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Marzano, R. J., & Waters, T. W. (2009). District leadership that works: Striking the right
balance. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree.
McIntire, T. (2005). Data: Maximize your mining - sustained student achievement is the
ultimate goal of data mining, but efficient analysis is key to getting there.
Technology & Learning, 25(9). Retrieved from
http://www.techlearning.com/section/MagazineArchive
McNeil, M. (2010). Concerns raised about impact of stimulus of equity. Education Week,
29(22). Retrieved from http://www.edweek.org
NEA. (2009). Rankings and estimates. Washington, DC: National Education Association
(December).
Odden, A. R. (2003). Equity and adequacy in school finance today. Phi Delta Kappan,
85(2), 120-125.
Odden, A. R. (2009). 10 strategies for doubling student performance. Thousand Oaks,
CA: Corwin Press.
Odden, A. R., Archibald, S. J., Fermanich, M., & Gallagher, H. A. (2002). A cost
framework for professional development. Journal of Education Finance, 28(1),
51-74.
Odden, A. R., Archibald, S. J., Fermanich, M., & Gross, B. (2003). Defining school-level
expenditures that reflect educational strategies. Journal of Education Finance,
28(3), 323-356.
Odden, A. R., Monk, D., Nakib, Y., & Picus, L. (1995). The story of the education dollar:
No academy awards and no fiscal smoking guns. Phi Delta Kappan, 77(2), 161-
168.
Odden, A. R., & Picus, L. O. (2008). School finance: A policy perspective (4th ed.). New
York, NY: McGraw-Hill.
Office of the Secretary of Education. (2010). 2009-2010 Budget highlights: K-12.
Sacramento, CA: Author. Retrieved from http://www.ose.ca.gov/budget/.
Patton, M. Q. (2002). Qaulitative research & evaluation methods (3rd ed.). Thousand
Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Picus, L. O. (2006). Funding California's schools, Part I: Past, present, and future? In
PACE (Ed.), Crucial issues in California education 2006: Rekindling reform (pp.
15-26). Berkeley, CA: Policy Analysis for California Education.
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 153 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Full text | 141 Marzano, R. J., & Waters, T. W. (2009). District leadership that works: Striking the right balance. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree. McIntire, T. (2005). Data: Maximize your mining - sustained student achievement is the ultimate goal of data mining, but efficient analysis is key to getting there. Technology & Learning, 25(9). Retrieved from http://www.techlearning.com/section/MagazineArchive McNeil, M. (2010). Concerns raised about impact of stimulus of equity. Education Week, 29(22). Retrieved from http://www.edweek.org NEA. (2009). Rankings and estimates. Washington, DC: National Education Association (December). Odden, A. R. (2003). Equity and adequacy in school finance today. Phi Delta Kappan, 85(2), 120-125. Odden, A. R. (2009). 10 strategies for doubling student performance. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press. Odden, A. R., Archibald, S. J., Fermanich, M., & Gallagher, H. A. (2002). A cost framework for professional development. Journal of Education Finance, 28(1), 51-74. Odden, A. R., Archibald, S. J., Fermanich, M., & Gross, B. (2003). Defining school-level expenditures that reflect educational strategies. Journal of Education Finance, 28(3), 323-356. Odden, A. R., Monk, D., Nakib, Y., & Picus, L. (1995). The story of the education dollar: No academy awards and no fiscal smoking guns. Phi Delta Kappan, 77(2), 161- 168. Odden, A. R., & Picus, L. O. (2008). School finance: A policy perspective (4th ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill. Office of the Secretary of Education. (2010). 2009-2010 Budget highlights: K-12. Sacramento, CA: Author. Retrieved from http://www.ose.ca.gov/budget/. Patton, M. Q. (2002). Qaulitative research & evaluation methods (3rd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. Picus, L. O. (2006). Funding California's schools, Part I: Past, present, and future? In PACE (Ed.), Crucial issues in California education 2006: Rekindling reform (pp. 15-26). Berkeley, CA: Policy Analysis for California Education. |
