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Author
Publisher
Court Improvement Program, Office of the Colorado State Court Administrator
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
To provide stakeholders with an understanding of the unique educational needs and rights of children touched by the child welfare system and to empower them with an ability to promote positive school experiences as an integral part of the safety, permanency, and well being of children and youth.
Author
Publisher
National Education Policy Center
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
This brief investigates whether closing schools and transferring students for the purpose of remedying low performance is an option educational decision makers should pursue. The logic of closing schools in response to low student performance goes like this: By closing low-performing schools and sending students to better-performing ones, student achievement will improve. The threat of closure may motivate low-performing schools (and their districts)...
1374) State accountability rating systems: a review of school report cards as indicators of school quality
Author
Publisher
National Education Policy Center
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
A core premise of state school report cards is that publicizing information about how well schools and districts meet specified goals will incentivize school improvement. However, for report card rating systems to be potentially beneficial as a school improvement policy instrument, they must provide fair and valid indicators of school performance.
1375) Another Faust
Author
Series
Another series volume 1
Publisher
Not Supplied
Pub. Date
Not Supplied
Language
English
Description
"On a single night, five children suddenly vanish from their homes in Paris, Glasgow, Rome, and London. Years later, five enigmatic teenagers make an impressive entrance at an exclusive New York holiday party with their strange but beautiful governess, Madam Vileroy. Rumor and intrigue follow the Faust children to the elite Manhattan Marlowe School, where their very presence brings unexplainable misfortune..."--Dust jacket flap.
Publisher
Colorado Department of Education, Office of Standards and Assessment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
The Colorado Student Assessment Program Alternate (CSAPA) is a standards-based assessment designed specifically for eligible students with significant cognitive disabilities and is meant to provide a picture of student performance to schools, districts, educators, parents and the community.
Series
Fast facts volume 2011 January
Publisher
Colorado Department of Education, Exceptional Student Services Unit
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English