The IRE Resource Center is a major research library containing more than 23,250 investigative stories — both print and broadcast. Add to that more than 3,000 tipsheets from our national conferences on how to cover specific beats or do specific stories and you have a resource that no reporter or editor should be without. These stories and tipsheets are searchable online or by contacting the Resource Center directly (573-882-3364 or rescntr@ire.org) where a researcher can help you pinpoint what you need. Browse or search the tipsheet section of our library below. Logged-in members can view the tipsheets free online:
Search results for "student achievement" ...
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Turning schools data into scoops
Vogell explains the value of school data as a rich source for stories on education. She explains where and how to start with your reporting. She discusses out what to look at when evaluating test scores and student achievement; discipline and school safety; teaching and certification; various other valuable data.
Tags: education; testing; standardized test scores; National Board Certification; NBCL; schools; No Child Left Behind; students; school data; student achievement; grade inflation; college remediation; discipline; school safety
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Testing, testing: CAR and student assessment
This tipsheet offers a lot of advice to make school test scores less confusing. Hacker suggests different ways to look at the data such as using percentiles and examining scores over time. She also explains how to look at the data graphically with Excel and then interpret each chart. Finally, Hacker includes a list of online resources that could be helpful to reporters tackling this topic.
Tags: No Child Left Behind; SAT; ACT; school testing; education; scores
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A Lesson in Excess
Governments are increasingly focusing on student achievement for funding purposes. "Pay-for-performance schemes are popping up everywhere in the form of merit pay, salary bonuses for teachers who excel and cash payouts to schools that ace standardized tests." Davis and Doig offer suggestions for tracking this money.
Tags: Florida; School Recognition Program; Comprehensive Achievement Test; school districts; education
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Explaining the achievement gap: Tips and resources
This tipsheet explains how to accurately use student data to document and report the racial achievement gap.
Tags: education; achievement gap; race
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Resource list for "The Learning Gap"
The nationally acclaimed Kentucky Education Reform Act of 1990 set ambitious standards for student achievement, but paid little attention to a key ingredient: teacher quality. In response, the Herald-Leader ran a four-part series evaluating the state's teaching programs and certification process. This tipsheet contains the resources used in the series. Also included is a list of Dos and Don'ts for tackling the education beat.
Tags: CAR
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How to Size Up Your Local School District
This handout provides practical tips on how to assess academic achievement, innovation and curriculum, finances, building conditions, employment practices, at-risk students, school safety and student demographics. Audio tape available through the IRE Resource Center at (573) 882-3364 or rescntr@ ire.org. Ask for tape #IRE96-34.
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