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IMPROVING AND SUSTAINING MATH ACHIEVEMENT
IN URBAN HIGH SCHOOLS
A CASE STUDY OF A SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA HIGH SCHOOL
by
Sergio Flores
___________________________________________________________
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
December 2007
Copyright 2007 Sergio Flores
Object Description
| Title | Improving and sustaining math achievement in urban high schools: a case study of a southern California high school |
| Author | Flores, Sergio |
| Author email | florse@fusd.net |
| Degree | Doctor of Education |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Education (Leadership) |
| School | Rossier School of Education |
| Date defended/completed | 2007-05-01 |
| Date submitted | 2007 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2007-10-26 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Marsh, David |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Olsen, Carlye Rousseau, Sylvia |
| Abstract | Various forces are compelling American high schools to increase student achievement in math, science and other content areas. Local schools and school districts are responding to state and federal accountability measures that are prompted by reports such as the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) that creates a sense of urgency in improving education particularly since the findings in this study convey that American students rank far below even developing countries in science and mathematics.; The purpose of this study is to examine the leadership constructs at a high performing urban high school in order to determine the relationships, patterns and practices that lead to high achievement in math. In addition, the study examines how instructional leaders at the school site responded to providing leadership for the mathematics program without content expertisein this area. Qualitative case study research methods were used to perform and in-depth analysis on a Southern California High School characterized as a large urban high school. Bailey High School was selected based on its pattern of sustained math improvement for all students including English learners, economically disadvantaged and Hispanic/Latino which are theschools most significant subgroups. The pattern of increased student achievement in math has been sustained for the past four years.; The analysis of findings credits several factors that led to a shift from a school identified as "program improvement" to one that was meeting and exceeding all the No Child Left Behind targets in mathematics. Three salient themes emerged in the study that focused on the relationships, patterns and practices within the school's math department: (1) political demandstriggered a need for change at Bailey High School. These demands resulted in a series of other changes that relate to policies and practices within the math department; (2) sustained change occurred through ongoing teacher collaboration that focused on identifying and eliminating barriers to the teaching and learning process; (3) instructional leadership, provided primarily by the department chair, led to systemic processes that promoted student achievement. |
| Keyword | math achievement; instructional leadership; secondary math |
| Geographic subject (city or populated place) | Bailey |
| Geographic subject (county) | Los Angeles |
| Geographic subject (state) | California |
| Geographic subject (country) | USA |
| 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 |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m892 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Rights | Flores, Sergio |
| 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-Flores-20071026 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume44/etd-Flores-20071026.pdf |
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| Title | Page 1 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Full text | IMPROVING AND SUSTAINING MATH ACHIEVEMENT IN URBAN HIGH SCHOOLS A CASE STUDY OF A SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA HIGH SCHOOL by Sergio Flores ___________________________________________________________ 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 December 2007 Copyright 2007 Sergio Flores |
