Improving Low-Performing Schools: Lessons from Five Years of Studying School Restructuring Under No Child Left Behind
Author: Center on Education Policy
Publisher: Center on Education Policy
Publication Date: 2009, December
Publication City: Washington
Publication State: DC
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Description (written by WestEd)
This report on school restructuring in six states proffers recommendations at the school, district, state, and federal levels:
- Use multiple, coordinated strategies that are well matched to the needs of the school and students.
- Evaluate and revise reform efforts over time in response to school and student needs.
- Analyze data frequently and regroup students for instruction.
- Replace staff, but only if all of these criteria are present:
- An adequate pool of applicants
- A plan or vision that allows the school to overcome its past reputation.
- Help from the union to resolve stumbling blocks in the contract.
- Effective hiring systems
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From WestEd.org
Supporting High School Students Through Assessment: What Have We Learned?
"While states and localities have made progress over the past decade in expanding contextual learning choices for all students (e.g., expanding career academies and service learning, creating small learning communities, and using communities as classrooms), a major source of tension is how to ensure these choices are consistent with accountability-driven assessments." — from the paper
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