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Author : Jessica K. Beaver
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 11 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (1 download)
Download or read book Measuring School Capacity, Maximizing School Improvement written by Jessica K. Beaver and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 11 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jessica K. Beaver
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 12 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (16 download)
Download or read book Measuring School Capacity, Maximizing School Improvement. Policy Brief. RB-53 written by Jessica K. Beaver and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is an oft-heard refrain in schools: "These schools lack the capacity they need." Or, "We need to build capacity in schools so that students can achieve." In district offices, statehouses, and elsewhere, the sentiment is repeated in various forms, but the term "capacity" is almost always used. What do education leaders mean when they use the word capacity? Some people use the word to mean the intangible behaviors or characteristics that are needed for a school to improve, while others use capacity as a synonym for ability or knowledge. Meanwhile, economists often talk about capacity in terms of quantities or outcomes that an organization is able to produce. Given the nearly ubiquitous use of the term in education policy discourse, the authors offer a common framework for analyzing capacity that educators, policymakers, and researchers alike can apply and understand with consistency. Their goal is not to provide an easy, new, one-sentence definition, but rather to create a shared language that can be applied to research and improvement efforts in schools. In this Policy Brief, they break capacity down into component parts, explaining how each one builds off the next and contributes to the overall concept. Their hope is that the four research-based components they suggest--human capital, social capital, program coherence, and resources (building on Hatch, 2009; Elmore, 2000; Fullan, 2000; Spillane & Thompson, 1997; Corcoran & Goertz, 1995)--will stimulate discussion of a widely accepted meaning of capacity in both research and practice. Their secondary goal is to demonstrate what it means to be a high-, medium-, or low-capacity school. Accordingly, they apply their components-based definition to data collected from 11 schools in Pennsylvania. After using the approach designed to assess school capacity, they classify each school as high, medium, or low and identify themes from the three resulting groups. This applied analysis allows them to provide a descriptive illustration of the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and challenges of each classification. (Contains 17 sources.).
Author : Elizabeth Baham
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (94 download)
Download or read book SCHOOL CAPACITY AND OVERLOAD REVIEW (S.C.O.R.E) written by Elizabeth Baham and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Schools exist in a perpetual state of transformation and change. They modify and adjust their practices, systems and structures to meet the demands required of them and to impact the educational outcomes of students. The resulting demand on teachers' time, energy, skill, and knowledge is unmatched, contributing to what is referenced in the school reform literature as overloading. Overloaded schools operate beyond their existing capacity and fail to produce improved student outcomes. The School Capacity and Overload Review (SCORE) is a design dissertation aiming to capture the conditions of overload that may exist within schools. The School Capacity and Overload Review (SCORE) was developed to assist school leaders in identifying the presence of overload in their schools, and importantly, to ascertain if fundamental aspects of human capital --teachers' time, personal energy, or ability to acquire and capitalize on new knowledge and skills --have been compromised. The findings of the SCORE may help uncover school improvement overload, or prevent it from happening in the future. This design study has an action research orientation with two primary research elements: assessment of the design impact and investigation of the design process.
Author : Rick Mintrop
Publisher : Harvard Education Press
ISBN 13 : 1612509045
Total Pages : 407 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (125 download)
Download or read book Design-Based School Improvement written by Rick Mintrop and published by Harvard Education Press. This book was released on 2020-08-12 with total page 407 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the heart of the effort to enact and scale up successful school reforms is the need for more robust links between research and practice. One promising approach is design development, a methodology widely used in other fields and only recently adapted to education, which offers a disciplined process for identifying practical problems, assessing evidence of outcomes, accounting for variability in implementation and results, and establishing a foundation for broader understanding of the problem and proposed solutions. This exciting new book provides a practical guide for education leaders who are seeking to address issues of equity in their schools and want to pursue this approach. The book provides a step-by-step description of the process, augmented by case studies of four education leaders: Christine, a middle school principal who is concerned with the volume of disciplinary referrals in her school; Michelle, an elementary school principal who wants to address achievement gaps; Eric, an assistant superintendent who wants to improve the quality of principals’ instructional feedback to teachers; and Nora, a high school principal who is concerned about the use of racial and homophobic slurs in the hallways. The book follows each of these leaders as they formulate and refine interventions to address these problems. Design-Based School Improvement also includes a series of “excursions into theory” that discuss the research basis for design-based improvement. The author—a leading thinker about policy implementation and school reform—shows a profound appreciation for the complexity of work in schools and the deep and sustained thinking entailed in undertaking productive change. By bringing theory to life and putting it in the hands of skilled practitioners, this book promises to become an invaluable resource for education leaders seeking to solve problems of equity and social justice in schools.
Author : Michael Connolly
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 1526465574
Total Pages : 1197 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (264 download)
Download or read book The SAGE Handbook of School Organization written by Michael Connolly and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2018-12-10 with total page 1197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The SAGE Handbook of School Organization provides a substantial review of the history, current status and future prospects of the field of school organization. Bringing together chapters exploring key issues, important debates and points of tension, the Handbook highlights school and system organisational structure, processes and dynamics coupled with insights into important theoretical foundations from diverse perspectives. This volume is designed to provide a much-needed, critically informed and coherent account of the field, against a backdrop of increasing complexity in which schooling as an institution and schools as organisations operate.
Author : Aan Komariah
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1351331043
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (513 download)
Download or read book Educational Administration Innovation for Sustainable Development written by Aan Komariah and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2018-08-06 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The International Conference on Research of Educational Administration and Management (ICREAM) held on October 17, 2017 in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. The aim of ICREAM is to provide a platform for educators, administrators, managers, leaders, policy makers, researchers, scholars, principals, supervisors, graduate students, practitioners, academicians, professionals and teachers from different discipline backgrounds to present and discuss research, developments and innovations in the fields of educational administration. It provides opportunities for the delegates to exchange new ideas and application experiences, to establish business or research relations and to find global partners for future collaboration.
Author : Nancy J. Mooney
Publisher : ASCD
ISBN 13 : 141661687X
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (166 download)
Download or read book Align the Design written by Nancy J. Mooney and published by ASCD. This book was released on 2008-02-14 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This is our THIRD school improvement plan! Why aren't we seeing any results?" "We have all of this data, but we don't know what to do with it!" "What does this workshop have to do with the goals we set for our school? Many of today's school leaders have all the latest tools, techniques, and programs for school improvement. Unfortunately, some leaders fail to create real, sustainable results for their schools because they use one or two "flavor-of-the-month" strategies without connecting all the pieces together for real improvement. In Align the Design: A Blueprint for School Improvement, Nancy J. Mooney and Ann T. Mausbach emphasize the importance of coordinating essential school improvement processes to increase staff capacity, improve student achievement, and develop effective schools. The authors show school leaders how to use "power tools" to *Develop effective curriculum *Make the most of their school's data *Create successful school improvement plans *Implement valuable professional development sessions and workshops *Use efficient supervisory techniques *Foster leadership for school improvement Each chapter includes personal reflections from the authors and lists of touchstone texts that have inspired their efforts. At a time when school leaders are trying to translate urgent calls for higher achievement into actions that work, Align the Design provides expert guidance and practical tools that will help educators work more purposefully together to create better schools for their students.
Author : Cherie B. Gaines
Publisher : IAP
ISBN 13 : 1641136049
Total Pages : 145 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (411 download)
Download or read book Leadership for School Improvement written by Cherie B. Gaines and published by IAP. This book was released on 2019-03-01 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the inaugural issue in the Leadership for School Improvement (LSI) Special Interest Group (SIG) Book Series, this volume serves as a reflection on the foundations of the field of school improvement. Contents include connections between school improvement and the agency of principals, districts, universities, and policy. This volume will be placed in the school improvement literature with examinations of evolution, trends, policies, and future foci in the field of school improvement. This book is rich in research and literature about school improvement, school effectiveness, and school reform policy and implementation and thus holds significance for educational practitioners, scholars, and policy makers at all levels.
Author : Georgia K. Hughes
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (16 download)
Download or read book Measure of School Capacity for Improvement (MSCI). User Manual and Technical Report written by Georgia K. Hughes and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Building capacity within schools and districts for continuous improvement is a goal of educators at all levels across the United States of America. An important first step in capacity building is identifying schools' current strengths and weaknesses. Schools can then begin building upon existing strengths to implement improvement initiatives. Further, they can target professional development in those areas identified as weaknesses, to build readiness within the school to improve in the future. The Measure of School Capacity for Improvement (MSCI) is a tool schools can use to help determine the most appropriate focus of improvement initiatives and professional development programs. The primary purposes of the "MSCI User Manual and Technical Report" are to describe the technical aspects of the MSCI instrument and to provide users of the instrument with a practical manual to aid in the use and interpretation of the MSCI results. This manual describes the history, research base, and development of the instrument as well as its statistical properties, including its reliability and validity. Normative information, for use in interpreting results and comparing a school's performance with that of similar schools, is also included in detail. General procedures for administering the instrument are outlined; more detailed administration specifications are included with instrument packets sent to schools that decide to employ the MSCI. Chapters include: (1) Introduction to the Measure of School Capacity for Improvement (MSCI) User Manual and Technical Report; (2) The Measure of School Capacity for Improvement (MSCI): An Overview; (3) A Review of the Literature About School Capacity; (4) History and Development of the Measure of School Capacity for Improvement (MSCI); (5) Norming the Measure of School Capacity for Improvement (MSCI); (6) Instrument Properties of the Measure of School Capacity for Improvement (MSCI); and (7) Normative Information for the Measure of School Capacity for Improvement (MSCI). Appended are: (1) MSCI Normative Information Using Scaled Scores; (2) Instructions for Administering the MSCI; and (3) Measure of School Capacity for Improvement (MSCI). (Contains 42 tables and 1 exhibit.).
Author : Daniel Linden Duke
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1610486315
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (14 download)
Download or read book The School Improvement Planning Handbook written by Daniel Linden Duke and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2013 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Developing and updating school improvement plans is an annual ritual for virtually all school principals and their school improvement committees. Still, large numbers of schools continue to produce disappointing outcomes. The authors believe that part of the problem is the result of plans that focus on the wrong targets and that rely on ineffective strategies for improvement. To help principals and their school improvement committees develop and implement plans with a greater likelihood of success, the authors offer a step-by-step process for school improvement planning. They go on to pinpoint specific school improvement goals, including raising reading and mathematics achievement, building robust school cultures, addressing the needs of English language learners, improving instruction, and reducing absenteeism and dropouts. For each goal, a variety of objectives and proven strategies is presented along with sample school improvement plans. The book addresses the differences in planning to turn around a low-performing school, planning to sustain improvements over time, and planning to move a good school to a great school.
Author : Irwin Kirsch
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319259911
Total Pages : 508 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (192 download)
Download or read book The Dynamics of Opportunity in America written by Irwin Kirsch and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-01-22 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Across the country, our children are beginning life from very different starting points. Some have aspirations and believe they can be achieved. For too many others, aspirations are tempered, if not dashed, by the sobering realities of everyday life. These different starting points place children on distinctly different trajectories of growth and development, ultimately leading to vastly different adult outcomes. How did we get to a place where circumstances of birth have become so determinative? And what must we do, within communities and across our country, to better equalize opportunity for more Americans – both young and old? The editors of this volume contend that if, as a nation, we do nothing, then we will continue to drift apart, placing an unsustainable strain on the nation’s social fabric and the character of its democracy. Consequently, understanding the dynamics governing the distribution and transmission of opportunity – and transforming this understanding into policies and programs – is critical for not only the life outcomes of individual Americans and their children, but also the country as a whole. The goal of Educational Testing Service’s Opportunity in America initiative is to explore these powerful dynamics and to describe and convey them in a way that advances the national conversation about why we must take action – and how best to do so. This volume contains 14 chapters, including an epilogue, written by leaders from a range of fields including education, economics, demography, and political science. Collectively, they not only illuminate key aspects of the problem but also offer suggestions of what policies, programs, and changes in practices could begin to reverse the trends we are seeing. Written in an engaging style, this volume constitutes an essential foundation for informed discussion and strategic analysis.
Author : Appalachia Educational Laboratory at Edvantia (ED)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 11 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (16 download)
Download or read book Components of School Capacity written by Appalachia Educational Laboratory at Edvantia (ED) and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 11 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This brief defines school capacity as the presence of characteristics needed to support the development of a thriving learning community. The literature on school improvement suggests that a school's capacity for improvement can be supported by coherent structures, constructive teacher and leadership practices, and positive staff perceptions of their own efficacy and that of their students. Sufficient planning time and resources, a coordinated instructional program, teacher commitment to educating diverse students, and collective professional efficacy are among those characteristics the literature proposes to be linked with the likelihood that schools may be able to pursue improvement strategies effectively. Together, these characteristics suggest four areas or dimensions that contribute to building capacity: (1) bringing focus; (2) leading change; (3) developing accountability; and (4) creating community. [This research brief is based on the literature review "A Review of the Literature about School Capacity," which is included in Measure of School Capacity for Improvement (MSCI) User Manual and Technical Report, by Georgia K. Hughes, Lisa D. Copley, Caitlin W. Howley, and Merrill L. Meehan; and on literature reviews conducted for Edvantia by Joy Runyan and Michael T. Carter.].
Author : Michael J. Schmoker
Publisher : ASCD
ISBN 13 : 0871205211
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (712 download)
Download or read book The Results Fieldbook written by Michael J. Schmoker and published by ASCD. This book was released on 2001 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is the single, most important event of the school year that affects school improvement? How do you measure school improvement? How can simple tools--already at your fingertips--work more effectively to improve student achievement in reading, math, and more? The Results Fieldbook answers these questions and describes in abundant, practical detail how five school systems overcame obstacles and achieved exceptional results for all their students. These schools focused on the proven core concepts that Mike Schmoker described in both editions of his first ASCD book, Results: The Key to Continuous School Improvement. Supplementing the five case studies, brief vignettes written by practitioners show how core practices--teamwork, the use of achievement data, and planning for measurable goals--made an immediate and profound difference in student learning at their respective schools. A close look at these school systems reveals the simplicity of school improvement efforts built around the still-overlooked and most potent force in improvement--collective, organized teacher intelligence. This book contains easily adapted processes and refinements that result from such teacher collaboration and all but guarantee measurable improvement. Tables, figures, and appendixes illustrate effective data-collection processes; and at the conclusion, a three-part synthesis of the best of these systems provides practical steps toward implementing this radically more effective approach to school improvement, starting with preservice education.
Author : Bert P.M. Creemers
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136729828
Total Pages : 345 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (367 download)
Download or read book Improving Quality in Education written by Bert P.M. Creemers and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-07-03 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores an approach to school improvement that merges the traditions of educational effectiveness research and school improvement efforts. It displays how the dynamic model, which is theoretical and empirically validated, can be used in both traditions. Each chapter integrates evidence from international and national studies, showing how the knowledge-base of educational effectiveness research can be used for improvement purposes. In a clear and practicable manner it outlines: Foundations of the improvement approach Research projects investigating the impact of the dynamic approach Guidelines and practical solutions to translating the approach into action Further developments for school improvement Exploring the crucial factors in the establishment of this environment, the authors outline a dynamic framework that helps schools collect data, through self-evaluation mechanisms, taking decisions about priorities for improvement, and developing appropriate policies and action plans. This approach emphasises educational targets and provides means to achieve them that are flexible enough to fit in with the circumstances of the individual school. The book draws upon research across the world, conducted especially in the United States, Europe, and Australasia, expertly showcasing how the dynamic approach can be used in a wide variety of educational settings A key book for all professionals working in education; academics, researchers, policy-makers, school advisors and practitioners will find it invaluable. Not only it is a must for graduate students, university libraries, and individual academics but also for school management teams, school support agencies and officials in educational policy.
Author : Jack Schneider
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674981162
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (749 download)
Download or read book Beyond Test Scores written by Jack Schneider and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2017-08-14 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Test scores are the go-to metric of policy makers and anxious parents looking to place their children in the best schools. Yet standardized tests are a poor way to measure school performance. Using the diverse urban school district of Somerville MA as a case study, Jack Schneider’s team developed a new framework to assess educational effectiveness.
Author : Victoria L. Bernhardt
Publisher : ASCD
ISBN 13 : 1416623981
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (166 download)
Download or read book Measuring What We Do in Schools written by Victoria L. Bernhardt and published by ASCD. This book was released on 2017-06-06 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is a true learning organization, and how can your school become one? To excel, schools must embrace continuous school improvement and evaluation, as well as systems thinking. In Measuring What We Do in Schools, author Victoria L. Bernhardt details the critical role program evaluation serves in school success and how to implement meaningful evaluations that make a difference. She provides a roadmap of how to conduct comprehensive, systemwide evaluations of programs and processes; the tools needed to obtain usable, pertinent information; and how to use these data to expand teachers’ and administrators’ data-informed decision-making focus. Educators will learn how to Assess what is working and not working for students Determine which processes need to change Use data to improve practices on an ongoing basis Although challenging for many schools, program evaluation and data analysis can begin with a single program or process, over time building on the expanded knowledge of the school’s processes and the results they produce. An effective tool—The Program Evaluation Tool—enables schools to easily identify the purpose and intended outcomes of any school program, along with whom it serves, and how it should be implemented, monitored, and evaluated. These data can then be used to improve every aspect of a school’s programs and processes and the outcomes achieved. Filled with practical strategies and featuring an in-depth case study, this book is designed to help educators see that evaluation work is logical and easy to do. They’ll gain the confidence to do this work on a regular basis—working together to become a true learning organization.
Author : Bert.P.M. Creemers
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351417568
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (514 download)
Download or read book School Effectiveness and School Improvement written by Bert.P.M. Creemers and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2022-02-27 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: School effectiveness and school improvement have different origins: School effectiveness is more directed to finding out "what works" in education and "why"; school improvement is practice and policy oriented and intended to change education in the desired direction. However, in their orientation to outcomes, input, processes, and context in education, they also have much in common. In the theoretical part, different orientations have been analysed and combined in a model for effective school improvement. Based on this analysis, an evaluation framework was developed for the analysis of the case studies of school improvement projects in the participating countries. The theoretical model and the results of the analyses of the case studies were combined in a framework of effective school improvement.
