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There is a very strong emphasis on parent and community involvement
with parents receiving support in meeting the needs of their child.
Outside resources such as STARS, Vista, AmeriCorps, are continually
sought to provide additional support for the school.
Future Considerations
Additional funding would be needed and helpful for the school to reduce class
sizes since the smallest class is currently 21 to 1, which the principal said would be a
priority if there were increased funding. Also, as the teachers are becoming content and
pedagogical experts, it would be effective for those teachers to form content teams to
create an even more collaborative culture. Furthermore, teachers should begin sharing
data amongst themselves so that they can support and develop each other in becoming
more effective teachers. Finally, the school must address both the early departure of its
students to an area charter middle school in fifth grade, as well as the influx of new
students with significant academic needs.
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 170 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Full text | 162 There is a very strong emphasis on parent and community involvement with parents receiving support in meeting the needs of their child. Outside resources such as STARS, Vista, AmeriCorps, are continually sought to provide additional support for the school. Future Considerations Additional funding would be needed and helpful for the school to reduce class sizes since the smallest class is currently 21 to 1, which the principal said would be a priority if there were increased funding. Also, as the teachers are becoming content and pedagogical experts, it would be effective for those teachers to form content teams to create an even more collaborative culture. Furthermore, teachers should begin sharing data amongst themselves so that they can support and develop each other in becoming more effective teachers. Finally, the school must address both the early departure of its students to an area charter middle school in fifth grade, as well as the influx of new students with significant academic needs. |
