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8. California Standards Test (CST): Annually administered standardized tests based
on the California state grade level standards. These tests are multiple choice and
given to students in grades 2-11.
9. Categorical Funding: Funds from the state or federal government given to
districts or schools for specific reasons such as: special education, class size
reduction, and students participating in the free and reduced-price lunch program.
This money is in addition to money received for general education programs.
Categorical funds represent about a third of district income (EdSource, 2010a).
10. Charter Schools: tuition-free public schools that operate with funding from the
state and are defined by site-based autonomy
11. Expenditure: Amount of money spent by a school district or state divided by the
number of students educated. In California, the number of students is determined
by the Average Daily Attendance (ADA).
12. Free and Reduced Lunch: Under the Title 1 federal regulations, qualifying
students may receive lunch at a reduced price or for free. Families must reapply
each year as financial status may change.
13. Full-time Equivalent (FTE): The ratio derived by dividing the number of work
hours required in a part-time position by the number of work hours required in a
corresponding full-time position.
14. General Fund: Funding used to offset expenditures and revenues from other
sources specified for specific uses that is not restricted (EdSource, 2010a).
Object Description
| Title | Allocation of educational resources to improve student achievement: Case studies of four California charter schools |
| Author | Patrick, Ramona Kay |
| Author email | rpatrick@usc.edu; ramonakaypatrick@gmail.com |
| Degree | Doctor of Education |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Education (Leadership) |
| School | Rossier School of Education |
| Date defended/completed | 2011-03-28 |
| Date submitted | 2011 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2011-05-04 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Picus, Lawrence O. |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Hentschke, Guilbert C. Nelson, John L. |
| Abstract | Charter schools are growing at a rapid pace have significantly more flexibility in their allocation of resources in comparison to their traditional public school counterparts in California. Because of this, it is important to study how successful charter schools, with this increased flexibility, are utilizing their resources to achieve high results with their students in a time of fiscal constraint. There is a plethora of data and research on effective school practices to improve student achievement, but a dearth of research on the effective allocation of resources at charter schools. The purpose of this study is to analyze how four high performing charter schools, with high percentages of socioeconomically disadvantaged students in Los Angeles, California, are implementing school improvement strategies and utilizing resources at their school site to impact student achievement. The Evidenced-Based Model, (Odden & Picus, 2008) along with Odden and Archibald’s (2009) Ten Strategies for Doubling Student Performance were used as a lens in this study to compare resource allocation as well as school improvement strategies to best support student achievement at the schools. This study will describe each schools’ instructional vision and improvement strategy, how resources are utilized to implement their instructional improvement plan, how the current fiscal crisis is affecting their allocation of resources, and how actual resource patterns are aligned with the Evidence Based Model (Odden & Picus, 2008). |
| Keyword | charter schools; resource allocation; evidenced-based model |
| 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-m3815 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Rights | Patrick, Ramona Kay |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Filename | etd-Patrick-4438 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume51/etd-Patrick-4438.pdf |
Description
| Title | Page 19 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Full text | 11 8. California Standards Test (CST): Annually administered standardized tests based on the California state grade level standards. These tests are multiple choice and given to students in grades 2-11. 9. Categorical Funding: Funds from the state or federal government given to districts or schools for specific reasons such as: special education, class size reduction, and students participating in the free and reduced-price lunch program. This money is in addition to money received for general education programs. Categorical funds represent about a third of district income (EdSource, 2010a). 10. Charter Schools: tuition-free public schools that operate with funding from the state and are defined by site-based autonomy 11. Expenditure: Amount of money spent by a school district or state divided by the number of students educated. In California, the number of students is determined by the Average Daily Attendance (ADA). 12. Free and Reduced Lunch: Under the Title 1 federal regulations, qualifying students may receive lunch at a reduced price or for free. Families must reapply each year as financial status may change. 13. Full-time Equivalent (FTE): The ratio derived by dividing the number of work hours required in a part-time position by the number of work hours required in a corresponding full-time position. 14. General Fund: Funding used to offset expenditures and revenues from other sources specified for specific uses that is not restricted (EdSource, 2010a). |
