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Evaluations Key to State Chances for NCLB Waiver and States Promise Higher Standards in Exchange for NCLB Leniency
- State applications for NCLB waivers contain plans for adopting standards, designing assessments, and crafting teacher evaluations (in PDF format):
Science Looks at How to Inspire Creativity
- “An Investment Approach to Creativity: Theory and Data” is by Todd I. Lubart and Robert J. Sternberg.
- “Stepping Back to See the Big Picture: When Obstacles Elicit Global Processing” can be found in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.
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NEA Promises Initiatives to Raise Teacher Quality
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Science ‘Proficiency’ in One State Misses the Bar in Another
- “All Over the Map: Comparing States’ Expectations for Student Performance” is by Change the Equation in collaboration with the American Institutes for Research.
