Sticking Points: How School Districts Experience Implementing the Portfolio Strategy

Autor/inn/en	Lake, Robin; Posamentier, Jordan; Denice, Patrick; Hill, Paul
Institution	Center on Reinventing Public Education (CRPE)
Titel	Sticking Points: How School Districts Experience Implementing the Portfolio Strategy
Quelle	(2016), (19 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Quantitative Daten; School Districts; Program Implementation; Portfolios (Background Materials); Change Strategies; Public Education; Data Analysis; Educational Trends; Trend Analysis; Metropolitan Areas; Barriers; Administrative Organization; Unions; Contracts; Progress Monitoring; Accountability; Talent; Teacher Effectiveness; Student Placement; School Choice; School District Autonomy; Educational Finance; Louisiana (New Orleans); Tennessee; Colorado (Denver); New York (New York); Massachusetts; Tennessee (Memphis); California (Sacramento); New Mexico (Albuquerque); Michigan (Detroit); Indiana (Indianapolis); Oklahoma (Tulsa); California (Oakland); Washington; Texas; Illinois (Chicago); Maryland (Baltimore); California (Los Angeles); Connecticut (Hartford); Ohio (Cleveland) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? School district; Schulbezirk; Lösungsstrategie; Öffentliche Erziehung; Auswertung; Bildungsentwicklung; Trendanalyse; Ballungsraum; Vertrag; Verantwortung; Begabung; Hochbegabung; Effectiveness of teaching; Instructional effectiveness; Lehrerleistung; Unterrichtserfolg; Schülerpraktikum; Choice of school; Schulwahl; School districts; Autonomy; School autonomy; Schulautonomie; Bildungsfonds; Master-Studiengang
Abstract	The portfolio strategy is a change strategy for public education in a district or metropolitan area. It is founded on the idea of re-missioning government agencies from rigid bureaucratic entities that mostly manage compliance requirements and interest group politics to a new role: overseeing performance and a diverse range of school choices (portfolio) from which families can choose. Since 2013, the Center on Reinventing Public Education (CRPE) has published annual "dashboards" of districts' progress on portfolio strategy implementation. CRPE recently analyzed the data on trends across all portfolio districts, breaking it down by the strategy's seven key components. This report shows quite starkly where cities are moving ahead rapidly and where they are getting bogged down for technical or political reasons. Key findings include: (1) While a handful of districts are at an "advanced" level of portfolio strategy implementation, too many are moving very slowly or are stalled; (2) Some districts are implementing portfolio strategy in a piecemeal fashion that is unlikely to produce significant results for students; (3) A group of districts not well known for portfolio implementation has been making a lot of progress lately; (4) Districts tend to get "stuck" on or avoid the parts of portfolio systems that require a fundamental restructuring of the central office or changes to the union contract; and (5) It will take leadership at the state and local level to overcome barriers, and sustained progress is likely to require state action. "The Seven Components of the Portfolio Strategy and Their Corresponding Elements" is appended. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Center on Reinventing Public Education. University of Washington Bothell Box 358200, Seattle, WA 98195. Tel: 206-685-2214; Fax: 206-221-7402; e-mail: crpe@u.washington.edu; Web site: http://www.crpe.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01