10 strategies for doubling student performance. (2009)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Ten strategies for doubling student performance
• Further Information: Note: Allan R. Odden.
• Other Names: Odden, Allan
• Contents: Preface; Acknowledgments; About The Author; 1. Understanding the Performance Challenge; Pressure to Improve Performance; Analyzing State Student Test Data; Conducting Curriculum Standards Audits; Summary; 2. Set Ambitious Goals; Beyond Motivational Theory; Beyond the Soft Bigotry of Low Expectations; Setting Very High Goals; Thinking Big Is Quintessentially American; Summary; 3. Change the Curriculum Program and Create a New Instructional Vision; Adopting New Textbooks and Instructional Visions; Assessing Effectiveness of Curriculum and Instructional Approaches; Collaborative Work; Summary; 4. Benchmark and Formative Assessments and Data-Based Decision Making; Overview of Benchmark and Formative Assessments; Benchmark and Formative Assessments in Montgomery County, Maryland; A Comment on Value-Added Measures; Summary; 5. Provide Ongoing, Intensive Professional Development; The Features of Effective Professional Development; Examples of Professional Development Programs; Summary; 6. Using Time Efficiently and Effectively; Extending the School Year and Day; Better Uses of Time; Summary; 7. Extend Learning Time for Struggling Students; Some Contextual Points; Time During the Regular School Day; Time Outside the Regular School Day but Within the Regular School Year; Time Outside the Regular School Year; Summary; 8. Collaborative Cultures and Distributed Leadership; A Collaborative School Culture; Structuring Collaborative Cultures; Distributed Leadership; Summary; 9. Professional and Best Practices; Indicators of Acting Professionally; Not Doing It Alone; Summary; 10. The Human Capital Side of Doubling Student Performance; Overview; First, Recruit Top Talent; Second, Develop Top Talent; Sometimes Initial Talent Turnover Is Required; Summary; 11. Putting It All Together: The Dramatically Improving School; The 10 Core Elements of the Improving School; Summary; The Kennewick Approach to Dramatic Improvement; References;
• Publisher Details: Thousand Oaks : Corwin
• Publication Date: 2009
• Extent: 1 online resource (192 pages)
• Subjects: 371.207; Academic achievement -- United States; School improvement programs -- United States; School-based management -- United States -- Case studies; Education -- Economic aspects -- United States; Educational change -- United States -- Case studies
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781452273563; 1452273561
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