Assessing the progress of new American schools [[electronic resource] ] : a status report / / Mark Berends with Joanna Heilbrunn, Christopher J. McKelvey, Thomas Sullivan

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910826424003321
• Autore: Berends Mark <1962->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Santa Monica, CA, : RAND, 1999
• ISBN: 0-8330-4351-X; 0-585-34925-8
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: xviii, 42 p. : ill
• Disciplina: 371.2/00973
• Soggetti: School improvement programs - United States - Evaluation; Educational change - United States
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "Prepared for New American Schools."; "MR-1085-EDU"--P. [4] of cover.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 37-42).
• Nota di contenuto: PREFACE -- FIGURES -- TABLES -- SUMMARY -- RAND'S ASSESSMENT OF NEW AMERICAN SCHOOLS -- Critical Issues -- Key Questions -- Data Collection -- PURPOSE OF THIS REPORT -- SUMMARY OF FINDINGS AND FUTURE WORK -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION AND RESEARCH QUESTIONS -- THE NEW AMERICAN SCHOOLS REFORM EFFORT -- KEY QUESTIONS UNDERLYING RAND'S ASSESSMENT -- ORGANIZATION OF THE REPORT -- TOWARD AN UNDERSTANDING OF SCHOOLWIDE -- REFORMS: ASSESSMENT OF THE SCALE-UP PHASE -- KEY ELEMENTS OF THE DESIGNS -- NEW AMERICAN SCHOOLS APPROACH -- Design-Based Assistance -- Engaging District Support -- RAND'S ASSESSMENT -- Data Collection Efforts -- Analytic Approach to Key Questions -- SIGNIFICANT FEATURES OF RAND RESEARCH -- BASELINE DESCRIPTION OF -- NEW AMERICAN SCHOOLS -- SAMPLE OF NEW AMERICAN SCHOOLS -- SOURCES OF DATA -- RESPONSE RATES -- DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS OF SCHOOLS -- SCHOOL CLIMATE: NAS SCHOOLS COMPARED TO THE -- NATION'S SCHOOLS -- Problems Related to Diverse Student Populations -- Problems Related to Engagement of Students and Faculty -- SCHOOL ACHIEVEMENT BEFORE DESIGN -- IMPLEMENTATION -- SUMMARY OF FINDINGS AND WORK AHEAD -- REFERENCES.