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THE DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS OF A HIGH-PERFORMING URBAN
PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL:
A DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS SELF-STUDY
by
Norman C. Sauce, III
____________________________________________________________________
A Dissertation Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
DOCTOR OF EDUCATION
May 2009
Copyright 2009 Norman C. Sauce, III
Object Description
| Title | The distinguishing characteristics of a high performing urban public high school: a descriptive analysis self-study |
| Author | Sauce, Norman C, III |
| Author email | Rainmaker0378@Hotmail.com; Rainmaker0378@AOL.com |
| Degree | Doctor of Education |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Education (Leadership) |
| School | Rossier School of Education |
| Date defended/completed | 2009-03-11 |
| Date submitted | 2009 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2009-05-04 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Hollins, Etta |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Hentschke, Guilbert White-Smith, Kimberly |
| Abstract | Vincent High School is an urban public high school with a population of working class children of color, most of whom are English Language Learners. The school is located in Southern California. Many schools with similar conditions produce poor summative outcomes, however Vincent High School's student performance on state-mandated tests has undergone statistically significant increases from 2001-2008, indicating substantial student learning gains during this period.; The researcher was a teacher at the school concurrent with these student achievement gains. The purpose of the current self-study was to identify, examine, and analyze the distinguishing characteristics of the high school, and stakeholder perceptions of them, in order to provide the field with additional school attributes for further exploration and hypothesis-testing. The researcher utilized his insider perspective to identify six distinguishing characteristics of the high school to investigate and analyze in this study.; The researcher interviewed teachers, students, parents, and administrators, gleaning their knowledge, perspectives, and experiences with the school in relation to its distinguishing characteristics. In order to achieve triangulation, the researcher conducted classroom and teacher collaboration observations and performed document analysis of school and district policies.; Findings indicate that stakeholders hold the school and its characteristics in high esteem. Analysis of interviews revealed perceptions of the high school as a safe and educationally conducive environment, where all of the school's characteristics have jointly enriched the learning that takes place there. Most participants responded favorably to the six distinguishing characteristics of the school. Additional school characteristics emerged from participant interviews, which were also explored in this self-study.; Participants' positive perceptions of the school and its characteristics were substantiated in classroom and collaboration observations. Data support interview responses that the school’s characteristics allow for educationally salient and supportive classroom instruction and teacher camaraderie.; The purpose of this study was not to determine causality of improvements in student academic performance as measured by standardized tests, but rather, to identify and examine the distinguishing characteristics of the school based upon the stakeholders’ perceptions. This study focused on school practices that have shown promise at Vincent High, for possible transfer to other school settings. |
| Keyword | high performing schools; grading policies; teacher collaboration; block scheduling; teacher education; school size; schools of choice; rffective teachers; school reform |
| Geographic subject (state) | California |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m2173 |
| Rights | Sauce, Norman C, III |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | http://www.usc.edu/isd/libraries/services/ask_a_librarian/email/ |
| Filename | etd-Sauce-2827 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume44/etd-Sauce-2827.pdf |
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| Full text | THE DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS OF A HIGH-PERFORMING URBAN PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL: A DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS SELF-STUDY by Norman C. Sauce, III ____________________________________________________________________ A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF EDUCATION May 2009 Copyright 2009 Norman C. Sauce, III |
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