Characteristics of Arizona School Districts in Improvement. Issues & Answers. REL 2008-No. 054

Autor/inn/en	Crane, Eric W.; Huang, Chun-Wei; Derby, Kenwyn; Makkonen, Reino; Goel, Aditi M.
Institution	Regional Educational Laboratory West (ED)
Titel	Characteristics of Arizona School Districts in Improvement. Issues & Answers. REL 2008-No. 054
Quelle	(2008), (29 Seiten) PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	Weitere Informationen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Quantitative Daten; School Districts; Accountability; State Standards; Institutional Characteristics; Educational Improvement; Profiles; Educational Indicators; Federal Programs; School District Size; Urban Schools; Student Characteristics; Expenditures; School Personnel; Academic Achievement; Scores; Comparative Analysis; Arizona + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? School district; Schulbezirk; Verantwortung; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Charakterisierung; Profilanalyse; Educational indicato; Bildungsindikator; School districts; Size; Schuleinzugsbereich; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Ausgaben; Schulpersonal; Schulleistung
Abstract	Policymakers in Arizona and the other states served by the West Regional Educational Laboratory, like their counterparts across the country, are actively addressing the school and district improvement requirements of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act of 2001. They have developed criteria based on assessment and accountability data to identify and intervene in schools and districts in need of improvement. School improvement efforts are largely defined and in place, but they do not reveal the full accountability picture for policymakers. Less is known, both in Arizona and nationally, about districts in improvement. This descriptive analysis provides a statistical profile of Arizona's lowest performing school districts, which can inform the context for district improvement as Arizona rolls out and refines its district intervention strategies. A key finding of the study is that the district level of Arizona's NCLB-driven accountability system is identifying problems that are missed at the school level. Three appendixes include: (1) Research questions, data sources, and methodology; (2) Summary of Arizona's district accountability system; and (3) The 77 Arizona districts in improvement in 2006/07. (Contains 3 notes, 2 boxes, 3 figures, and 8 tables.) [This report was prepared for the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) by Regional Educational Laboratory West administered by WestEd.] (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Regional Educational Laboratory West. Available from: WestEd. 730 Harrison Street, San Francisco, CA 94107-1242. Tel: 877-493-7833; Tel: 415-565-3000; Fax: 415-565-3012; Web site: http://www.wested.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10