LEADER 05191nam 2200709Ia 450 001 9910219963903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-45136-7 010 $a9786612451362 010 $a0-8330-3615-7 035 $a(CKB)111090529190266 035 $a(EBL)197449 035 $a(OCoLC)55204079 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000156343 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11159512 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000156343 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10122363 035 $a(PQKB)10415453 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL197449 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10056175 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC197449 035 $a(oapen)doab114565 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111090529190266 100 $a20040329d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aFocus on the wonder years $echallenges facing the American middle school /$fJaana Juvonen ... [et al.] 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aSanta Monica, CA $cRand$d2004 215 $a1 online resource (181 p.) 300 $a"Prepared for the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation." 300 $a"RAND Education." 300 $aErrata slip included. 311 08$a0-8330-3390-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 137-155). 327 $aCover; Preface; The RAND Corporation Quality Assurance Process; Contents; Figures; Tables; Summary; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; CHAPTER ONE - Goals, Terms, Methods, and Organization; Purpose; Defining Our Terms; Methodology; Scope; Organization; A Final Note; CHAPTER TWO - A Brief History of the U.S. Middle School; From an "Eight-Four" to a "Six-Six" Grade Configuration; The First Junior High Schools; The Junior High Becomes the Middle School; A Middle School Concept Emerges in the 1980's; Developmental Responsiveness in the 1990's; Role of Professional Organizations 327 $aRecent Debates and Research Findings Challenges, Recommendations, and Exploratory Ideas; CHAPTER THREE - Core Practices of the Middle School Concept; Interdisciplinary Team Teaching; Flexible Scheduling; Advisory Programs; A More Recent Practice: Looping; Obstacles for Implementation; Challenges, Recommendations, and Exploratory Ideas; CHAPTER FOUR - Academic Achievement; Sources of Data and Limitations; Comparing U.S. Students with Their Peers in Other Countries; Performance of Middle Grade Students Over Time; Achievement and the Accountability Movement 327 $aUnderstanding and Addressing Achievement Gaps Challenges, Recommendations, and Exploratory Ideas; CHAPTER FIVE - Conditions for Student Learning; Social-Emotional Problems and School Functioning; Disengagement, Social Alienation, and Dropping Out; Classroom Context and School Climate; School Safety; International Comparisons of Conditions for Learning; Challenges, Recommendations, and Exploratory Ideas; CHAPTER SIX - Principals; Effective Leadership; Principals' Perceptions of School Problems, Tasks, and Goals; Challenges, Recommendations, and Exploratory Ideas 327 $aCHAPTER SEVEN - Promoting Teacher Competence Through Training Preservice Training for Middle School Teachers; Professional Development for Middle School Teachers; Challenges, Recommendations, and Exploratory Ideas; CHAPTER EIGHT - Parental Involvement; The Many Forms of Parental Involvement; Parent Involvement and Student Achievement; Declining Parental Involvement; SASS Analysis of Parental Involvement in Elementary, Middle, and High Schools; CHAPTER NINE - Whole-School Reform Models; Different Ways of Knowing; Turning Points Transforming Middle Schools Model; Making Middle Grades Work 327 $aMiddle Start Initiative Talent Development Middle School Model; AIM at Middle Grades Results; Implementation and Sustainability Issues; Challenges, Recommendations, and Exploratory Ideas; CHAPTER TEN - Conclusions and Recommendations; Summary of Findings; Recommendations; Looking to the Future; APPENDIX A - Characteristics of U.S. Public Schools Serving Middle Grades; APPENDIX B - International and National Data Sets; APPENDIX C - Factor Analysis of Health Behavior in School-Aged Children; APPENDIX D - Research Recommendations This; References 330 $aDuring the middle school years, young teens undergo multiple physical, socialemotional,and intellectual changes that shape who they are and how they function asadults. The schools young teens attend play a critical role in shaping these futures.Therefore, the state of the U.S. middle school is or should be of concern to all ofus. 606 $aMiddle schools$zUnited States 606 $aMiddle school education$zUnited States 615 0$aMiddle schools 615 0$aMiddle school education 676 $a373.236 701 $aJuvonen$b Jaana$0852826 701 $aLe$b Vi-Nhuan$0852827 701 $aKaganoff$b Tessa$0852828 701 $aAugustine$b Catherine$0852829 701 $aConstant$b Louay$0852830 712 02$aRand Education (Institute) 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910219963903321 996 $aFocus on the wonder years$91904403 997 $aUNINA