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Leveraging Data for Student Success

Improving Education Through Data-Driven Decisions

By: Laura G. Knapp,Elizabeth Glennie,Karen J. Charles

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Leveraging Data for Student Success

Improving Education Through Data-Driven Decisions

By: Laura G. Knapp,Elizabeth Glennie,Karen J. Charles

People providing services to schools, teachers, and students want to know whether these services are effective. With that knowledge, a project director can expand services that work well and adjust implementation of activities that are not working as expected. When finding that an innovative strategy benefits students, a project director might want to share that information with other service providers who could build upon that strategy. Some organizations that fund programs for students will want a report demonstrating the program’s success. Determining whether a program is effective requires expertise in data collection, study design, and analysis. Not all project directors have this expertise—they tend to be primarily focused on working with schools, teachers, and students to undertake program activities. Collecting and obtaining student-level data may not be a routine part of the program. This book provides an overview of the process for evaluating a program. It is not a detailed methodological text but focuses on awareness of the process. What do program directors need to know about data and data analysis to plan an evaluation or to communicate with an evaluator? Examples focus on supporting college and career readiness programs. Readers can apply these processes to other studies that include a data collection component.

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124

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RTI Press

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1934831204

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9781934831205

Deluxe Jim Crow

Civil Rights and American Health Policy, 1935-1954

By: Karen Kruse Thomas

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Deluxe Jim Crow

Civil Rights and American Health Policy, 1935-1954

By: Karen Kruse Thomas

Plagued by geographic isolation, poverty, and acute shortages of health professionals and hospital beds, the South was dubbed by Surgeon General Thomas Parran "the nation's number one health problem." The improvement of southern, rural, and black health would become a top priority of the U.S. Public Health Service during the Roosevelt and Truman administrations. Karen Kruse Thomas details how NAACP lawsuits pushed southern states to equalize public services and facilities for blacks just as wartime shortages of health personnel and high rates of draft rejections generated broad support for health reform. Southern Democrats leveraged their power in Congress and used the war effort to call for federal aid to uplift the South. The language of regional uplift, Thomas contends, allowed southern liberals to aid blacks while remaining silent on race. Reformers embraced, at least initially, the notion of "deluxe Jim Crow"--support for health care that maintained segregation. Thomas argues that this strategy was, in certain respects, a success, building much-needed hospitals and training more black doctors. By the 1950s, deluxe Jim Crow policy had helped to weaken the legal basis for segregation. Thomas traces this transformation at the national level and in North Carolina, where "deluxe Jim Crow reached its fullest potential." This dual focus allows her to examine the shifting alliances--between blacks and liberal whites, southerners and northerners, activists and doctors--that drove policy. Deluxe Jim Crow provides insight into a variety of historical debates, including the racial dimensions of state building, the nature of white southern liberalism, and the role of black professionals during the long civil rights movement.

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401

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University of Georgia Press

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0820341789

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9780820341781

African American History Day by Day

A Reference Guide to Events

By: Karen Juanita Carrillo

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African American History Day by Day

A Reference Guide to Events

By: Karen Juanita Carrillo

The proof of any group's importance to history is in the detail, a fact made plain by this informative book's day-by-day documentation of the impact of African Americans on life in the United States. One of the easiest ways to grasp any aspect of history is to look at it as a continuum. African American History Day by Day: A Reference Guide to Events provides just such an opportunity. Organized in the form of a calendar, this book allows readers to see the dates of famous births, deaths, and events that have affected the lives of African Americans and, by extension, of America as a whole. Each day features an entry with information about an important event that occurred on that date. Background on the highlighted event is provided, along with a link to at least one primary source document and references to books and websites that can provide more information. While there are other calendars of African American history, this one is set apart by its level of academic detail. It is not only a calendar, but also an easy-to-use reference and learning tool.

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749

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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ISBN 13

9798216042990

Medical-Surgical Nursing

By: Priscilla LeMone,Karen Burke,Trudy Dwyer,Tracy Levett-Jones,Lorna Moxham,Kerry Reid-Searl

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Medical-Surgical Nursing

By: Priscilla LeMone,Karen Burke,Trudy Dwyer,Tracy Levett-Jones,Lorna Moxham,Kerry Reid-Searl

The focus of this product package is to provide students with a strong knowledge base, an understanding of contemporary practice issues in Australia and the capacity for sound clinical reasoning. You will use these professional attributes in order to provide safe and effective nursing care. This easily understood, straightforward Australian edition integrates the following concepts: epidemiology, pathophysiology, pharmacology, legal and ethical issues, therapeutic communication, interprofessional communication and cultural safety.

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2091

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Pearson Higher Education AU

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1486014402

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9781486014408

Who Speaks for the Poor?

By: Karen Long Jusko

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Who Speaks for the Poor?

By: Karen Long Jusko

Explains cross-national differences in the political and partisan representation of low-income voters, focusing attention on the electoral geography of income.

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219

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Cambridge University Press

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1108419887

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9781108419888

Gender and Literacy

A Handbook for Educators and Parents

By: Karen A. Krasny

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Gender and Literacy

A Handbook for Educators and Parents

By: Karen A. Krasny

This work offers parents, educators, and librarians a practical guide to discovering the ways gender identities are constructed through literacy practices, providing recommendations for addressing gender inequities in schools and in the community at large. Gender and Literacy: A Handbook for Educators and Parents focuses on issues related to the gendered experience of students from pre-kindergarten through grade 12, promoting an understanding that the issues surrounding gender cannot be reduced to broad generalizations. Author Karen A. Krasny seeks to make clear the complex notion of gender construction within the context of redefining what constitutes legitimate literacy practices in schools. This handbook will help to guide educators, parents, and librarians by assisting them in the selection and evaluation of print and media resources. The first chapter explains the need to understand the complex relationship between gender and literacy. The bulk of the book provides readers with a critical review of the studies conducted to investigate gendered literacy practices, while the last three chapters focus on actionable strategies and policy making.

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309

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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ISBN 13

9798216088899

Tied Up in Knotts

My Dad and Me

By: Karen Knotts,Betty Lynn

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Tied Up in Knotts

My Dad and Me

By: Karen Knotts,Betty Lynn

Karen Knotts tells the full story of her father, Don Knotts Much has been written about Don Knotts's career, especially about his iconic role as Barney Fife on The Andy Griffith Show, but personal views into the man himself are few and far between. In Tied Up in Knotts, a loving daughter provides a full-life narrative of her father: Don's difficult childhood in an abusive home, his escape into comedic performance, becoming a household name, his growth as a feature film actor, his failing health, and his family life throughout, leading to touching and hilarious moments that will make the reader laugh and cry. Those looking for a behind-the-scenes peek at the show, from the nuts and bolts of production to the hilarious pranks and heartfelt moments between the cast and crew, will see it all through the eyes of the little girl who grew up on the set. Knotts will delight readers with the memories of celebrities touched by Don's life, including Ron Howard, Tim Conway, Andy Griffith, Elinor Donahue, John Waters, Barbara Eden, Katt Williams, and Jim Carrey. Tied Up In Knotts delves beyond Barney Fife nostalgia to tell the life story of a man and father.

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248

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Chicago Review Press

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1641605146

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9781641605144

Three Weddings and a Giggle

3 Novellas

By: Liz Curtis Higgs,Karen Ball,Carolyn Zane

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Three Weddings and a Giggle

3 Novellas

By: Liz Curtis Higgs,Karen Ball,Carolyn Zane

Three novellas with one subject-marriage.

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424

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0739416820

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9780739416822

An Urban History of The Plague

Socio-Economic, Political and Medical Impacts in a Scottish Community, 1500–1650

By: Karen Jillings

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An Urban History of The Plague

Socio-Economic, Political and Medical Impacts in a Scottish Community, 1500–1650

By: Karen Jillings

As a medical, economic, spiritual and demographic crisis, plague affected practically every aspect of an early modern community whether on a local, regional or national scale. Its study therefore affords opportunities for the reassessment of many aspects of the pre-modern world. This book examines the incidence and effects of plague in an early modern Scottish community by analysing civic, medical and social responses to epidemics in the north-east port of Aberdeen, focusing on the period 1500–1650. While Aberdeen’s experience of plague was in many ways similar to that of other towns throughout Europe, certain idiosyncrasies in the city make it a particularly interesting case study, which challenges several assumptions about early modern mentalities.

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284

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Routledge

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1317274709

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9781317274704

Ancient South America

By: Karen Olsen Bruhns

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Ancient South America

By: Karen Olsen Bruhns

South America is still the least known continent in the world. Isolated for all of prehistory and much of its history, it is quite alien to the average European, Asian, or North American. Yet this continent witnessed the development of a series of cultures and of advanced civilizations which rival anything in Eurasia or Africa. Independently South American peoples invented agriculture and domesticated animals, pottery, elaborate architecture, and the arts of working metals. Tribes, chiefdoms, and immense conquest states rose, flourished, and disappeared leaving only their ruined monuments and broken artifacts as testimonials to past greatness. Ancient South America encompasses ten millennia of cultural development and diversity. Accessibly written and abundantly illustrated, this book will be enjoyed by students of archaeology, anthropology, and art history.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521277612

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9780521277617

(Color) Thoughts, Theories, and Impressions of Jane Caldwell Waite Dunn Kelsey

By: Karen Lindberg Rasmussen,Paula Lindberg Paradise,Karen Paradise Baranowski

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(Color) Thoughts, Theories, and Impressions of Jane Caldwell Waite Dunn Kelsey

By: Karen Lindberg Rasmussen,Paula Lindberg Paradise,Karen Paradise Baranowski

This FULL COLOR documented narrative tells the story of Jane Caldwell born 27 March 1808/1809. It also provides biographical sketches of her parents, spouses, siblings, and children. Jane was born in Sandy Lake township, Mercer County, Pennsylvania. She joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1842 and later moved to Utah.

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Lulu.com

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1304419606

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9781304419606

Literacy Play Centers, Grades PK - K

By: Maureen Walcavich,Karen Bauer

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Literacy Play Centers, Grades PK - K

By: Maureen Walcavich,Karen Bauer

Play is how young children learn. Use Literacy Play Centers for students in grades PK–K to build understanding of literacy, mathematics, and community. The book includes 15 centers, including Grocery Store, Doctor’s Office, Barbershop/Hair Salon, Post Office, Florist Shop, and Bank. The fun role-playing activities help students develop cooperation, negotiation, and sharing while incorporating phonemic awareness, letters of the alphabet and their sounds, rhyming words, syllables, concepts of print, number and shape recognition, graphing, and estimation. This 160-page book includes detailed procedures, goals, objectives, a list of theme-related children’s literature, skills indexes for math and language arts, and information on embedding assessment throughout the year.

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Carson-Dellosa Publishing

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1604183497

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9781604183498

(Black and White) Thoughts, Theories, and Impressions of Jane Caldwell Waite Dunn Kelsey,

By: Karen Lindberg Rasmussen,Paula Lindberg Paradise,Karen Paradise Baranowski

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(Black and White) Thoughts, Theories, and Impressions of Jane Caldwell Waite Dunn Kelsey,

By: Karen Lindberg Rasmussen,Paula Lindberg Paradise,Karen Paradise Baranowski

This documented narrative tells the story of Jane Caldwell born 27 March 1808/1809. It also provides biographical sketches of her parents, spouses, siblings, and children. Jane was born in Sandy Lake township, Mercer County, Pennsylvania. She joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1842 and later moved to Utah.

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1304417611

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Gertrude Stein and the Making of an American Celebrity

By: Karen Leick

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Gertrude Stein and the Making of an American Celebrity

By: Karen Leick

This book is a cultural history of Stein’s rise to fame and the function of literary celebrity in America from 1910 to 1935. By examining not the ways that Stein portrayed the popular in her work, but the ways the popular portrayed her, this study shows that there was an intimate relationship between literary modernism and mainstream culture and that modernist writers and texts were much more well-known than has been previously acknowledged. Specifically, Leick reveals through the case study of Stein that the relationship between mass culture and modernism in America was less antagonistic, more productive and integrated than previous studies have suggested.

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254

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Routledge

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113660345X

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9781136603457

The Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine

By: Donna Olendorf,Christine Jeryan,Karen Boyden

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The Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine

By: Donna Olendorf,Christine Jeryan,Karen Boyden

Contains articles that provide medical information about a wide variety of common diseases, disorders, tests, and treatments; arranged alphabetically from T-to-Z; and includes cross-references, definitions of terms, lists of resources, and a comprehensive general index.

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078761873X

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9780787618735

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Leveraging Data for Student Success

Leveraging Data for Student Success

Deluxe Jim Crow

Deluxe Jim Crow

African American History Day by Day

African American History Day by Day

Medical-Surgical Nursing

Medical-Surgical Nursing

Who Speaks for the Poor?

Who Speaks for the Poor?

Gender and Literacy

Gender and Literacy

Tied Up in Knotts

Tied Up in Knotts

Three Weddings and a Giggle

Three Weddings and a Giggle

An Urban History of The Plague

An Urban History of The Plague

Ancient South America

Ancient South America

(Color) Thoughts, Theories, and Impressions of Jane Caldwell Waite Dunn Kelsey

(Color) Thoughts, Theories, and Impressions of Jane Caldwell Waite Dunn Kelsey

Literacy Play Centers, Grades PK - K

Literacy Play Centers, Grades PK - K

(Black and White) Thoughts, Theories, and Impressions of Jane Caldwell Waite Dunn Kelsey,

(Black and White) Thoughts, Theories, and Impressions of Jane Caldwell Waite Dunn Kelsey,

Gertrude Stein and the Making of an American Celebrity

Gertrude Stein and the Making of an American Celebrity

The Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine

The Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine

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