History of Education Terms

A proposed or adopted course or principle of action

All the people who stand to gain or lose by the policies and activities of a business and whose concerns the business needs to address.

Explains, demonstrates, reinforces, and evaluates the students' progress in learning.

the making of a judgment about the amount, number, or value of something; assessment.

Teacher Keys Effectiveness System. a common evaluation system designed for building teacher effectiveness and ensuring consistency and comparability throughout the state.

Adequate Yearly Progress. a measurement defined by the United States federal No Child Left Behind Act that allows the U.S. Department of Education to determine how every public school and school district in the country is performing academically according to results on standardized tests

College and Career Readiness Performance Index. a comprehensive school improvement, accountability, and communication platform for all educational stakeholders that will promote college and career readiness for all Georgia public school students.

the main law for K-12 general education in the United States from 2002-2015. The law held schools accountable for how kids learned and achieved.

A person who works for another in order to learn a trade.

courses of study that prepare students for careers in a specific trade or industry

a public school in the United States during the 19th century.

common term used to describe small private schools that provided an education for working class children before they were old enough to work. These schools were usually run by an elderly woman who taught the children to read and write and other useful skills such as sewing

a series of graded primers for grade levels 1-6. They were widely used as textbooks in American schools from the mid-19th century to the mid-20th century, and are still used today in some private schools and in homeschooling.

The teaching principles developed by Maria Montessori, an Italian doctor, emphasizing self-directed learning through sensory experiences.

an institution created to train high school graduates to be teachers by educating them in the norms of pedagogy and curriculum.