Establishing a Strong Foundation for School Improvement. Policy Brief

Autor/in	Jerald, Craig
Titel	Establishing a Strong Foundation for School Improvement. Policy Brief
Quelle	(2005), (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Educational Change; Academic Achievement; Educational Improvement; Accountability + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungsreform; Schulleistung; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Verantwortung
Abstract	In 2002, the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act instituted fundamental changes in federal education policy, and states were required to hold schools accountable not simply for making some progress but rather for making sufficient progress in enabling student proficiency on state assessments by 2014. The achievement gaps long plaguing American education can no longer be ignored. New ways of planning for and implementing school reforms are needed. If improvement is to mean more than simply writing a plan, the improvement process must begin earlier, more thoughtfully, and more vigorously, and we must begin to view improvement as a continuous institutional process rather than as isolated projects. The Center for Comprehensive School Reform and Improvement believes that effective reform is a collaborative schoolwide process that involves four distinct stages: (1) organizing for improvement; (2) planning for improvement; (3) implementing improvement plans; and (4) sustaining improvement efforts. In this policy brief, the Center focuses exclusively on the organization stage by offering suggestions for getting the process off to a strong start. It describes two steps of organizing for effective reform: (1) Commit to basing school improvement efforts on a full, honest, and transparent accounting of the current state of affairs, including addressing performance, opportunity, and practice gaps; and (2) Build support to ensure that knowledge can be translated into decisive action. [(Contains 16 endnotes.) This document was produced by The Center for Comprehensive School Reform and Improvement, administered by Learning Point Associates in partnership with the Southwest Educational Development Laboratory (SEDL) and WestEd, under contract with the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education of the U.S. Department of Education.] (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Center for Comprehensive School Reform and Improvement. 1100 17th Street NW Suite 500, Washington, DC 20035. Tel: 877-277-2744; Web site: http://www.centerforcsri.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10