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guidelines and descriptions of categories or levels of performance. School-to-Work Opportunities Act. Federal legislation passed in May 1994 to bring atten- tion and structure to work-based learning and workforce preparation. Secretary’s Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills (SCANS). The Department of Labor’s SCANS is composed of representatives from education, business, labor, and gov- ernment. SCANS has identified a set of foundation competencies, work competencies, and skills needed for success in the

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guidelines and descriptions of categories or levels of performance. School-to-Work Opportunities Act. Federal legislation passed in May 1994 to bring atten- tion and structure to work-based learning and workforce preparation. Secretary’s Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills (SCANS). The Department of Labor’s SCANS is composed of representatives from education, business, labor, and gov- ernment. SCANS has identified a set of foundation competencies, work competencies, and skills needed for success in the

www.cde.ca.gov/re/pn/fd/documents/cteframework.pdf#page=470

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Environment-based Education Creating High Performance Schools and Students

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ENVIRONMENT-BASED EDUCATION: Creating High Performance Schools and Students 41 CASE STUDY #7: Condit Elementary School, Bellaire, Texas Leaders at Condit Elementary School, Houston Independent School District, decided to cooperate with Carol Basile, co-author of a program designed to enhance transfer — the ability to take knowledge from one context and apply it to another — in young children. The program was an environmental education program called Nature at Your Doorstep. Carol collaborated with

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ENVIRONMENT-BASED EDUCATION: Creating High Performance Schools and Students 5 O increased engagement and enthusiasm for learning; and, O greater pride and ownership in accomplishments.” In 1999, the Education Commission of the States (ECS) recognized SEER’s EIC program as a “promising practice…that show(s) evidence of success in improving student achievement. ECS recognizes EIC as a promising practice for both comprehensive school reform and improving education for at-risk students.” This is a crucial

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ENVIRONMENT-BASED EDUCATION: Creating High Performance Schools and Students 41 CASE STUDY #7: Condit Elementary School, Bellaire, Texas Leaders at Condit Elementary School, Houston Independent School District, decided to cooperate with Carol Basile, co-author of a program designed to enhance transfer — the ability to take knowledge from one context and apply it to another — in young children. The program was an environmental education program called Nature at Your Doorstep. Carol collaborated with

www.neefusa.org/pdf/NEETF8400.pdf#page=47

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Assessment and Accountability Briefing Book

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administration could be used to exempt students from the HSCT required for graduation. Students who scored at or higher than 327 on FCAT Reading and 315 on FCAT Mathemat ics could take advantage of this exemption. Based on the accountability criteria, only four schools were identified as not making adequate progress in 1998, compared to 158 three years earlier. The Florida School Recognition program was funded for the first time at $5.4 mil lion, and 140 schools received recognition and monetary rewards. NAEP

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administration could be used to exempt students from the HSCT required for graduation. Students who scored at or higher than 327 on FCAT Reading and 315 on FCAT Mathemat ics could take advantage of this exemption. Based on the accountability criteria, only four schools were identified as not making adequate progress in 1998, compared to 158 three years earlier. The Florida School Recognition program was funded for the first time at $5.4 mil lion, and 140 schools received recognition and monetary rewards. NAEP

fcat.fldoe.org/pdf/BriefingBook07web.pdf#page=8

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Response to Instruction in the Identification of Learning Disabilities: A Guide for School...

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readily imagined, we will focus solely on reading with particular emphasis on early literacy. This focus is appropriate in that reading deficiencies make up the most frequent profile of students identified for learning disability services (Lyon et al., 2001). The Dual Discrepancy Format Low academic performance. The use of RTI to identify students with learning disabilities is based on a dual-discrepancy model. First, the student must be significantly below same-grade peers on measures of academic performance

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readily imagined, we will focus solely on reading with particular emphasis on early literacy. This focus is appropriate in that reading deficiencies make up the most frequent profile of students identified for learning disability services (Lyon et al., 2001). The Dual Discrepancy Format Low academic performance. The use of RTI to identify students with learning disabilities is based on a dual-discrepancy model. First, the student must be significantly below same-grade peers on measures of academic performance

www.nasponline.org/resources/principals/nasp_rti.pdf#page=1

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Environmental Education and Educational Achievement: Promising Programs & Resources

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Roundtable (SEER) (www.seer.org) has developed a school improvement model, Environment as an Integrating Context (EIC), that uses schools’ natural and community surroundings as a venue for connecting these pedagogies to improve teaching and learning. Many people refer to this kind of education as “environment-based education” in recognition of its primary emphasis on academics. (Please note that NEETF recently released a report on EE and school improvement models focusing on the U.S. Department of Education’s

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Roundtable (SEER) (www.seer.org) has developed a school improvement model, Environment as an Integrating Context (EIC), that uses schools’ natural and community surroundings as a venue for connecting these pedagogies to improve teaching and learning. Many people refer to this kind of education as “environment-based education” in recognition of its primary emphasis on academics. (Please note that NEETF recently released a report on EE and school improvement models focusing on the U.S. Department of Education’s

www.neefusa.org/pdf/prom-programs.pdf#page=7

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Orton Gillingham Phonics on CD-ROM

Software Home LTK provides comprehensive reports to help parents and teachers determine areas of weakness and student performance. A Proven Solution Our software has been used by hundreds of thousands of families and schools around the world. It is highly effective...

www.jwor.com

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Learning History through Children's Literature. ERIC Digest.

the whole language teaching method; concern that children have an inadequate historical understanding of the cultural characteristics that hold the Republic together; recognition that many students need to develop tolerance of individuals unlike themselves;...

www.ericdigests.org/2000-3/history.htm

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Environmental Education: Resources at a Glance

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(www.seer.org) has developed a school improvement model, Environment as an Integrating Context (EIC), that uses schools’ natural and community surroundings as a venue for connecting these pedagogies to improve teaching and learning. Many people refer to this kind of education as “environment-based education”, in recognition of its primary emphasis on academics. A broader adoption of EE in the nation’s schools can help produce motivat- ed students, high-performance life-long-learners, effective future workers and

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(www.seer.org) has developed a school improvement model, Environment as an Integrating Context (EIC), that uses schools’ natural and community surroundings as a venue for connecting these pedagogies to improve teaching and learning. Many people refer to this kind of education as “environment-based education”, in recognition of its primary emphasis on academics. A broader adoption of EE in the nation’s schools can help produce motivat- ed students, high-performance life-long-learners, effective future workers and

www.neefusa.org/pdf/ata-glance.pdf#page=4

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Contested Ground: Performance Accountability in Adult Basic Education

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reasons for the increased interest in performance-based assessments. .. there is an increased awareness that students can leave school without being able to apply their content knowledge outside of the classroom, partly because tests do not ask students to demonstrate use of their knowledge or skills, but merely to recite them on selected response tests. (Grummon, 1997, p. 4) Performance assessment has been defined by the Office of Technology Assessment as “testing that requires a student to create an

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reasons for the increased interest in performance-based assessments. .. there is an increased awareness that students can leave school without being able to apply their content knowledge outside of the classroom, partly because tests do not ask students to demonstrate use of their knowledge or skills, but merely to recite them on selected response tests. (Grummon, 1997, p. 4) Performance assessment has been defined by the Office of Technology Assessment as “testing that requires a student to create an

www.ncsall.net/fileadmin/resources/research/report1.pdf#page=68

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Applying Cognitive-Behavioral Techniques to Social Skills Instruction. ERIC/OSEP Digest.

plays, and self-evaluation. As such, a student's cognition about social situations encountered throughout the school day can be examined and modified through verbal self-regulation (i.e., using self-talk to guide problem solving or some other behavior). CBI incorporates behavio...

www.ericdigests.org/2003-3/skills.htm

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