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4.6 Student Achievement Highly Valued Student achievement is highly valued and publicly celebrated. 
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Related Resources Tools AIMS Website This website provides Arizona teachers, administrators, students, and parents access to the AIMS Hotline phone number for tutoring help, an overview of the AIMS test, sample tests, study guides, and information about tuition waivers. Publisher: Arizona Department of Education Commissioner Cody Defines Successful Schools William Cody, Commissioner of Education and co-chairman of PRISM, a statewide network that provides resources to help schools and teachers improve the ways that science and math are taught, identified nine strategies that successful schools were using. Each strategy demonstrates that student achievement is highly valued. Publication Date: 1996 Publisher: PRISM summit Student Recognition This site presents a short list of strategies used to recognize student achievement for grades 3-5 at a Virginia Intermediate School, including displaying student work, mentioning outstanding students in morning announcements, and displaying student pictures in a showcase at the front of the school. Publication Date: 2004, August Publisher: Great Bridge Intermediate School, Chesapeake Public Schools, Virginia Articles NEW! Raising Their Voices: Engaging students, teachers, and parents to help end the High School Dropout Epidemic Author: John Bridgeland, Robert Balfanz, Laura Moore, and Rebecca Friant Publication Date: 2010 Publisher: Civic Enterprises NEW! Using the Right Data to Determine if High School Interventions Are Working to Prepare Students for College and Careers Author: Chrys Dougherty Publication Date: 2010 Publisher: National High School Center NEW! Assisting Students Struggling with Reading: Response to Intervention (RtI) and Multi-Tier Intervention in the Primary Grades The IES Practice Guide has researched and evidenced based strategies for teachers to use when identifying and helping their primary struggling readers. Publication Date: 2009, February Publisher: Institute of Education Sciences: NCEE NEW! Making High School Students into “College Material” This article discusses four program components — counseling, student academic supports, curricular rigor, and incentives — that appear most often in college preparatory initiatives. Author: William Corrin and Collin F. Payne Publication Date: 2009 Publisher: MDRC NEW! Time & Attention in Urban High Schools:Lessons for Urban School Systems This document provides recommendations on how urban school districts can structure time to improve student learning. Author: Stephen Frank Publication Date: 2010 Publisher: Education Resource Strategies Assessment FOR Learning, the Achievement Gap, and Truly Effective Schools "As the mission of schools changes from ranking students to ensuring that all learn to specified standards, Mr. Stiggins argues that the purpose and form of assessments must change as well." Author: Rick Stiggins Publication Date: 2008 Publisher: ETS Computers, The Internet, and Cheating Among Secondary School Students: Some Implications for Educators This article investigates how secondary students may use the Internet for plagiarizing schoolwork and provides some basic precautions educators can implement in their classrooms. Author: Stacey Conradson & Pedro Hernández-Ramos Publication Date: 2004 Publisher: Practical Assessment, Research & Evaluation Creating a Culture of Literacy: A Guide for Middle and High School Principals Thsi guide is designed to help school leaders use research on literacy practices to create a well-defined intervention plan that not only will improve the literacy of all students but also the long-range academic success of students. Publication Date: 2005 Publisher: National Association of Secondary School Principals Cultures of Excellence and Belonging in Urban Middle Schools Over a three-year period, Education Development Center, Inc. selected and studied three urban middle schools with high minority and poverty rates. This report discusses seven features of the cultures of excellence and belonging that characterize these schools. Author: Catherine Cobb Morocco, Nancy Clark-Chiarelli, and Nancy Brigham Publication Date: 2005 Publisher: National Middle School Association Family Involvement in Middle and High School Students' Education The brief discusses the latest research on effective involvement, including the research studies that link family involvement during the middle and high school years to outcomes and programs that have been evaluated to show what works. Author: Holly Kreider, Margaret Caspe, Susan Kennedy, and Heather Weiss Publication Date: 2007 Publisher: Harvard Family Research Project Instructional and Assessment Systems of Successful Schools This report defines the successful school as "one that has high levels of student achievement" It describes the elements of a successful school structure as: (1) school leadership, (2) curriculum/instruction, (3) professional development, (4) connecting assessment to instruction, (5) culture/ expectations/climate/communication, (6) budget and resources, and (7) parents and community. The explanation of each element of a successful school structure demonstrates that “achievement is highly valued and publicly celebrated. Example: The primary focus of school leadership is on high student achievement. School leaders visit classrooms regularly and know what is happening in each classroom – from lesson plans, classroom assessments, and plans for re-teaching when targets are not met. Good leaders reinforce quality work of students and teachers. The reader will develop a clear picture of "what it looks like" from the description of each element. Publication Date: 2003 Publisher: Education Commission of the States Interventions for Adolescent Struggling Readers: A Meta-Analysis with Implications for Practice This report focuses on interventions designed to improve students' use of reading comprehension strategies. It also considers the impact of interventions that target improved reading vocabulary, accurate decoding of unfamiliar words in text, and increased reading fluency. Author: Nancy Scammacca, Greg Roberts, Sharon Vaughn, Meaghan Edmonds, Jade Wexler Publication Date: 2007 Publisher: Center on Instruction Teaching Science: Meeting the Academic Needs of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students This article discusses ways for teachers to address the academic needs of students who are culturally and linguistically diverse. Author: Lynne E. Houtz Publication Date: 2004 Publisher: HighBeam Research The School Climate Challenge: Narrowing the Gap Between School Climate Research and School Climate Policy School climate research shows that a caring and responsive school climate is associated with increased academic achievement as well as teacher retention. This document discusses the research behind these findings. Publication Date: 2007 Publisher: Education Commission of the States The Self-Esteem of Rural Children This article discusses the self-esteem of children in small towns compared to suburban and urban children. Author: Raymond K. Yang and Robert J. Fetsch Publication Date: 2007 Publisher: Journal of Research in Rural Education What Content-Area Teachers Should Know About Adolescent Literacy This report suggests methods for improving reading and writings skills in all classrooms. Author: Kris Anstrom, Trenace Richardson, Tanya Shuy, Rebecca J. Moak, Mary A. Campbell and Peggy McCardle Publication Date: 2007 Publisher: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Useful Links NEW! Helping Students Navigate the Path to College: What High Schools Can Do This report offers five recommendations to improve student preparation academically for college, assist them in completing the steps to college entry, and improve their likelihood of enrolling in college. Author: Thomas Bailey, Jill Constantine, Nicole Farmer Hurd, Neal Finkelstein, and William G. Tierney Publication Date: 2009 Publisher: Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education Arizona Department of Education Teacher Resources This link leads to various teacher resources listed by the Arizona Department of Education. Arizona High School Graduation Requirements This table provides a summary of the Arizona High School Graduation Requirements. Publication Date: 2009 Publisher: Arizona State Board of Education Center for the Future of Arizona The Center for the Future of Arizona is an organization established to improve the quality of life in Arizona by expanding educational resources that are available in this state. Status and Trends in the Education of American Indians and Alaska Natives: 2008 This report examines both the educational progress of American Indian/Alaska Native children and adults and challenges in their education. Author: Jill Fleury DeVoe, Kristen E. Darling-Churchill, and Thomas D. Snyder Publication Date: 2008 Publisher: U.S. Department of Education Tiered Instruction/Intervention The site offers details and information on the RtI process and articles as well as descriptions of the three tiers. Publication Date: Retrieved November 2008 Publisher: RTI Action Network ©2005 WestEd. All rights reserved. |
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