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Book Synopsis The Effects of the Washington State Education Reform on Schools and Classrooms by : Brian M. Stecher
Download or read book The Effects of the Washington State Education Reform on Schools and Classrooms written by Brian M. Stecher and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A growing number of states are implementing standards-based accountability systems in efforts to improve student achievement. This briefing reports the initial findings from a study of Washington state’s reform. Although early test results showed that only a minority of students achieved the rigorous standard embodied in the reform, the most recent results show gains in the percentage of students meeting the standards in math, reading, and listening skills in elementary and middle schools. A survey of Washington principals and teachers showed that they understood and endorsed the reform and that 80 percent of the school curriculum was aligned with statewide standards in tested subjects. However, some changes may be less desirable: In some cases, teachers emphasized tested material over equally important material not covered by state testing. They also engaged in extensive test preparation activities.
Book Synopsis The Effects of the Washington State Education Reform on Schools and Classrooms by :
Download or read book The Effects of the Washington State Education Reform on Schools and Classrooms written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Researchers from RAND are studying the implementation and impact of the Washington reform on school and classroom practices, focusing on the subjects of writing and mathematics. This briefing presents findings from the first round of surveys administered to teachers and principals in the spring of 1999. At this time, elementary schools had already administered the Washington Assessment of Student Learning (WASL) for two years (voluntary in 1996-97 and mandatory in 1997-98) and middle schools had administered the test for one year (voluntary in 1997-98). Thus, the results describe principals' and teachers' early responses to the state education reform. The findings are based on principal and teacher self-reports about actions taken in their districts, schools, and classrooms, as well as their opinions about the reform.
Book Synopsis The Effects of the Washington Education Reform on School and Classroom Practice, 1999-2000 by :
Download or read book The Effects of the Washington Education Reform on School and Classroom Practice, 1999-2000 written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the past five years, most states and many districts have undertaken standards-based educational reforms. One way that these efforts differ from earlier reforms is that they involve the adoption of content and student performance standards--explicit benchmarks of what students should know and be able to do. Another way the reforms differ from the past is that they seek to promote "higher" standards that emphasize, among other things, critical thinking and problem solving skills. In addition, many of these reforms also include accountability systems, with tests linked to the standards, and rewards and sanctions linked to school or student performance on the tests.
Book Synopsis The Effects of the Washington Education Reform on Schools and Classroom Practice, 1999-2000 by : Brian M. Stecher
Download or read book The Effects of the Washington Education Reform on Schools and Classroom Practice, 1999-2000 written by Brian M. Stecher and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis School and Classroom Practices During Two Years of Education Reform in Washington State by : Brian M. Stecher
Download or read book School and Classroom Practices During Two Years of Education Reform in Washington State written by Brian M. Stecher and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :Seattle Pacific Univ., Lynnwood, WA. Washington School Research Center Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :27 pages Book Rating :4.:/5 (16 download)
Book Synopsis On the Road to Second-Order Change by : Seattle Pacific Univ., Lynnwood, WA. Washington School Research Center
Download or read book On the Road to Second-Order Change written by Seattle Pacific Univ., Lynnwood, WA. Washington School Research Center and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 27 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this study was to explore the nature of recent educational reform efforts in Washington State and to determine what educators believe to be the most important future areas of focus. In particular, the researchers wanted to determine whether school-wide improvement efforts (i.e. School Improvement Plans (SIPs), School Improvement Teams (SITs), professional development, etc) were making a difference for teachers. To do so they explored issues related to school and classroom improvement efforts and the impact at the school, teacher, and student levels. In addition, they asked teachers to prioritize their greatest needs in the future if they are to realize the goals of this reform (all students achieving). Finally, once they identified the nature of the work, they wanted to explore the relationship between those efforts and student achievement (gains). To a large degree, this study had roots in the 1997 survey work of Fouts (1998), Baker (1998), Mork (1998), Van Slyke (1998), which resulted in developing the concept of "First & Second Order Change". The concept of First and Second Order Change in Washington State builds upon the work of Tyack & Cuban (1995) and Goodman (1995). All three wrote about the ideas behind first order change and how it results in greater efficiency, but does not change the essence of the educational experience. In contrast, radical reform or second order change, alters the underlying philosophical beliefs driving practice: This is the type of changes Fouts and others sought to identify in the 1997 state-wide teacher survey project. Elements of the 1997 survey were used to formulate the survey questions for this study (Baker 1998). While the specific survey items were updated to reflect nearly two decades of educational development and jargon, the basic nature of exploring school-level and classroom-level efforts remained constant. The findings of this study will be helpful to parents, school administrators, educational practitioners, educational policy makers, and other educational leaders in the state of Washington. It will provide a greater understanding of (1) the nature of the work that has occurred over the last several years; (2) the needs that continue to face educators in the coming decade, and (3) the impact of educational reform efforts in Washington State. Individual benefits will be in terms of school and district level (aggregate) findings. (Contains 6 tables, 2 figures and 5 footnotes.).
Book Synopsis A Decade of Reform by : Jeffrey T. Fouts
Download or read book A Decade of Reform written by Jeffrey T. Fouts and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 63 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report is a synthesis of selected studies that focused on the efforts of educational reform legislation passed in Washington State in 1993. It set out to answer the following questions about educational reform in Washington: (1) Are certain classroom approaches to teaching and learning related to student success on the new learning outcomes? (2) What schoolwide practices are related to student success on the new learning outcomes? (3) What are the characteristics of the schools where students are most successful? (4) To what degree are district central-office practices related to student success? and (5) What role does the district play in school success and student achievement? The first section presents an overview of educational reform in Washington. The next section focuses on the research findings around classroom instruction. The third section focuses on the research findings about effective schoolwide and district policies and practices. The fourth section reviews what has been learned from research and evaluation efforts in more than 200 schools attempting reform with the assistance of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The final section synthesizes the findings and discusses the implications for further reform efforts in Washington. (Contains 36 references.) (WFA).
Book Synopsis Education Reform by : Carletta D. Washington
Download or read book Education Reform written by Carletta D. Washington and published by . This book was released on 2006-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Book encourages one team, one goal to foster higher student achievement. Improving the quality of public school education cannot be accomplished without the collaboration of school, home and community. That is the basis of Educational Reform: The Role and Responsibility of School, Parents, Students and Communities by Carla Washington. Washington works off the premise that one team, one goal is critical in fostering improved student achievement and preparing our children for their journey into the real world. The message holds as much value for parents as it does the education community and policy makers. The author makes many compelling points when she addresses educators - from superintendents and school board members to classroom teachers.
Book Synopsis Learning from the Federal Market?Based Reforms by : William J. Mathis
Download or read book Learning from the Federal Market?Based Reforms written by William J. Mathis and published by IAP. This book was released on 2016-06-01 with total page 720 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past twenty years, educational policy has been characterized by top?down, market?focused policies combined with a push toward privatization and school choice. The new Every Student Succeeds Act continues along this path, though with decision?making authority now shifted toward the states. These market?based reforms have often been touted as the most promising response to the challenges of poverty and educational disenfranchisement. But has this approach been successful? Has learning improved? Have historically low?scoring schools “turned around” or have the reforms had little effect? Have these narrow conceptions of schooling harmed the civic and social purposes of education in a democracy? This book presents the evidence. Drawing on the work of the nation’s most prominent researchers, the book explores the major elements of these reforms, as well as the social, political, and educational contexts in which they take place. It examines the evidence supporting the most common school improvement strategies: school choice; reconstitutions, or massive personnel changes; and school closures. From there, it presents the research findings cutting across these strategies by addressing the evidence on test score trends, teacher evaluation, “miracle” schools, the Common Core State Standards, school choice, the newly emerging school improvement industry, and re?segregation, among others. The weight of the evidence indisputably shows little success and no promise for these reforms. Thus, the authors counsel strongly against continuing these failed policies. The book concludes with a review of more promising avenues for educational reform, including the necessity of broader societal investments for combatting poverty and adverse social conditions. While schools cannot single?handedly overcome societal inequalities, important work can take place within the public school system, with evidence?based interventions such as early childhood education, detracking, adequate funding and full?service community schools—all intended to renew our nation’s commitment to democracy and equal educational opportunity.
Author :United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and the Workforce Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :208 pages Book Rating :4.0/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Implementing School Reform in the States and Communities by : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and the Workforce
Download or read book Implementing School Reform in the States and Communities written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and the Workforce and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Achieving Small School Success in Washington State by :
Download or read book Achieving Small School Success in Washington State written by and published by . This book was released on 2004* with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Next Generation Assessment by : Linda Darling-Hammond
Download or read book Next Generation Assessment written by Linda Darling-Hammond and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2014-08-18 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A forward-thinking look at performance assessment in the 21st century Next Generation Assessment: Moving Beyond the Bubble Test to Support 21st Century Learning provides needed answers to the nation's growing concerns about educational testing in America. Drawing on research and the experiences of leading states and countries, this new book examines how performance assessments can offer a feasible alternative to current high stakes tests. As parents, educators, and policymakers have increasingly criticized the effects of the teaching to the test mandate from the No Child Left Behind Act, the need for this resource has never been more critical. This summary volume to Beyond the Bubble Test speaks to the nationwide unease about current tests' focus on low-level skills, like recalling and restating facts, rather than higher-order skills such as problem-solving, analyzing, and synthesizing information. It illustrates how schools can use authentic assessments to improve teaching and learning as they involve students in conducting research, designing investigations, developing products and solutions, using technology, and communicating their ideas in many forms. This important book: Serves as a must-have resource for those interested in the most current research about how to create valid and reliable performance assessments Explains how educators can improve practice by developing, using, and scoring performance assessments Helps policymakers and educators accurately assess the benefits and possibilities of adopting performance assessments nationally If you're an educator, researcher, graduate student, district administrator, or education policy specialist, Next Generation Assessment is an indispensable resource you'll turn to again and again.
Book Synopsis Challenges of Conflicting School Reforms by : Mark Berends
Download or read book Challenges of Conflicting School Reforms written by Mark Berends and published by Rand Corporation. This book was released on 2002-03-29 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A decade ago, New American Schools (NAS) launched an ambitious effort forwhole-school reform to address the perceived lagging achievement of Americanstudents and the lackluster school reform attempts that have produced so fewmeaningful changes. As a private nonprofit organization, NAS set out tohelp schools and districts significantly raise the achievement of largenumbers of students by offering whole-school designs and design-basedassistance during the implementation process. NAS is currently in thescale-up phase of its effort, and its designs are being widely diffused toschools across the nation. During the 1997_1998 and 1998_1999 school years,RAND assessed the effects of NAS designs on classroom practice and studentachievement in a sample of schools in a high-poverty district. RAND foundthat high-poverty schools often have fragmented and conflicting environmentswith difficult and changing political currents and entrenched unions.Teachers in high-poverty schools tend to face new accountability systems andfluctuating reform agendas. These teachers generally lack sufficient timefor implementing reform efforts, often becoming demoralized and losing theirenthusiasm for the difficult task of improving student performance underdifficult conditions. RAND concluded that high-stakes tests may motivateschools to increase performance and to seek out new curricula andinstructional strategies associated with comprehensive school reforms.However, those same tests may provide disincentives to adopt richer, morein-depth curricula that can succeed in improving the learning opportunitiesof all students, particularly those in high-poverty settings.
Book Synopsis Education Reform by : Facts On File, Incorporated
Download or read book Education Reform written by Facts On File, Incorporated and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2003 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume examines the complex issues surrounding education reform in the United States. It contains a survey of the historical developments and major debates surrounding this topic and covers issues such as home schooling, curriculum standards and standardized tests.
Book Synopsis Education Reform and Students at Risk by : Robert J. Rossi
Download or read book Education Reform and Students at Risk written by Robert J. Rossi and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1999-06 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study was conducted by the Amer. Institutes for Research and the Johns Hopkins Center for the Education of Students Placed at Risk. Case studies were conducted of 12 model and 6 replicate school sites nationwide, and reports, books, articles, and practical guides for education practitioners were prepared. Reveals the essential mechanics of effective reforms for students at risk. Documents the incentives for and barriers to implementing and sustaining these reforms and their effects on students. This report reviews the findings of the study and presents their implications for policy, practice, and needed future research.
Book Synopsis The Big Lies of School Reform by : Paul C. Gorski
Download or read book The Big Lies of School Reform written by Paul C. Gorski and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-03-14 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Big Lies of School Reform provides a critical interruption to the ongoing policy conversations taking place around public education in the United States today. By analyzing the discourse employed by politicians, lobbyists, think tanks, and special interest groups, the authors uncover the hidden assumptions that often underlie popular statements about school reform, and demonstrate how misinformation or half-truths have been used to reshape public education in ways that serve the interests of private enterprise. Through a thoughtful series of essays that each identify one “lie“ about popular school reform initiatives, the authors of this collection reveal the concrete impacts of these falsehoods—from directing funding to shaping curricula to defining student achievement. Luminary contributors including Deborah Meier, Jeannie Oakes, Gloria Ladson-Billings, and Jim Cummins explain how reform movements affect teachers and administrators, and how widely-accepted mistruths can hinder genuine efforts to keep public education equitable, effective, and above all, truly public. Topics covered include common core standards, tracking, alternative paths to licensure, and the disempowerment of teachers’ unions. Beyond critically examining the popular rhetoric, the contributors offer visions for improving educational access, opportunity, and outcomes for all students and educators, and for protecting public education as a common good.
Download or read book Resources in Education written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 756 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
