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1.7 "Reculturing" Around Accountability Systems Leadership works to build coherency and alignment by "reculturing" around state and federal accountability systems. 
Level of Performance: Exceeds Standards
Related Resources Tools NEW! No Child Left Behind Overview This overiew of No Child Left Behind (NCLB) provides select Department of Education guidance, regulations, legislation, and announcements. For easy reference, resources are organized by key NCLB topics. Publisher: Southwest Comprehensive Center Alignment Analysis This site describes how alignment analysis helps educational leaders make informed decisions about how to measure alignment of assessments with their respective content standards or curriculum. Two models which have been used by several states are presented. Publisher: Council of Chief State School Officers Articles NEW! Strategic Designs: Lessons from Leading Edge Small High Schools Based on a three-year effort aimed at building understanding and tools that would support districts in creating cost-effective systems of high-performing urban high schools, Education Resource Strategies (ERS) created the following report and tools to support district leaders. Author: Karen Hawley Miles and Regis Anne Shields Publication Date: 2008 Publisher: Education Resource Strategies NEW! Education Leadership: A Bridge to School Reform Education leadership has been called the “critical bridge” that can unite the many different school reform approaches in ways that practically nothing else can. This was the central theme of The Wallace Foundation’s national education conference held in October of 2007. This report shares lessons and experiences about how states, districts and universities are going about ensuring that all schools have well-trained, well-supported leadership. Author: M. Christine DeVita, Richard L. Colvin, Linda Darling-Hammond, Kati Haycock Publication Date: 2007, December Publisher: Wallace Foundation NEW! Foundations for Success: Report of the National Mathematics Advisory Panel On March 13, 2008, the National Mathematics Advisory Panel presented its Final Report to the President of the United States and the Secretary of Education. This report contains information for parents, teachers, policy makers, the research community. Publication Date: 2008 Publisher: U.S. Department of Education Comparing The Research on Best Practices This article compares the research on best practices from leading educators like Robert Marzano, Jay McTighe, Michael Fullan, and Deborah Pickering and looks for common components. Author: Carol Rolheiser, Ph.D. and Michael Fullan, Ph.D. Publication Date: 2002 Publisher: Center for Development and Learning Curriculum Renewal: Curriculum Mapping This section of ASCD’s Curriculum Handbook presents an overview of how curriculum mapping can help teachers and administrators compare their curriculum with state and national standards by identifying what is actually taught over a period of time. This is seen to be a collaborative tasks to be completed within and across schools to assess what is being taught in similar grades and subjects. Author: Rebecca Crawford Burns Publisher: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) Gaining Traction, Gaining Ground: How Some High Schools Accelerate Learning for Struggling Students This report investigates four high-impact high schools where previously underperforming students made unusually large achievement gains, and notes 21 differences between the orientation and practices of high impact schools compared to average schools. Publication Date: 2005 Publisher: Ed Trust Leading in Tough Times: New Lessons for Districtwide Reform This article discusses 10 components the authors feel are crucial components in the success of large-scale systemic improvement. Author: Michael Fullan, Al Bertani, and Joanne Quinn Publication Date: 2004 Publisher: Center for Development and Learning Noteworthy Perspectives on Implementing Standards-Based Education Based on information learned in interviews with teachers across the U.S. involved with standards-based reform, this McREL publication is intended to help administrators and policymakers understand what teachers need to implement standards-based reforms so that they will then be able to provide the necessary support to make implementation possible. Publication Date: 2000, November Publisher: Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL) Rethinking Issues of Alignment under No Child Left Behind This knowledge brief, intended for designers and users of alignment studies, describes different ways of thinking about alignment, particularly in relation to the requirements of No Child Left Behind. Alignment is defined and compared to related concepts. Key issues that states and districts must now address are discussed and examples of different ways to achieve alignment are provided. Author: Sri Ananda Publication Date: 2003 Publisher: WestEd The Instructional Demands of Standards-Based Reforms This article addresses how the goals in standards-based reforms of what students should know and be able to do influences changes in practice at the school and classroom level. Jamentz discusses issues including planning backwards from demonstrations of achievement, judging performance, and giving feedback in a standards-based system. Author: Kate Jamentz Publication Date: 2001 Publisher: American Federation of Teachers (AFT) The Price of Accountability This article discusses the reorganization of schools in order to respond to external pressure of accountability. Author: Richard Elmore Publication Date: 2002 Publisher: National Staff Development Council (NSDC) Useful Links The Benefits of Curriculum Alignment A brief discussion of the benefits of curriculum alignment and the roles that various stakeholders can play to achieve this. Other Resources Accountability Dialogues: School Communities Creating Demand from Within Jamentz discusses how public engagement in what a school should be accountable for and what instruments are trusted for assessment can help build capacity by strengthening relationships among teachers, parents, and the community at large. Book available for purchase at WestEd site. Author: Kate Jamentz Publisher: Western Assessment Collaborative, WestEd ©2005 WestEd. All rights reserved.  |
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