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Education First’s publication library offers curated documents, toolkits, policy memos and templates that have served our clients around the country and are now available to support you. Use these resources to guide your strategic planning, to stay fresh on hot-topic reform areas, to improve your planning and implementation at the state or local levels and to inform grantmaking strategies and investments in areas that will improve student outcomes.
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Inside the Schoolhouse – Delaware Education Progress
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Making the Most of the Every Student Succeeds Act
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Formative Assessment in the Classroom: Findings from Three Districts
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Ensuring High-Quality Teacher Talent
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Fewer and Better Local Assessments
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Following Through On What We’ve Started
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Assessment Design Toolkit
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Giving Teachers the Feedback and Support They Deserve: Five Essential Practices
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Using Observations to Improve Teacher Practice: How States Can Build Meaningful Observation Systems
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Evaluation and Support: Strategies for Success Series Overview
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Classroom Observations: Measuring Teachers’ Professional Practices
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Measuring Students’ Perceptions of Teacher Effectiveness
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Student Learning Objectives: Measuring Student Growth and Supporting Great Teaching
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Professional Learning and Support: Linking Evaluation Data to Teacher Support and Improvement
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Communications and Engagement: Building Educators’ Support for New Evaluations
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Putting it All Together: Using Multiple Measures to Improve Teaching
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Implementing Differentiated Compensation Systems for Educators
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Promoting More Equitable Access to Effective Teachers: Problems and Root Causes