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ALLOCATION OF EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES
TO IMPROVE STUDENT LEARNING:
CASE STUDIES OF CALIFORNIA SCHOOLS
by
Christopher David Coulter
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 Christopher David Coulter
Object Description
| Title | Allocation of educational resources to improve student learning: case studies of California schools |
| Author | Coulter, Christopher David |
| Author email | cdcoulte@usc.edu; coulterc@gmail.com |
| Degree | Doctor of Education |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Education (Leadership) |
| School | Rossier School of Education |
| Date defended/completed | 2009-03-02 |
| Date submitted | 2009 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2009-04-16 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Picus, Lawrence O. |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Hentschke, Guilbert Nelson, John |
| Abstract | This study used a purposeful sample of six southern California high schools with demographic characteristics of at least 20% African American, Hispanic or low SES students that are outperforming similar schools to determine the instructional strategies and resource use patterns used during their improvement process. Case studies, which include interview data, performance data and information on school level resource use, were conducted, and the information was analyzed using the data entry system created by Lawrence O. Picus and Associates which is aligned with the expenditure structure model created by Odden, et al (2003). The Evidence Based Model, developed by Odden and Picus (2008), which identifies the elements of a school-wide instructional program that research has shown to be effective in improving student performance, was used as the framework for analyzing the resource use patterns of the study schools. The findings indicate that although the resources available to the study schools were significantly fewer than what the Evidence Based Model suggests, the improvement strategies showed many commonalities to those suggested in the body of literature on school improvement. Analysis of the case studies indicates that the schools used the following improvement strategies that are commonly seen in the literature on effective schools: high expectations for students, timely small group support, the use of data to make decisions and inform practice, distributed leadership that empowers teachers to improve student achievement, the protection of instructional time including maximizing the time spent on the core subject areas and continual professional development with coaches as a key strategy. Implications for practice and policy are discussed. |
| Keyword | California school finance; educational adequacy; evidence based model; instructional improvement; closing achievement gap; school level resource use; resource use; data driven decision making |
| 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-m2090 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Rights | Coulter, Christopher David |
| 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-Coulter-2725 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume48/etd-Coulter-2725.pdf |
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| Title | Page 1 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Full text | ALLOCATION OF EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES TO IMPROVE STUDENT LEARNING: CASE STUDIES OF CALIFORNIA SCHOOLS by Christopher David Coulter 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 Christopher David Coulter |
