Assuring Student Achievement: Strengthen America through Education Reforms

Autor/in	Price, Hugh B.
Institution	Brookings Institution, Washington, DC.
Titel	Assuring Student Achievement: Strengthen America through Education Reforms
Quelle	(2007), (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Low Achievement; Educational Change; Achievement Gains; School Districts; Academic Achievement; Outcomes of Education; Minority Groups; African American Students; Hispanic American Students; At Risk Persons; Dropout Rate; Graduation Rate; Labor Force; Basic Skills; Racial Differences; College Attendance; Public Education; Federal Legislation; Program Effectiveness; Case Studies; Federal Aid; Position Papers; Grants; California; New York; Tennessee; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Unterdurchschnittliche Leistung; Bildungsreform; Achievement gain; Leistungssteigerung; School district; Schulbezirk; Schulleistung; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Ethnische Minderheit; African Americans; Student; Students; Afroamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Hispanic; Hispanic Americans; Hispanoamerikaner; Risikogruppe; Labour force; Arbeitskraft; Erwerbsbevölkerung; Basic skill; Grundfertigkeit; Rassenunterschied; College; Colleges; Attendance; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Anwesenheit; Öffentliche Erziehung; Bundesrecht; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Positionspapier; Grant; Finanzielle Beihilfe; Kalifornien; USA
Abstract	This Opportunity 08 position paper advises that the next President of the United States should focus on lifting the achievement levels of our nation's schoolchildren. It recommends that the new President should mount a determined effort, together with states and local school districts, to boost the academic performance of low achievers by: (1) requiring underperforming public schools that receive federal aid to improve the academic performance of chronic low achievers; (2) insisting that individual school improvement strategies be derived from sound evidence about what actually works; (3) joining with states in providing grants for schools to improve the academic performance of low achievers; and (4) penalizing low-performing schools that decline to devise and implement credible school improvement plans by cutting their share of their district's federal Title I grant by 25 percent. The paper presents case studies of San Jose, CA, Hamilton County, TN, and Mount Vernon, NY, where their school districts have, respectively, registered achievement gains utilizing more targeted strategies, given educators incentives, and trained its sights on reading and literacy. (Includes a list of additional resources.) (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10