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Figure 4.14: Sample Schools Total AP Exams Taken and Passed, 2006-2010
Each of the sample schools has demonstrated academic progress for all students.
Several of the schools have demonstrated a marked increase in the performance of their
significant subgroups and have managed to narrow the achievement gap that has persisted
in these schools. The next section of this chapter will address the findings associated
with the research questions using data from the sample schools. Specifically, the findings
will cite the successful strategies used by these schools that have contributed to gains in
student achievement.
Findings
The sample schools are using a variety of instructional and organizational
strategies to achieve their school visions. The improvement strategies used in all of the
sample schools were evaluated through the lens of Odden’s (2009) Ten Strategies for
Doubling Student Performance. All the schools in the study employed the ten strategies
recommended by Odden, but the level of implementation varied from site to site.
Object Description
| Title | Navigating troubled waters: case studies of three California high schools' resource allocation strategies in 2010-2011 |
| Author | Landisi, Brian Anthony |
| Author email | landisi@usc.edu; blandisi@charter.net |
| 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 | 2011-04-28 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Picus, Lawrence O. |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Hentschke, Guilbert C. Nelson, John L. |
| Abstract | This study was conducted to examine instructional strategies and resource allocation in successful schools. The study was based on the analysis of three comprehensive high schools in one school district in Southern California. Each of the study schools increased students’ academic achievement over time as measured by sustained growth on California’s Academic Performance Index. The efforts of these study schools also contributed to narrowing the achievement gap.; Successful schools in this study were analyzed primarily through the lens of Odden’s (2009) 10 Strategies for Doubling Student Performance. In addition to effective organizational and instructional strategies, this study also analyzed human and fiscal resource allocation at the sample schools. The study used the Evidence-Based Model (Odden & Picus, 2008) to analyze how the schools allocated resources during 2010-2011, navigating a catastrophic economic crisis facing California and the rest of the nation. Interview data, student achievement data and information on school-level resource use were included in case studies on each of these successful schools.; The findings indicate that although the resource use patterns of the study schools were significantly fewer than what the Evidence-Based Model suggests, the improvement strategies showed many commonalities to those suggested in the body of literature on school improvement. Strong leadership from the district office supported the reform efforts at each of the school sites. This leadership came in the form of a single district focus combined with continuity of leadership, development and retention of talent within the district and a common school improvement framework.; A heavy investment of time and fiscal resources into professional development created a collaborative culture within and between the high schools in the study. The schools that were most successful in raising student achievement demonstrated a commitment to collaboration and embraced the role of teacher leaders. The most effective schools in the study had in place internal accountability structures to support the implementation of the school and district focus. It is the effective implementation of research-based strategies, not simply resource allocation that makes schools successful and contributes to further growth in student achievement. Implications for policy and practice are discussed. |
| Keyword | education finance; secondary education; educational leadership; budget crisis; instructional leadership; Odden and Picus; resource allocation; school finance; school reform |
| Geographic subject (county) | Los Angeles |
| Geographic subject (state) | California |
| Geographic subject (country) | USA |
| Coverage date | 2010/2011 |
| 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-m3797 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Rights | Landisi, Brian Anthony |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Filename | etd-Landisi-4355 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume14/etd-Landisi-4355.pdf |
Description
| Title | Page 109 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Full text | 97 Figure 4.14: Sample Schools Total AP Exams Taken and Passed, 2006-2010 Each of the sample schools has demonstrated academic progress for all students. Several of the schools have demonstrated a marked increase in the performance of their significant subgroups and have managed to narrow the achievement gap that has persisted in these schools. The next section of this chapter will address the findings associated with the research questions using data from the sample schools. Specifically, the findings will cite the successful strategies used by these schools that have contributed to gains in student achievement. Findings The sample schools are using a variety of instructional and organizational strategies to achieve their school visions. The improvement strategies used in all of the sample schools were evaluated through the lens of Odden’s (2009) Ten Strategies for Doubling Student Performance. All the schools in the study employed the ten strategies recommended by Odden, but the level of implementation varied from site to site. |
