Action Required: Addressing the Nation's Lowest-Performing High Schools. Policy Brief

Autor/in	Pinkus, Lyndsay M.
Institution	Alliance for Excellent Education, Washington, DC.
Titel	Action Required: Addressing the Nation's Lowest-Performing High Schools. Policy Brief
Quelle	(2009), (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	High Schools; Federal Legislation; Educational Change; Accountability; Educational Policy; Low Achievement; Educational Assessment; Educational Improvement; Change Strategies; Educational Strategies; Government Role; Guidelines; School Restructuring; School Districts; Federal Programs; State Programs; Improvement Programs; Policy Analysis + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? High school; Oberschule; Bundesrecht; Bildungsreform; Verantwortung; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Unterdurchschnittliche Leistung; Education; assessment; Bewertungssystem; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Lösungsstrategie; Lehrstrategie; Richtlinien; Schulreformplan; Schulumwandlung; School district; Schulbezirk; Regierungsprogramm; Effizienzsteigerung; Politikfeldanalyse
Abstract	As the national education policy community prepares for the reauthorization of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB), revamping the school improvement approach leveraged by accountability systems has risen to the top of the agenda. There is an emerging consensus that the school improvement process should be systemic, led by states and districts, based on detailed information about student and school performance, and tailored to meet the individual needs of students and schools. There is also recognition that success is dependent on increased capacity--including skill, knowledge, people, and resources--at the state and district levels to support, manage, and, where necessary, direct these efforts. In this context, the goal of federal policy should be to leverage and support a systemic approach for addressing the problems in the nation's lowest-performing high schools--at scale. This brief examines the current federal approach to addressing the lowest-performing high schools, explores lessons learned from emerging strategies at the state and local levels, and provides related recommendations for federal policy. (Contains 3 footnotes and 70 endnotes.) (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Alliance for Excellent Education. 1201 Connecticut Avenue NW Suite 901, Washington, DC 20036. Tel: 202-828-0828; Fax: 202-828-0821; Web site: http://www.all4ed.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10