How a Strong School Faced "Failure"

Autor/in	Likis, Lori
Titel	How a Strong School Faced "Failure"
Quelle	In: Educational Leadership, 64 (2006) 3, S.80-85 (6 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-1784
Schlagwörter	Educational Improvement; Sanctions; Academic Achievement; Low Achievement; Crisis Management; Mathematics Achievement; School Restructuring; Instructional Improvement; Instructional Leadership; Institutional Advancement; High Risk Students; Grade 4; Grade 6; Grade 8; Charter Schools; Organizational Climate; Morale; Motivation; Massachusetts; Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Sanction; Sanktion; Schulleistung; Unterdurchschnittliche Leistung; Krisenmanagement; Mathmatics sikills; Mathmatics achievement; Mathematical ability; Mathematische Kompetenz; Schulreformplan; Schulumwandlung; Unterrichtsqualität; Instruction; Leadership; Bildung; Erziehung; Führung; nicht übertragen; Problemschüler; School year 04; 4. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 04; School year 06; 6. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 06; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08; Charter school; Charter-Schule; Organisationsklima; Moral; psychologische; Motivation (psychologisch); Master-Studiengang
Abstract	When Benjamin Banneker Charter Public School in Boston realized that their students' 2002-2003 math scores on the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System fell below the target set by Massachusetts for adequate yearly progress, they saw not one problem (poor math achievement), but two. Because it was the fifth year the school had not hit AYP targets, Banneker would be marked under NCLB as a school in need of "Corrective Action." Because of the way AYP is measured in Massachusetts, even a math improvement campaign that dramatically raised the school's scores in one year could not reverse the application of a label implying failure. Banneker brought its math scores up to its AYP target by fall of 2004. But it was still labeled as below AYP and classified as in need of "Restructuring." Confronting restructuring sanctions as well as state review of its charter, Banneker faced high stakes. The school was only able to reverse the restructuring process and save its charter through strong leadership, positive media attention, and pressing on with its already successful math campaign. Likis discusses implications for how NCLB formulas and labels, if not regarded skeptically, can hinder school improvement. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10