 |
| Developing a Coherent Research Agenda: Lessons from the REL Northeast & Islands Research Agenda Workshops This report describes the approach that REL Northeast & Islands used to guide its eight research alliances toward collaboratively identifying a shared research agenda. A key feature of their approach was a two-workshop series, during which alliance members created a set of research ... » more info |
Northeast & Islands Publication: Tools ; Publication Date: July 2014 |
| How States Use Student Learning Objectives in Teacher Evaluation Systems: A Review of State Websites This report provides an overview of how states define and apply student learning objectives (SLOs) in evaluation systems. The research team conducted a systematic scan of state policies by searching state education agency websites of the 50 states and Washington, D.C. to identify ... » more info |
Northeast & Islands Publication: What's Happening ; Publication Date: March 2014 |
| The Correlates of Academic Performance for English Language Learners in a New England District This study examined student and program characteristics that are related to English proficiency and content area achievement for English language learner students in one urban district in New England. The study found that English learner students with individualized education programs ... » more info |
Northeast & Islands Publication: Making Connections ; Publication Date: August 2014 |
| Toolkit for a Workshop on Building a Culture of Data Use The Culture of Data Use Workshop Toolkit helps school and district teams apply research to practice as they establish and support a culture of data use in their educational setting. The field-tested workshop toolkit guides teams through a set of structured activities to develop an ... » more info |
Northeast & Islands Publication: Tools ; Publication Date: April 2015 |
| Practitioner Data Use in Schools: Workshop Toolkit The Practitioner Data Use Workshop Toolkit is designed to help practitioners systematically and accurately use data to inform their teaching practice. The toolkit includes an agenda, slide deck, participant workbook, and facilitator's guide and covers the following topics: developing ... » more info |
Northeast & Islands Publication: Tools ; Publication Date: December 2014 |
| Logic models for program design, implementation, and evaluation: Workshop toolkit The Logic Model Workshop Toolkit is designed to help practitioners learn the purpose of logic models, the different elements of a logic model, and the appropriate steps for developing and using a logic model for program evaluation. Topics covered in the sessions include an overview of ... » more info |
Northeast & Islands Publication: Tools ; Publication Date: May 2015 |
| The English Language Learner Program Survey for Principals The English Language Learner (ELL) Program Survey for Principals includes survey questions for state education agencies to use to collect data about: 1) school-level policies and practices for educating ELL students; 2) the types of professional development related to ELL education ... » more info |
Northeast & Islands Publication: Tools ; Publication Date: June 2014 |
| Puerto Rico school characteristics and student graduation: Implications for research and policy The purpose of the study is to examine the relationship between Puerto Rico's high school characteristics and student graduation rates. The study examines graduation rates for all public high schools for students who started grade 10 in 2010/11 (in Puerto Rico high school begins in ... » more info |
Northeast & Islands Publication: Making Connections ; Publication Date: April 2017 |
| Status of Data Collection and Use in Early Childhood Programs: Evidence from the Northeast What's Happening: The purpose of this study is to describe what data preschools in a mid-sized city in the Northeast collect, how they use that data, and the challenges they face. The study focuses on three types of data: early learning outcomes, dosage (i.e., the amount of exposure to ... » more info |
Northeast & Islands Publication: What's Happening ; Publication Date: April 2015 |
| Teacher evaluation and professional learning: Lessons from early implementation in a large urban district REL Northeast and Islands, in collaboration with the Northeast Educator Effectiveness Research Alliance, examined the alignment of teacher evaluation and professional learning in a large urban district in the Northeast. REL researchers examined the types of professional learning ... » more info |
Northeast & Islands Publication: What's Happening ; Publication Date: March 2016 |
| Relationship between school professional climate and teachers’ satisfaction with the evaluation process This study, conducted by the Regional Educational Laboratory Northeast & Islands in collaboration with the Northeast Educator Effectiveness Research Alliance, reports on the relationship between teachers' perceptions of school professional climate and their satisfaction with their ... » more info |
Northeast & Islands Publication: Making Connections ; Publication Date: May 2016 |
| A comparison of two approaches to identifying beating-the-odds high schools in Puerto Rico The Regional Educational Laboratory Northeast and Islands conducted this study using data on public high schools in Puerto Rico from national and territory databases to compare methods for identifying beating-the-odds schools. Schools were identified by two methods, a status method ... » more info |
Northeast & Islands Publication: Applied Research Methods ; Publication Date: December 2016 |
| Analyzing student-level disciplinary data: A guide for districts The purpose of this report is to help guide districts in analyzing their own student-level disciplinary data to answer important questions about the use of disciplinary actions. This report, developed in collaboration with the Regional Educational Laboratory Northeast and Islands Urban ... » more info |
Northeast & Islands Publication: Applied Research Methods ; Publication Date: March 2017 |
| Teacher demographics and evaluation: A descriptive study in a large urban district This descriptive study analyzed teacher characteristics, such as age, race, and gender and teachers' evaluation outcomes in a large, urban district in the Northeast. Descriptive analyses of frequencies were conducted to examine the characteristics, summative performance ratings, and ... » more info |
Northeast & Islands Publication: What's Happening ; Publication Date: October 2016 |
| Guide to the Competency-based Learning Survey for Students Many states are beginning to move away from policies that base student advancement on credits and "seat time" toward competency-based learning policies that provide schools with the flexibility to link advancement to a student's mastery of content. As schools and districts implement ... » more info |
Northeast & Islands Publication: Tools ; Publication Date: August 2016 |
| Survey Development Methods for Educators (Part One); Sampling Respondents and Survey Administration (Part Two); and Analysis and Reporting of Survey Data (Part Three) Educators at the state and local levels are increasingly using data to inform policy decisions. While student achievement data is often used to inform instructional or programmatic decisions, educators may also need additional sources of data, some of which may not be housed in their ... » more info |
Northeast & Islands Publication: Applied Research Methods ; Publication Date: August 2016 |
| Home Language Survey Data Quality Self-Assessment Most state departments of education across the U.S. require or recommend that districts use a home language survey as the first step in a multi-step process for identifying students who qualify for English learner student services. However, existing home language surveys may not reveal ... » more info |
Northeast & Islands Publication: Tools ; Publication Date: February 2017 |
| Patterns of English learner student reclassification in New York City public schools This study was designed to describe patterns in reclassification from English learner to English proficient, how the patterns changed over time as students spent more time in New York City (NYC) schools, and how reclassification patterns differed by specific student characteristics. ... » more info |
Northeast & Islands Publication: Making Connections ; Publication Date: October 2016 |
| Principals' time, tasks, and professional development: An analysis of Schools and Staffing Survey data The purpose of this study was to examine how public school principals allocate their time to various job-related tasks and investigate the types of professional development they attend. This report summarizes a secondary analysis of data from the 2011/12 school year collected through ... » more info |
Northeast & Islands Publication: What's Happening ; Publication Date: October 2016 |
| Patterns of classroom quality in Head Start and center-based early childhood education programs REL researchers analyzed data from the 2002/03 Head Start Impact Study (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services) using latent class analysis to determine whether multiple measures, each designed to address one aspect of classroom quality, could collectively differentiate ... » more info |
Northeast & Islands Publication: What's Happening ; Publication Date: October 2016 |
| Graduation outcomes of students who entered New York City public schools in grade 5 or 6 as English learner students This study describes high school graduation outcomes for students who entered New York City schools in grade 5 or 6 as English learner students. It uses longitudinal administrative data from New York City public schools to focus on 1,734 students who entered New York City schools and ... » more info |
Northeast & Islands Publication: Making Connections ; Publication Date: February 2017 |
| Exploring district-level expenditure-to-performance ratios Districts across the nation are seeking ways to increase efficiency by maintaining, if not improving, educational outcomes using fewer resources. One proxy for school district efficiency is an expenditure-to-performance ratio, for example a ratio of per pupil expenditures to student ... » more info |
Northeast & Islands Publication: Applied Research Methods ; Publication Date: March 2017 |
| A guide to calculating district expenditure-to-performance ratios using publicly available data Districts across the nation are seeking ways to increase efficiency by maintaining, if not improving, educational outcomes using fewer resources. One measure that is sometimes used as a proxy for school district efficiency is an expenditure-to-performance ratio, for example a ratio of ... » more info |
Northeast & Islands Publication: Applied Research Methods ; Publication Date: February 2017 |
| Enrollment rates of children in universal prekindergarten programs in Vermont in 2016/17 The purpose of this study was to examine the enrollment patterns in Vermont’s universal, mixed-delivery prekindergarten (preK) program and the child characteristics associated with the likelihood of being enrolled in different program types. This study describes the characteristics of ... » more info |
Northeast & Islands Publication: Descriptive Study ; Publication Date: January 2020 |
| Investigating the Relationship between Adherence to Connecticut’s Teacher Education and Mentoring Program Requirements and Teacher Retention This study examined data from Connecticut’s induction and mentoring program for beginning teachers, called the Teacher Education and Mentoring (TEAM) Program. The TEAM Program requires beginning teachers to complete five instructional modules, submit reflection papers, and meet with a ... » more info |
Northeast & Islands Publication: Descriptive Study ; Publication Date: September 2020 |
| A review of instruments for measuring social and emotional learning skills among secondary school students This purpose of this resource is to support state and local education agencies in identifying reliable and valid instruments that measure collaboration, perseverance, and self-regulated learning among secondary school students. This resource, developed by the Regional Education ... » more info |
Northeast & Islands Publication: Tools ; Publication Date: October 2019 |
| Creating and Using Performance Assessments: An Online Course for Practitioners This self-paced, online course provides educators with detailed information on performance assessment. Through five modules, practitioners, instructional leaders, and administrators will learn foundational concepts of assessment literacy and how to develop, score, and use performance ... » more info |
Northeast & Islands Publication: Tools ; Publication Date: November 2020 |
| Teacher Preparation and Employment Outcomes of Beginning Teachers in Rhode Island Many states want to better understand the extent to which teachers move across schools or leave the state’s public school system, as teacher turnover can have adverse effects on student achievement and local education budgets (Guin, 2004). Leaders at the Rhode Island Department of ... » more info |
Northeast & Islands Publication: Descriptive Study ; Publication Date: September 2020 |
| Relationships between Schoolwide Instructional Observation Scores and Student Academic Achievement and Growth in Low‑Performing Schools in Massachusetts The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE), like other state education agencies and districts, recognizes that a key lever to turning around low-performing schools is the quality of instruction (Hill & Harvey, 2004; Hopkins, Harris, Watling, & Beresford, ... » more info |
Northeast & Islands Publication: Descriptive Study ; Publication Date: September 2020 |
| Continuous Improvement in Education: A Toolkit for Schools and Districts Continuous improvement processes engage key players within a system to focus on a specific problem of practice and, through a series of iterative cycles, test changes, gather data about the changes, and study the potential influence of these changes on outcomes of interest (Bryk et ... » more info |
Northeast & Islands Publication: Tools ; Publication Date: October 2020 |
| Center- and Program-Level Factors Associated with Turnover in the Early Childhood Education Workforce Staff turnover is a pressing problem in early childhood education. High turnover can create organizational instability and distract from the care and education mandate of early childhood education centers. The Early Childhood Workforce Development Research Alliance of the Regional ... » more info |
Northeast & Islands Publication: Descriptive Study ; Publication Date: March 2021 |
| 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 ... » more info |
Northeast & Islands Publication: Descriptive Study ; Publication Date: November 2021 |
| Variation in Mentoring Practices and Retention across New Teacher Demographic Characteristics under a Large Urban District’s New Teacher Mentoring Program A large urban school district wanted to understand how its first-year teacher mentoring program might better support the district goals of increasing retention and maintaining a diverse workforce. This study investigated new teachers' participation in that program; how participation ... » more info |
Northeast & Islands Publication: Descriptive Study ; Publication Date: September 2021 |
| Characteristics of Approved Universal Prekindergarten Programs in Vermont in 2018/19
In an effort to increase access to high-quality prekindergarten (preK) programs for all of Vermont’s young children, Vermont passed universal preK legislation in 2014 (Act 166). All 3- and 4-year-old children have access to 10 hours a week of state-funded preK through a mixed-delivery ... » more info |
Northeast & Islands Publication: Descriptive Study ; Publication Date: February 2021 |
| Analyzing Teacher Mobility and Retention: Guidance and Considerations Report 1 This applied research methods report is a guide for state and local education agency policymakers and their analysts who are interested in studying teacher mobility and retention. This report provides the foundational information needed to answer policy-relevant research questions ... » more info |
Northeast & Islands Publication: Tools ; Publication Date: April 2021 |
| Exploring Implementation of Attendance Supports to Reduce Chronic Absenteeism in the Providence Public School District In recent years Rhode Island's Providence Public School District (PPSD) has put initiatives in place to reduce high chronic absenteeism. This study explored attendance supports aimed at reducing chronic absenteeism that PPSD schools implemented in the 2018/19 school year. Although some ... » more info |
Northeast & Islands Publication: Descriptive Study ; Publication Date: September 2021 |
| The Effects of Accelerated College Credit Programs on Educational Attainment in Rhode Island This study examined participation in accelerated college credit programs dual enrollment, concurrent enrollment, and Advanced Placement courses in Rhode Island high schools to understand their effects on educational attainment in the 2013/14 grade 9 cohort. The state, which has funded ... » more info |
Northeast & Islands Publication: Descriptive Study ; Publication Date: June 2021 |
| Relationship between State Annual School Monitoring Indicators and Outcomes in Massachusetts Low‑Performing Schools The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education supports low-performing schools through a process that draws on qualitative and quantitative data from monitoring visits. The data are used to produce ratings for 26 turnaround indicators in four turnaround practice ... » more info |
Northeast & Islands Publication: Descriptive Study ; Publication Date: May 2021 |
| Analyzing Teacher Mobility and Retention: Guidance and Considerations Report 2 This applied research methods report is a guide for state and local education agency policymakers and their analysts who are interested in studying teacher mobility and retention. This report is the second in a two-part set and builds on the foundational information in report 1. This ... » more info |
Northeast & Islands Publication: Tools ; Publication Date: April 2021 |
| Additional Certification for Teachers in New York State: Teachers’ Experience and Employment Location, Certification Pathways, and Certification Areas New York State is experiencing teacher shortages in specific subject areas. One way to address these shortages is for certified teachers to earn additional certificates qualifying them to fill positions in shortage areas. This study explored patterns in how experienced teachers (those ... » more info |
Northeast & Islands Publication: Descriptive Study ; Publication Date: November 2021 |