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TABLE OF CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ii
LIST OF TABLES v
ABSTRACT vi
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1
Overview 1
Historical Background 1
Student Demographic Profile 5
Graduation Rates for the Nation and California 6
Statement of the Problem 7
Importance of this Project 12
CHAPTER 2A: REVIEW OF LITERATURE 14
High School Design 15
School Reform Legislation 18
School Reform and Comprehensive School Reform 20
Common Core Standards and Curriculum 25
CHAPTER 2B: METHODOLOGY 31
Partnership with Glendale Unified School District 33
GUSD Comprehensive High Schools 36
Gap Analysis Model 38
Performance Gap Analysis 41
Solutions 45
Project Timeframe 45
Sampling and Instrumentation 48
Data Collection Methods 48
Limitations of the Project 52
Presentation of Findings 54
Human Subjects Considerations 56
CHAPTER 2C: FINDINGS 58
Summary of Interviews 58
CHAPTER 3A: REVIEW OF SOLUTIONS LITERATURE 86
Solution Summary for Emergent Theme 1 88
Solution Summary for Emergent Theme 2 98
Solution Summary for Emergent Theme 3 109
Object Description
| Title | Improving college participation success in Glendale Unified School District: An application of the gap analysis model |
| Author | Cassady, Dawn Marie |
| Author email | Kedwyn@aol.com; cassady@usc.edu |
| Degree | Doctor of Education |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Education (Leadership) |
| School | Rossier School of Education |
| Date defended/completed | 2011-01-22 |
| Date submitted | 2011 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2011-04-29 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Marsh, David D. |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Rueda, Robert S. Arias, Robert J. |
| Abstract | From the time of Brown v. Board of Education, the role of education has been on the forefront of our social, political and economic landscape. Legislation such as the Elementary and Secondary Education Act and No Child Left Behind as well as publications like A Nation at Risk have all illustrated the lack of access, equity and achievement in American schools for the last fifty years. Currently, the United States has a 69% average high school graduation rate, which varies between subgroups and of those students only 57% continue their education in college.; Glendale Unified School District (GUSD) is a high-performing, large, urban school district that serves an economically and culturally diverse population. This project examined the root causes of the gaps in college going rates for all students as well as those of the underrepresented subgroups by applying the Clark and Estes (2005) gap analysis model. Gaps between goal achievement (college participation) and actual student performance were examined and then research-based solutions for closing the achievement gap and recommendations based on those solutions were recommended to the school district administrative team. |
| Keyword | secondary education; school reform; college access |
| Geographic subject | school districts: Glendale Unified School District |
| Geographic subject (county) | Los Angeles |
| Geographic subject (state) | California |
| Geographic subject (country) | USA |
| Coverage date | 1954/2010 |
| 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-m3806 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Rights | Cassady, Dawn Marie |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Filename | etd-Cassady-4360 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume14/etd-Cassady-4360.pdf |
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| Title | Page 3 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Full text | iii TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ii LIST OF TABLES v ABSTRACT vi CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1 Overview 1 Historical Background 1 Student Demographic Profile 5 Graduation Rates for the Nation and California 6 Statement of the Problem 7 Importance of this Project 12 CHAPTER 2A: REVIEW OF LITERATURE 14 High School Design 15 School Reform Legislation 18 School Reform and Comprehensive School Reform 20 Common Core Standards and Curriculum 25 CHAPTER 2B: METHODOLOGY 31 Partnership with Glendale Unified School District 33 GUSD Comprehensive High Schools 36 Gap Analysis Model 38 Performance Gap Analysis 41 Solutions 45 Project Timeframe 45 Sampling and Instrumentation 48 Data Collection Methods 48 Limitations of the Project 52 Presentation of Findings 54 Human Subjects Considerations 56 CHAPTER 2C: FINDINGS 58 Summary of Interviews 58 CHAPTER 3A: REVIEW OF SOLUTIONS LITERATURE 86 Solution Summary for Emergent Theme 1 88 Solution Summary for Emergent Theme 2 98 Solution Summary for Emergent Theme 3 109 |
