Title Using data to close the achievement gap : how to measure equity in our schools / Ruth S. Johnson ; foreword by Anne Wheelock

Published Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Corwin Press, ©2002

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Description 1 online resource (xxi, 308 pages) : illustrations Contents Setting our sights on student achievement: Achievement gap -- Building dissatisfaction and killing the myths -- Toward motivating reform -- Data in the reform process -- Building leadership and data teams -- Inquiring about equity: Talking about data -- Examining outcomes -- Assessing policies and practices -- Listening to student and parent voices -- Evaluating programs and interventions -- Using school indicators to answer critical questions -- Will we know it when we see it? Summary Provides both the philosophical and practical blueprint for transforming public schools into the learning communities we want and need. Ruth Johnson presents a thoughtful, well-documented treatise on how educators, policymakers, and parents can use data to set achievement goals and to measure progress towards these goals. Unfortunately, statistics show that real disparities do exist in academic achievement, which consistently coincide with income level and race. Book highlights compelling evidence that these inequities can be linked to school practices that inadvertently increase inequities. The solution to this pervasive problem lies in the collection and examination of appropriate data, and this book shows readers how Notes "Second edition of Setting our sights: measuring equity in school change." Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-301) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force. WlAbNL digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Print version record Subject Educational equalization -- United States Educational evaluation -- United States School improvement programs -- United States EDUCATION -- Administration -- General. EDUCATION -- Educational Policy & Reform -- General. Educational equalization Educational evaluation School improvement programs Chancengleichheit Evaluation Schule United States USA Form Electronic book LC no. 2002002766 ISBN 9781483362830 1483362833 9781483360645 1483360644

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