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Title:Indiana's Growth Model (for measuring student achievement)
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Short Description:The Indiana Growth Model is a powerful tool to understand the progress of students based on where each individual student begins.
Annotation:The Indiana Growth Model is a powerful tool to understand the progress of students based on where each individual student begins. The Indiana Growth Model uses ISTEP+ scores in a new way to help parents, schools, corporations, and the state to understand how schools are progressing from year to year. It also provides a common measure to show how much growth the students of each school have achieved
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Are achievement gaps closing and is achievement rising for all?
America's high school graduates: Results from the 2005 NAEP high school transcript study
Leaders and laggards: A state-by-state report card on educational effectiveness
Common core of data: Information on public schools and school districts in Indiana
Education watch 2006 state summary reports
How well are states educating our neediest children?: The Fordham report 2006
Does implementing a research based school counseling curriculum enhance student achievement
Indiana annual state report card
User's guide to computing high school graduation rates, Volume 2: Technical evaluation of proxy graduation indicators
NAEP state profiles: The nation's report card
Mixed messages: What state high school tests communicate about student readiness for college
Betraying the college dream: How disconnected K-12 and postsecondary education systems undermine student aspirations
School counselors by state, 2002
Advanced placement report to the nation: 2006
Primary progress, secondary challenge
Closing the expectations gap 2007: An annual 50-state progress report on the alignment of high school policies with the demands of college and work
The ASCA national model
Education watch Indiana: Key education facts and figures 2006
State achievement data websites
An historical overview of revenues and expenditures for public elementary and secondary education, by state: Fiscal years 1990-2002
Addressing America's dropout challenge: State efforts to boost graduation rates require federal support
Improving high-school-to-college transition through leadership and governance
Education Commission of the States: Research studies database
Education's best kept secret
Career development and occupational studies resource guide with core curriculum
The future of public education in New Orleans
North Central Regional Educational Research Laboratory: Data Primer
The student to counselor ratio: Does it matter?
Raising graduation rates in an era of high standards: Five commitments for state action
Learn and Serve America
Making sense of data-driven decision making in education
Raising the Bar: Policy Recommendations for high school reform
SREB states lead the nation in Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate Programs
Change, and response to change, in Florida's public schools
Educational programs and projects that address the needs of low-income students
Left behind by design: Proficiency counts and test-based accountability
A new majority: Low income students in the South's public schools
Improving educational attainment through extensive postsecondary encouragement services
2007 ACT National and state scores
2007 College-bound seniors: Total group profile report
Enhancing student services at Lorain County Community College: Early results from the Opening the Doors demonstration in Ohio
Putting English language learners on the educational map: The No Child Left Behind Act implemented
The national articulation and transfer network
Child care and early education state-by-state data
What community college management practices are effective in promoting student success? A study of high- and low-impact institutions
LearnMore Indiana 2006-07 report: Results of Indiana's career and college information survey of students in grades 9 and 11
Database of 21st century skills assessments
Status and trends in the education of racial and ethnic minorities
From cradle to career: Connecting American education from birth through adulthood; California state report
Alabama education quick facts 2007
Education watch Florida: Key education facts and figures 2006
Colorado Reports
Highlights of the 2007 Accountability System in the State of Texas
All Kinds of Minds
Survey finds that Hoosier students are setting their sights on higher education
50-state analysis of the preparation of teachers and the conditions for teaching: Results from the NCES schools and staffing survey
ETS Policy Notes: Addressing achievement gaps: The language acquisition and educational achievement of English-language learners
The connection strategy: Preparing young people to succeed in college and beyond
National Indian Education Study 2007 Part II: The educational experiences of American Indian and Alaska Native students in grades 4 and 8
Windows on achievement and inequality
Still looking to the future: Voluntary K-12 student integration: A manual for parents, educators, and advocates
Into the eye of the storm: Assessing the evidence on science and engineering education, quality, and workforce demand
Building a strong community college system for the state of Indiana: A best practices study
Understanding high school graduation rates (updated): National and state-specific information
Reading--Young children's achievement and classroom experiences
The nation's report card: Civics 2006
The nation's report card: U.S. history 2006
Event Dropout Rates for Public School Students in grades 9-12: 2002-3 and 2003-4
The progress of education reform: Dual enrollment
MALDEF Federal education rights pamphlet (English version)
Education issues 2007
Just for the kids
College bound seniors 2006
The economic promise of investing in high-quality preschool: Using early education to improve economic growth and the fiscal sustainability of states and the nation
Closing educational achievement gaps for Latino/a students in Utah
Improving college readiness and success for all students: A joint responsibility between K-12 and postsecondary education
Early college planning pays big dividends: Louisiana
Incorporating ACT scores into your statewide assessment
Selected state data
No child left behind: What it means for parents
In need of improvement: NCLB & high schools
Education watch Washington: Key education facts and figures 2004
Education watch Washington: Key education facts and figures 2006
Education watch California: Key facts and figures
EPAS® Meets unique needs of GEAR UP programs
Beating the odds: An analysis of student performance and achievement gaps on state assessments: 2005-06 School year
The governance divide: A report on a four-state study on improving college readiness and success
Update to state dual enrollment policies: Addressing access and quality
National High School Center
Appropriate use of high stakes testing in our schools: How should student learning and achievement be measured
Success for All Foundation
Kids Count state-level data online
High school to college and careers: Aligning state policies
NAEP state comparisons
All over the map: State policies to improve the high school
Education watch online
Unfinished business: More measured approaches in standards-based reform
Early college high school model: Strategy for high school completion, college access and success
The relationship between advanced placement and college graduation
Data proposals threaten education and civil rights accountability
National clearinghouse for educational facilities
Embedding college readiness indicators in high school curriculum and assessment
The American diploma project: Overview of research
Reading to achieve: A governor's guide to adolescent literacy
Foundation for Education Excellence
Background and context for equity audits
Graduating America: Meeting the challenge of low-graduation rate high schools
Lessons from Achieving the Dream for federal efforts to improve college completion rates
MAPP: Measure of Academic Proficiency and Progress
Collegiate Learning Assessment (CLA): Returning to learning
Achieving a wealth of riches: Delivering on the promise of data to transform teaching and learning
Whole-school reform: Transforming the nation's low-performing high schools
College readiness and high school-to-college success
Center for data-driven reform in education (CDDRE)
National Center for Summer Learning
How do American students measure up? Making sense of international comparisons
Perspectives on the key K-12 legislation of 2009
A new goal for America's high schools: College preparation for all
Ucan: University and college accountability network (search tool to find private colleges and universities by state)
Diplomas and dropouts: Which colleges actually graduate their students (and which don't)
How bold is "bold?" Responding to Race to the Top with a bold, actionable plan on teacher effectiveness
A new diverse majority: Students of color in the South's public schools
North Carolina Early Mathematics Placement Testing
Comprehensive school reform: Meta-analytic evidence of black-white achievement gap narrowing
The past, present, and future of comprehensive school reform
American Diploma Project (ADP) end-of-course exams: 2009 Annual report
The Center for Public Education
The educational crisis facing young men of color: Reflections on four days of dialogue on the educational challenges of minority males
A synthesis of grade retention research: Looking backward and moving forward
Changes in Graduation Rates by State (Progress and Challenge Indexes)
A critical mission: Making adolescent reading an immediate priority in SREB states
Poverty and potential: Out-of-school factors and school success
Legal Center for Foster Care and Education (Database)
The nation's report card: NAEP 2008: Trends in academic progress
Building Educated Leaders for Life (BELL)
Parsing the achievement gap II
Benchmarking for success: Ensuring US students receive a world-class education
Creating a high school culture of college-going: The case of Washington State Achievers
Closing the expectations gap 2009: Fourth annual 50-state progress report on the alignment of high school policies with the demands of college and careers
The Benwood plan: A lesson in comprehensive teacher reform
Access to success: Patterns of advanced placement participation in U.S. high schools
Improving the distribution of teachers in low-performing high schools
Measuring and improving the effectiveness of high school teachers
State future workforce gap summaries
Black Alliance for Educational Options
Response to Intervention: Resources for student service professionals
The Condition of Latinos in education: 2008 Factbook
2008 Kids Count data book: State profiles of child well-being
Core problems: Out-of-field teaching persists in key academic courses and high-poverty schools
National Center on Response to Intervention (RTI)
Learning to reason and communicate in college: Initital report of findings from the CLA longitudinal study
Doing What Works - Research based education practices online
Indiana's Response to Intervention (RTI)
National School Lunch Program: State-level data FFY1989 to FFY2008
Writing to read: Evidence for how writing can improve reading
Good data. Better policy. Stronger commitment. Improved outcomes.
Rising to the challenge: Meaningful assessment of student learning
High school dropouts and the economic losses from juvenile crime in California
America's future: Latino child well-being in numbers and trends
Minority student success: The role of teachers in Advanced Placement Program (AP) courses
The online learning imperative: A solution to three looming crises in education
Succeeding with English language learners: Lessons learned from the Great City Schools
Condition of Education 2009
Achievement gap patterns of grade 8 American Indian and Alaska Native students in reading and mathematics
New data reveal percent of college credits taken by high school students
Promoting a comprehensive approach to educational opportunity: A pilot inventory of education-related federal programs for children and youth
Retaining Teacher Talent Study
This school works for me: Creating choices to boost student achievement: An implementation guide for school district administrators
Supplemental educational services non-regulatory guidance
Bitter pill, better formula: Toward a single, fair, and equitable formula for ESEA Title 1, Part A
The dropout/graduation crisis among American Indian and Alaska Native students: Failure to respond places the future of native peoples at risk
High school policy reform: A plan for success (California)
Using the right data to determine if high school interventions are working to prepare students for college and careers
Setting statewide college- and career-ready goals
Primary sources: America's teachers on America's schools
Online learning: Addressing challenges and seizing opportunities
The opportunity illusion: Subsidized housing and failing schools in California
Welfare reform and intergenerational mobility
Parent engagement toolkit
Using college admission test scores to clarify high school placement (Leading Indicators Series)
Effectiveness, not seniority: Keeping the best teachers in high-need schools
Response to Intervention: Possibilities for service delivery at the secondary school level
Response to Intervention: The future for secondary schools
Should sixth grade be in elementary school or middle school?
School turnaround teachers: Competencies for success
Power play: Teacher characteristics and class assignments
Speaking of salaries: What it will take to get qualified, effective teachers in all classrooms
College completion toolkit
Accelerating college readiness: Lessons from North Carolina's innovator early colleges
Making the grade: Texas early college high schools prepare students for the future
Funding education equitably: The "comparability provision" the move to fair and transparent school budgeting systems
Forgotten middle-skill jobs: State by state snapshots
Up to the challenge: The role of career and technical education in college and career readiness
Resisters, rejectors, and ridas: How to make urban schools work for disengaged students and critically conscious teachers
Number of instructional days/hours in the school year
A state policymaker's guide to expanding learning time
The mission of the high school: a new consensus of the purposes of public education?
The midwest challenge: Matching jobs with education in the post-recession economy
2011 ACT national and state scores: State reports
Making every diploma count: Using extended-year graduation rates to measure student success
Designing common assessments to be measures of college and career readiness: Challenges and opportunities
Complete to Compete: Higher education data dashboards (state reports)
Title I and high schools: Addressing the needs of disadvantaged students at all grade levels
Percentage of states with alignment between K-12 and higher education standards
Measuring the education pipeline: Critical data elements indicating readiness, transition and success
State policies to improve the effectiveness of school principals
Young Hispanic children: Boosting opportunities for learning
Taking the next step: The promise of intermediate measures for meeting postsecondary completion goals
One-shot deal? Students' perceptions of assessment and course placement in California's community colleges
The condition of college and career readiness 2010
The return on the federal investment in for-profit education: Debt without a diploma
Improving teacher quality: Here's how (guidebook)
States' progress and challenges in implementing common core state standards
Stretching the school dollar: A brief for state policymakers
Are bad schools immortal?
Examining the role of summer bridge programs in promoting college readiness and completion: Lessons learned from Texas' developmental summer bridges
Closing the expectations gap 2011
Data: The missing piece to improving student achievement
Data that matters: Giving high schools useful feedback on grads' outcomes
A new mission for the middle-grades: Preparing students for a changing world
Advocacy in action toolkit
Determinants of students' success: The role of advanced placement and dual enrollment programs
Whose schools? Our schools! Get involved: An action guide for parent participation in education
Kids Count Data Center
Assessing deeper learning
Making the case: Engaging education partners in addressing the education needs of children in foster care
Suggested practices to improve educational outcomes of children living in foster care: Recommendations for school districts
A parent's guide to Response to Intervention (RTI)
Special education in high school redesign
Parents want to know
Principal-counselor toolkit
State high school tests: Changes in state policies and the impact of the college and career readiness movement
Early warning system middle grades tool
Committing to quality: Guidelines for assessment and accountability in higher education
A stronger nation through higher education: A detailed look at college attainment-nationally, by state and by metro area
Do race/ethnicity-based student achievement gaps grow over time?
Building a grad nation: Progress and challenge in ending the high school dropout epidemic (2012 Update)
Is high school tough enough?
Taking action for America: A CEO plan for jobs and economic growth: A skilled, prepared workforce
The road to high-quality early education
State responses to the increasing prevalence of autism spectrum disorders
Beyond the master plan: The case for restructuring baccalaureate education in California
8th Annual AP report to the nation
Autonomy and innovation: Systemic change in a decentralized state
Data for action 2012: Focus on people to change data culture
RTTD guidance: Implementing continuous improvement metrics and strategies for the foundational conditions for personalized learning
Students and teachers talk about school reform and student engagement
The role of language and literacy in college- and career-ready standards: Rethinking policy and practice in support of English language learners
A framework for advancing career and technical education: Recommendations for the reauthorization of the Carl D. Perkins Act
Third grade reading policies
Preparing high school students for college: An exploratory study of college readiness programs in Texas
The condition of college and career readiness 2012: National report
Unequal education: Federal loophole enables lower spending on students of color
Factbook Bulletin: Minority enrollment gains show region's progress toward college completion goals
Performance-based funding of higher education: A detailed look at best practices in six states
No child left behind waivers: Promising ideas from second round applications
Teaching in a learner-centered environment powered by digital learning
MTE Partnership seeks to transform mathematics teacher preparation in support of common core standards
The condition of education 2012 (Website)
Spaces of inclusion? Teachers' perceptions of school communities with differing student racial & socioeconomic contexts
State HIgher Education Finance 2011
State aid to nonpublic schools
On the road to success
Third grade literacy policies: Identification, intervention, retention
Service learning in the United States: Status of institutionalization
NOSCA's eight components of college and career readiness counseling: Elementary school counselor's guide
Interactive learning online at public universities: Evidence from randomized trials
Teaching and learning in the era of the Common Core: The Students at the Center series ebook
Aid and innovation: How federal financial aid policy impacts student success and how states can respond
Common Core implementation workbook
Aligning competencies to rigorous standards for off-track youth: A case study of Boston Day and Evening Academy
The common core state standards: Caution and opportunity for early childhood education
Inseparable imperatives: Equity in education and the future of the American economy

 

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