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COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL REFORM IMPLEMENTATION:
A GAP ANALYSIS INQUIRY PROJECT FOR ROWLAND UNIFIED SCHOOL
DISTRICT
by
Brent Alan Forsee
_______________________________________________________________
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 2011
Copyright 2011 Brent Alan Forsee
Object Description
| Title | Comprehensive school reform implementation: A gap analysis inquiry project for Rowland Unified School District |
| Author | Forsee, Brent Alan |
| Author email | brent4c@hotmail.com; forsee@usc.edu |
| Degree | Doctor of Education |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Education (Leadership) |
| School | Rossier School of Education |
| Date defended/completed | 2011-01-19 |
| Date submitted | 2011 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2011-04-11 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Rueda, Robert |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Marsh, David Escalante, Michael |
| Abstract | Over the past half century school reform efforts have largely been driven as a response to the biting indictment of public education enumerated in the Coleman Report of 1966. The latest national directive, the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, sought to further focus the efforts of American schools on the achievement gaps persistent within minority and impoverished school children when compared to their non-minority and wealthier peers. This Capstone Inquiry Project analyzed the effectiveness of Rowland Unified School District (RUSD), in a consultative manner, in implementing their chosen reforms. The Clark and Estes Gap Analysis Model served as the analytic tool to uncover root causes of gaps in the areas of knowledge/skill, motivation, and organizational culture. While Rowland has experienced some success, they currently incorporate up to four reform initiatives.The project team found that a narrowing and clarifying of goals and initiatives using their “Three Priorities of Teaching and Learning” as a lens through which all current and future initiatives must be viewed would allow for more effective implementation. This narrowing of focus was supported within the literature and via data collection as a means to address the root causes of gaps within RUSD. |
| Keyword | gap analysis; inquiry project; school reform |
| Geographic subject | school districts: Rowland Unified School District; valleys: San Gabriel Valley |
| Geographic subject (county) | Los Angeles |
| Geographic subject (state) | California |
| Geographic subject (country) | USA |
| Coverage date | 2000/2010 |
| 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-m3733 |
| Rights | Forsee, Brent Alan |
| 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-Forsee-4342 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume26/etd-Forsee-4342.pdf |
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| Full text | COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL REFORM IMPLEMENTATION: A GAP ANALYSIS INQUIRY PROJECT FOR ROWLAND UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT by Brent Alan Forsee _______________________________________________________________ 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 2011 Copyright 2011 Brent Alan Forsee |
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