1. Data for School Improvement
Chapter Two

2. Effective School Research:
1957: Sputnik
1966: Coleman Report:
Equality?
1970: Ron Edmonds:
Effective Schools?
What questions has this
research raised?
What do we still not know?
(pp. 24 – 26)

3. Standards-Based Reform and School Improvement:
National Research Council (1999): Challenging Standards How do we know if our standards are challenging? Focus on “Capacity Building” (Massell, 1998). How do Standards and Teaching / Learning Connect?

4. Key Indicators of School Improvement:
Shared Mission and Goals
Rigorous Content Standards: understood, agreed upon and measurable.
Alignment to Standards: curriculum and instructional cohesion.
Expert Teachers supported by coherent, consistent professional
development.

5. Key Indicators of School Improvement:
Professional Community Partnerships: Parents and Communities Resources: Aligned to Goals Data-based Processes: for analyzing programs, practices and results.

6. Six Dimensions of Family, School, Community Partnerships:
1. Parenting 2. Communicating 3. Volunteering 4. Learning at Home 5. Decision-Making 6. Collaboration with Community (Chadwick, 2004)

7. Action Goals to School Improvement:
Exercise: In your present school setting, examine the elements of School Improvement (p. 27 – 29) What your school is doing well. How they are doing it. Any areas of focus for school improvement: