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APPENDIX H – BYRON CHARTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Background on School
Byron Charter Elementary is a Title I school located in Los Angeles, and serves
353 students in grades kindergarten through sixth. The school is an independent, direct
funded charter school that was founded in 1997 and is recognized as a California
Distinguished School. Byron Elementary is non selective and currently has hundreds of
students on its waitlist. In addition to the elementary school, there is a middle school that
serves students in grades seventh and eighth. In 2008, the school purchased the property
it was leasing and built a state of the art facility on the grounds.
A board of directors manages the school and its membership includes a former
assistant superintendent of LAUSD, business leaders, academics, and community leaders.
The founders of the school also sit on the board. The core values of the school are
achievement, respect, commitment, integrity, community, and acceptance. The vision of
the school is that it “will be a world-class, child-centered elementary school with strong
ties to families and the community. Byron Charter Elementary School (pseudonym used
in school’s vision to maintain anonymity) will produce high academic achievers who are
self-confident, ethical, and motivated to be lifelong learners.” As part of its vision, family
and community are integral components to helping a student succeed.
The student population at Byron Charter Elementary is predominately African
American (92%) with 89% of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch. The
majority of students who attend Byron Charter Elementary live in the surrounding
neighborhood. Four percent of its students are considered English language learners and
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 154 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Full text | 146 APPENDIX H – BYRON CHARTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Background on School Byron Charter Elementary is a Title I school located in Los Angeles, and serves 353 students in grades kindergarten through sixth. The school is an independent, direct funded charter school that was founded in 1997 and is recognized as a California Distinguished School. Byron Elementary is non selective and currently has hundreds of students on its waitlist. In addition to the elementary school, there is a middle school that serves students in grades seventh and eighth. In 2008, the school purchased the property it was leasing and built a state of the art facility on the grounds. A board of directors manages the school and its membership includes a former assistant superintendent of LAUSD, business leaders, academics, and community leaders. The founders of the school also sit on the board. The core values of the school are achievement, respect, commitment, integrity, community, and acceptance. The vision of the school is that it “will be a world-class, child-centered elementary school with strong ties to families and the community. Byron Charter Elementary School (pseudonym used in school’s vision to maintain anonymity) will produce high academic achievers who are self-confident, ethical, and motivated to be lifelong learners.” As part of its vision, family and community are integral components to helping a student succeed. The student population at Byron Charter Elementary is predominately African American (92%) with 89% of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch. The majority of students who attend Byron Charter Elementary live in the surrounding neighborhood. Four percent of its students are considered English language learners and |
