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CHAPTER 4 – FINDINGS
The purpose of this study is to analyze how four charter schools in Los Angeles,
California were implementing school improvement strategies and utilizing resources at
their school site to impact student achievement. This chapter will present the findings for
each of the research questions outlined in Chapter 3. The findings 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 (EBM) (Odden & Picus, 2008).
The schools sampled to answer these research questions were all public
elementary charter schools located in areas of high poverty in Los Angeles, all of whom
had high levels of student achievement as measured by standardized student test results.
Detailed case studies of each school can be found in appendices H through K.
Summary of Sample Schools’ Characteristics and Performance
In selecting schools for the study, school size, percentage of socioeconomically
disadvantage students, and primary method of instruction were utilized as criteria. The
schools’ studied served students ranging in grades prekindergarten to eighth grade.
Enrollment for the schools also ranged from 201 to 650 students. All of the schools
studied had high percentages of socioeconomically disadvantaged students, which ranged
from 89% to 98% of the total student population. The instruction provided by the schools
was in person and not online based. Two of the schools studied, Byron and Amarado, are
independent charter schools and the other two, Timothy and Delano, are managed by a
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 |
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| Title | Page 68 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Full text | 60 CHAPTER 4 – FINDINGS The purpose of this study is to analyze how four charter schools in Los Angeles, California were implementing school improvement strategies and utilizing resources at their school site to impact student achievement. This chapter will present the findings for each of the research questions outlined in Chapter 3. The findings 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 (EBM) (Odden & Picus, 2008). The schools sampled to answer these research questions were all public elementary charter schools located in areas of high poverty in Los Angeles, all of whom had high levels of student achievement as measured by standardized student test results. Detailed case studies of each school can be found in appendices H through K. Summary of Sample Schools’ Characteristics and Performance In selecting schools for the study, school size, percentage of socioeconomically disadvantage students, and primary method of instruction were utilized as criteria. The schools’ studied served students ranging in grades prekindergarten to eighth grade. Enrollment for the schools also ranged from 201 to 650 students. All of the schools studied had high percentages of socioeconomically disadvantaged students, which ranged from 89% to 98% of the total student population. The instruction provided by the schools was in person and not online based. Two of the schools studied, Byron and Amarado, are independent charter schools and the other two, Timothy and Delano, are managed by a |
