Archived Information

Tried and True

Tested Ideas for
Teaching and Learning from
the Regional Educational Laboratories

The information in this publication was current as of September 1997, and has not been updated since. Some services described here may no longer be available.

Table of Contents

• Acknowledgments

• Introduction

• Early Childhood Education
  • Family Connections
    A set of guides for parent involvement in the education of young children

  • Program for Infant and Toddler Caregivers
    A complete multimedia training system for caregivers of young children

• Instructional Content and Practice
  • Classroom Assessment Video Training Workshops
    A set of video-based workshops to improve the assessment skills and understanding of teachers

  • Comprehensive School Mathematics Program (CSMP)
    Kindergarten through sixth grade mathematics focusing on problem solving and concept development

  • Literacy Plus
    A language arts framework for kindergarten through eighth grade integrating reading, writing, vocabulary, and reasoning

  • SEDL Follow Through Program
    A comprehensive program for language-minority children in kindergarten through third grade

  • Strategic Teaching and Reading Project (STRP)
    An instructional and professional development program for kindergarten through 12th grade designed to improve students' reading

  • Success for All and Exito Para Todos
    An early elementary school program for at-risk youth

  • Vocational Mentoring
    An experience-based career education program for high school juniors and seniors at risk of not graduating

• Teacher Professional Development
  • Dimensions of Learning
    A framework for planning instruction based on constructivist learning

  • Improving Multigrade Classroom Instruction in Small, Rural Schools
    A series of workshops for educators interested in multigraded classroom instruction

  • Peer-Assisted Leadership (PAL)
    A year long program of professional development for educational leaders involved in school improvement

  • Questioning and Understanding To Improve Learning and Thinking (QUILT)
    A program designed to enhance student learning by improving teachers' classroom questioning techniques

  • Teaching Cases: New Approaches to Teacher Education and Staff Development
    A program that supports the development and use of cases in education

• School Improvement Strategies
  • Onward to Excellence
    A ten-step school improvement process designed to improve student performance

  • Successful Schools Process
    A rural school improvement process for reaching consensus and developing plans for student outcomes

• References and Contacts

• The Regional Educational Laboratories

• Postscript

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