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Improving Achievement in Low-Performing Schools
Key Results for School Leaders
- Randolph E. Ward - Compton Unified School District
- Mary Ann Burke, Editor - Santa Clara County Office of Education
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School Change, Reform, & Restructuring | School Management | Standards & Accountability
School Change, Reform, & Restructuring | School Management | Standards & Accountability
March 2004 | 144 pages | Corwin
This book addresses the six steps used by nation-wide schools and specifically by the Compton Unified School District to overcome low-performance. Countless examples on how multi-stressed, low-performing schools can overcome obstacles to respond to the unique learning needs of students and adults are provided in each of the six steps. The purpose of the key results accountability process is to establish and document successful reform practices that address the multiple challenges for low-performing schools. The reform process intends to effectively implement appropriate action plans that reach and surpasses a school's required growth results.
Introduction
Acknowledgements
About the Author
About the Editor
Step 1. Defining the School's Culture
Step 2. Gatekeeping by Central Office: Administrators and Principals Teaming Together
Step 3: Creating a Key Results Accountability Process
Step 4: Developing Trailblazing Initiatives That Guarantee Student Success
Step 5: Expanding Parent and Community Involvement Activities
Step 6: Enforcing Effective Business Practices
Conclusion
Resource A: The Results-Based Intervention for School Efficacy (RISE) Project
References
Suggested Reading
Index
"I find here nothing less than a blueprint for transforming a failing urban school district with abysmal levels of student and adult performance into one of fiscal and academic respectability. No small feat! This compact little volume offers countless aids for systemic reform, from six giant steps to many small forms. There is much to be gleaned from the Compton Story, which will be applicable to others who would turn their districts around."
Author, Lessons Learned
"[This] is a valuable book for anyone seriously interested in having more effective schools. This is not a one-shot panacea, but a detailed recipe of what can be done to improve student academic improvement."