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MAKING THE GOLDEN STATE GLITTER AGAIN:
HOW THE EVIDENCE BASED ADEQUACY MODEL CAN SAVE STRUGGLING SCHOOLS IN DIFFICULT TIMES
by
Ryan Douglas Smith
A Dissertation Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE USC ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
DOCTOR OF EDUCATION
May 2010
Copyright 2010 Ryan Douglas Smith
Object Description
| Title | Making the Golden State glitter again: how the evidence based adequacy model can save struggling schools in difficult times |
| Author | Smith, Ryan Douglas |
| Author email | ryandsmith@cox.net; smithry@centinela.k12.ca.us |
| Degree | Doctor of Education |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Education (Leadership) |
| School | Rossier School of Education |
| Date defended/completed | 2010-03-04 |
| Date submitted | 2010 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2010-05-10 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Picus, Lawrence O. |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Hentschke, Guilbert C. Nelson, John L. |
| Abstract | Faced with an unparalleled financial crisis, educators in the State of California are faced with the challenging task of educating an increasingly diverse student population toward mastery of some of the highest standards in the nation. As educators and policy makers struggle to find ways to ensure that schools in the Golden State are adequately funded, more attention is being paid to what the existing literature says about resource allocation and student achievement. This research study reviews the resource allocation patterns and instructional improvement strategies observed at five Southern California high schools, and compares the findings to an research-based model known as the Evidence Based Model. All five of the schools selected for this study were identified by the California Department of Education as Program Improvement schools due to not making Adequate Yearly Progress. All of the schools were found to be lacking adequate resources for educating the students that they serve and an overall lack of effective strategies for raising student achievement. |
| Keyword | K-12 education; school administration; school finance |
| Geographic subject (state) | California |
| Coverage date | 2009/2010 |
| 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-m3072 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Rights | Smith, Ryan Douglas |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@dots.usc.edu |
| Filename | etd-Smith-3559 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume40/etd-Smith-3559.pdf |
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| Title | Page 1 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@dots.usc.edu |
| Full text | MAKING THE GOLDEN STATE GLITTER AGAIN: HOW THE EVIDENCE BASED ADEQUACY MODEL CAN SAVE STRUGGLING SCHOOLS IN DIFFICULT TIMES by Ryan Douglas Smith A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF EDUCATION May 2010 Copyright 2010 Ryan Douglas Smith |
