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EdSource. (2009b). Local revenues for schools: Limits and options in California.
Mountain View, CA: Author.
EdSource. (2010a). California and the common core: Will there be a new debate about
K-12 standards. Mountain View, CA: Author.
EdSource. (2010b). Glossary terms. Author. Retrieved March 6, 2010, from
http://www.edsource.org/glossary.html
EdSource. (2010c). History. Author. Retrieved April 19, 2010, from
http://www.edsource.org/iss_fin_sys_history.html
EdSource. (2010d). Percent of schools that met adequate yearly progress goals from
2004-05 through 2008-09. Author. Retrieved July 5, 2010, from
http://www.edsource.org/iss_fin_sys_history.html
EdSource. (2010e). Resource cards on California schools. Mountain View, CA: Author.
EdSource. (2010f). School finance 2009-10: Budget cataclysm and its aftermath.
Mountain View, CA: Author.
Hanushek, E. A. (2006). Courting failure: How school finance lawsuits exploit judges’
good intentions and harm our children. Stanford, CA: Hoover Press.
Hanushek, E. A., & Lindseth, A. A. (2009). Schoolhouses, courthouses, and statehouses:
solving the funding-achievement puzzle in America's public schools. Princeton,
NJ: Princeton University Press.
Kirst, M. (2006). Evolution of California state school finance with implications from
other states. Palo Alto, CA: Institute for Research on Education Policy and
Practice, Stanford University.
Lindseth, A. A. (2006). The legal backdrop to adequacy. In E. Hanushek (Ed.), Courting
failure: How school finance lawsuits exploit judges' good intentions and harm our
children (pp. 33-78). Stanford, CA: Hoover Press.
Loeb, S., Bryk, A., & Hanushek, E. (2007). Getting down to facts: A research project
examining California’s school governance and finance systems. Stanford, CA:
Institute for Research on Education Policy and Practice, Stanford University.
Marzano, R. J. (2003). What works in schools: Translating research into action.
Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.
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 |
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| Title | Page 152 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Full text | 140 EdSource. (2009b). Local revenues for schools: Limits and options in California. Mountain View, CA: Author. EdSource. (2010a). California and the common core: Will there be a new debate about K-12 standards. Mountain View, CA: Author. EdSource. (2010b). Glossary terms. Author. Retrieved March 6, 2010, from http://www.edsource.org/glossary.html EdSource. (2010c). History. Author. Retrieved April 19, 2010, from http://www.edsource.org/iss_fin_sys_history.html EdSource. (2010d). Percent of schools that met adequate yearly progress goals from 2004-05 through 2008-09. Author. Retrieved July 5, 2010, from http://www.edsource.org/iss_fin_sys_history.html EdSource. (2010e). Resource cards on California schools. Mountain View, CA: Author. EdSource. (2010f). School finance 2009-10: Budget cataclysm and its aftermath. Mountain View, CA: Author. Hanushek, E. A. (2006). Courting failure: How school finance lawsuits exploit judges’ good intentions and harm our children. Stanford, CA: Hoover Press. Hanushek, E. A., & Lindseth, A. A. (2009). Schoolhouses, courthouses, and statehouses: solving the funding-achievement puzzle in America's public schools. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. Kirst, M. (2006). Evolution of California state school finance with implications from other states. Palo Alto, CA: Institute for Research on Education Policy and Practice, Stanford University. Lindseth, A. A. (2006). The legal backdrop to adequacy. In E. Hanushek (Ed.), Courting failure: How school finance lawsuits exploit judges' good intentions and harm our children (pp. 33-78). Stanford, CA: Hoover Press. Loeb, S., Bryk, A., & Hanushek, E. (2007). Getting down to facts: A research project examining California’s school governance and finance systems. Stanford, CA: Institute for Research on Education Policy and Practice, Stanford University. Marzano, R. J. (2003). What works in schools: Translating research into action. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. |
