Rolf K Blank
Biographic Data
| ID | 5452342 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rolf K Blank |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rolf K |
| FAMILY NAME | Blank |
| SIGNATURE | BLANK R K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Lenoir–Rhyne University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1978 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Advanced Content Coverage at Kindergarten
Policymakers have advocated academic skills building at kindergarten as a way of improving student achievement. However, early childhood educators have concerns with this policy as gains in achievement may come at the expense of children’s social-emotional skills. Using a nationally representative data set of kindergartners, we find that advanced academic content, defined as academic skills typically taught at a higher grade, was associated not o…
Place-Based Randomized Trials to Test the Effects on Instructional Practices of a Mathematics/ Science Professional Development Program for Teachers
Aprofessional development model was designed for and is being tested in approximately fifty U.S. middle schools in five large urban districts, with half in each district randomly assigned to receive the two-year treatment. Each school forms a mathematics/science leadership team of five to seven members, including at least one administrator. Teams receive professional development in district-level workshops, then work with all math and science tea…
Using Surveys of Enacted Curriculum to Advance Evaluation of Instruction in Relation to Standards
A partnership among researchers at the Council of Chief State School Officers and the Wisconsin Center for Education Research has recently produced an advanced, in-depth approach to collecting and reporting data on the enacted curriculum in K through 12 mathematics and science education (i.e., the subject content and instructional practices taught in classrooms). The surveys serve as a practical research tool for collecting consistent, reliable d…
State policies and state role in curriculum
Many of the education policy initiatives of state legislatures and state boards of education in the 1980s were aimed at improving the quality of elementary and secondary education through upgrading state standards. Researchers are analyzing the effects of the reforms on education in elementary and secondary schools. Many states have expanded their systems for assessing, monitoring, and reporting on schools, teachers, and students. Using data coll…
Marketing and Recruiting in Urban Magnet Schools
Magnet schools' "marketing" and recruitment takes several forms and has important side effects
Faculty Support for Evaluation of Teaching
Additional informationNotes on contributorsRolf BlankRolf Blank is a research associate with Kirschner Associates, Washington, D.C
An Organizational Model of Higher Education Institutions and Faculty Teaching Goals
The theory of organizations as 'open systems' is used to develop hypotheses on the relationship between academic institutions and faculty teaching goals. The effects of three measures of academic organizations-type of control, institutional functions, and institutional affluence-on faculty support for four types of teaching goals are tested with data from a nationally representative sample of 301 academic institutions. Through the use of a path a…
Using Surveys of Enacted Curriculum to Advance Evaluation of Instruction in Relation to Standards
A partnership among researchers at the Council of Chief State School Officers and the Wisconsin Center for Education Research has recently produced an advanced, in-depth approach to collecting and reporting data on the enacted curriculum in K through 12 mathematics and science education (i.e., the subject content and instructional practices taught in classrooms). The surveys serve as a practical research tool for collecting consistent, reliable d…
Advanced Content Coverage at Kindergarten
Policymakers have advocated academic skills building at kindergarten as a way of improving student achievement. However, early childhood educators have concerns with this policy as gains in achievement may come at the expense of children’s social-emotional skills. Using a nationally representative data set of kindergartners, we find that advanced academic content, defined as academic skills typically taught at a higher grade, was associated not o…
Place-Based Randomized Trials to Test the Effects on Instructional Practices of a Mathematics/ Science Professional Development Program for Teachers
Aprofessional development model was designed for and is being tested in approximately fifty U.S. middle schools in five large urban districts, with half in each district randomly assigned to receive the two-year treatment. Each school forms a mathematics/science leadership team of five to seven members, including at least one administrator. Teams receive professional development in district-level workshops, then work with all math and science tea…
Faculty Support for Evaluation of Teaching
Additional informationNotes on contributorsRolf BlankRolf Blank is a research associate with Kirschner Associates, Washington, D.C
An Organizational Model of Higher Education Institutions and Faculty Teaching Goals
The theory of organizations as 'open systems' is used to develop hypotheses on the relationship between academic institutions and faculty teaching goals. The effects of three measures of academic organizations-type of control, institutional functions, and institutional affluence-on faculty support for four types of teaching goals are tested with data from a nationally representative sample of 301 academic institutions. Through the use of a path a…
Marketing and Recruiting in Urban Magnet Schools
Magnet schools' "marketing" and recruitment takes several forms and has important side effects
State policies and state role in curriculum
Many of the education policy initiatives of state legislatures and state boards of education in the 1980s were aimed at improving the quality of elementary and secondary education through upgrading state standards. Researchers are analyzing the effects of the reforms on education in elementary and secondary schools. Many states have expanded their systems for assessing, monitoring, and reporting on schools, teachers, and students. Using data coll…
Using Surveys of Enacted Curriculum to Advance Evaluation of Instruction in Relation to Standards
A partnership among researchers at the Council of Chief State School Officers and the Wisconsin Center for Education Research has recently produced an advanced, in-depth approach to collecting and reporting data on the enacted curriculum in K through 12 mathematics and science education (i.e., the subject content and instructional practices taught in classrooms). The surveys serve as a practical research tool for collecting consistent, reliable d…
Place-Based Randomized Trials to Test the Effects on Instructional Practices of a Mathematics/ Science Professional Development Program for Teachers
Aprofessional development model was designed for and is being tested in approximately fifty U.S. middle schools in five large urban districts, with half in each district randomly assigned to receive the two-year treatment. Each school forms a mathematics/science leadership team of five to seven members, including at least one administrator. Teams receive professional development in district-level workshops, then work with all math and science tea…
Advanced Content Coverage at Kindergarten
Policymakers have advocated academic skills building at kindergarten as a way of improving student achievement. However, early childhood educators have concerns with this policy as gains in achievement may come at the expense of children’s social-emotional skills. Using a nationally representative data set of kindergartners, we find that advanced academic content, defined as academic skills typically taught at a higher grade, was associated not o…
Mathematics education (6 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Pedagogy (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Higher education (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Medical education (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Academic achievement (2 works)