Stronger Workforce »
Quality of Professional Practice
- An Ocean of Unknowns: Risks and Opportunities in Using Student Achievement Data to Evaluate PreK-3rd Grade Teachers
May 21, 2013 As of 2012, 20 states and DC require evidence of student learning to play a role in evaluating teacher performance.
- PreK-3rd: Getting Literacy Instruction Right
May 16, 2013 PreK-3rd: Getting Literacy Instruction Right, the ninth in the FCD series of Policy to Action Briefs outlines the elements of strong PreK-3rd literacy instruction including: what high-quality instruction looks like,what supports enable teachers to carry out strong literacy instruction, and what policies enable schools to carry out strong PreK-3rd reading instruction.
- Watching Teachers Work: Using Observation Tools to Promote Effective Teaching in the Early Years and Early Grades
January 6, 2012 This report from the New America Foundation by Lisa Guernsey, and Susan Ochshorn, argues for improving early education through teacher reform.
- A FirstSchool Framework for Curriculum and Instruction
September 10, 2010 Many curricula can be used successfully in pre-kindergarten and elementary classrooms.
- Time is of the Essence
September 10, 2010 School improvement efforts in the U.S. should focus on rethinking the use of time.
- A Study of Arizona’s Teachers of English Language Learners
August 6, 2010 In this study a representative sample of 880 elementary and secondary teachers currently teaching in 33 schools across the state of Arizona were asked about their perceptions of how their ELL students were faring under current instructional policies for ELL students.
- Testing Goes to Preschool
June 17, 2010 Will state and federal testing programs advance the goal of school readiness for all children?
- Standardized Classroom Observations from PreK to Third Grade: A Mechanism for Improving Quality Classroom Experiences During the P-3 Years
June 14, 2010 The widespread and systematic use of standardized observation in classrooms from pre-kindergarten to third grade has the potential to address major shortcomings in educational services provided to young children.