Linking Research and Practice in New York: A New York City Small Schools of Choice Case Study

Autor/inn/en	Hughes, Robert; Silver, David; Thompson, Saskia; Unterman, Rebecca
Institution	Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness (SREE)
Titel	Linking Research and Practice in New York: A New York City Small Schools of Choice Case Study
Quelle	(2012), (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Admission (School); Educational Change; High Schools; School Restructuring; Theory Practice Relationship; Urban Schools; School Choice; Small Schools; Case Studies; Administrative Organization; Administrative Change; Disadvantaged; Outcomes of Education; Program Effectiveness; Educational Policy; Philanthropic Foundations; Private Financial Support; Cohort Analysis; Data Collection; Longitudinal Studies; Graduation Rate; Interviews; Comparative Analysis; Surveys; New York + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungsreform; High school; Oberschule; Schulreformplan; Schulumwandlung; Theorie-Praxis-Beziehung; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Choice of school; Schulwahl; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Philanthropismus; Private Investition; Kohortenanalyse; Data capture; Datensammlung; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung
Abstract	Over the last decade, New York City (NYC) has been the site of a systemwide high school reform effort that is unprecedented in its scope and pace. Since 2002, the school district has closed more than 20 failing high schools, opened more than 200 new secondary schools, and implemented a centralized high school admission process in which approximately 80,000 students a year indicate their school preferences from a wide-ranging choice of programs. At the heart of these reforms lie the new schools that are often referred to as "small schools of choice" (SSCs)--small, academically nonselective, public high schools that were opened between 2002 and 2008. Serving approximately 100 students per grade in grades 9 through 12 and open to students at all levels of academic achievement, the SSCs were created to serve the district's most disadvantaged and historically underserved students. By taking advantage of a naturally-occurring lotteries in the NYC Department of Education's high school application process, MDRC researchers are able to estimate the effects of enrolling in SSCs on students' future academic outcomes using a sample of over 20,000 students. In this proposed panel, Rebecca Unterman, an author on MDRC's small schools of choice studies, will share the project's most recent findings and discuss the team's experiences working to bridge the gap between policy and practice in New York. The other panelists, experienced policymakers in NYC, will provide their perspective on the effects of the study (and other research) on their practice. (Contains 5 footnotes.) (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10