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• catalog abstract "A decade ago, New American Schools (NAS) launched an ambitious effort forwhole-school reform to address the perceived lagging achievement of Americanstudents and the lackluster school reform attempts that have produced so fewmeaningful changes. As a private nonprofit organization, NAS set out tohelp schools and districts significantly raise the achievement of largenumbers of students by offering whole-school designs and design-basedassistance during the implementation process. NAS is currently in thescale-up phase of its effort, and its designs are being widely diffused toschools across the nation. During the 1997_1998 and 1998_1999 school years, RAND assessed the effects of NAS designs on classroom practice and studentachievement in a sample of schools in a high-poverty district. RAND foundthat high-poverty schools often have fragmented and conflicting environmentswith difficult and changing political currents and entrenched unions. Teachers in high-poverty schools tend to face new accountability systems andfluctuating reform agendas. These teachers generally lack sufficient timefor implementing reform efforts, often becoming demoralized and losing theirenthusiasm for the difficult task of improving student performance underdifficult conditions. RAND concluded that high-stakes tests may motivateschools to increase performance and to seek out new curricula andinstructional strategies associated with comprehensive school reforms. However, those same tests may provide disincentives to adopt richer, morein-depth curricula that can succeed in improving the learning opportunitiesof all students, particularly those in high-poverty settings.".
• catalog contributor b12480521.
• catalog contributor b12480522.
• catalog contributor b12480523.
• catalog created "2002.".
• catalog date "2002".
• catalog date "2002.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "2002.".
• catalog description "A decade ago, New American Schools (NAS) launched an ambitious effort forwhole-school reform to address the perceived lagging achievement of Americanstudents and the lackluster school reform attempts that have produced so fewmeaningful changes. As a private nonprofit organization, NAS set out tohelp schools and districts significantly raise the achievement of largenumbers of students by offering whole-school designs and design-basedassistance during the implementation process. NAS is currently in thescale-up phase of its effort, and its designs are being widely diffused toschools across the nation. During the 1997_1998 and 1998_1999 school years, RAND assessed the effects of NAS designs on classroom practice and studentachievement in a sample of schools in a high-poverty district. RAND foundthat high-poverty schools often have fragmented and conflicting environmentswith difficult and changing political currents and entrenched unions. Teachers in high-poverty schools tend to face new accountability systems andfluctuating reform agendas. These teachers generally lack sufficient timefor implementing reform efforts, often becoming demoralized and losing theirenthusiasm for the difficult task of improving student performance underdifficult conditions. RAND concluded that high-stakes tests may motivateschools to increase performance and to seek out new curricula andinstructional strategies associated with comprehensive school reforms. However, those same tests may provide disincentives to adopt richer, morein-depth curricula that can succeed in improving the learning opportunitiesof all students, particularly those in high-poverty settings.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-163).".
• catalog description "New American Schools' Ambitions for Changing High-Poverty Classrooms -- Scaling Up NAS Design Teams -- Relationship of NAS to Federal Support for Schoolwide Change -- Purpose and Study Questions -- Study Design -- Understanding the Relationships Among NAS Designs, Classroom Instruction, and Student Achievement -- Core Elements of Designs -- Student Characteristics -- Teacher Characteristics -- School and Classroom Characteristics -- District/State Context -- External Assistance by Design Teams -- Organization of Report -- Sources of Data -- Teacher Data -- Surveys -- Longitudinal Sample of 40 Teachers Compared with Elementary Teachers in District -- Observations and Logs of Instructional Activities -- Interviews -- Student Data -- Student Achievement -- Student Characteristics -- Examples of Student Work -- The District Context for Implementation of New American Schools' Designs in San Antonio -- District Context Before the New, Reform-Minded Superintendent -- Instructional Leadership -- Curriculum and Instruction -- Professional Development -- Parent and Community Involvement -- District Reorganization -- Instructional Leadership at the District Level -- Instructional Leadership at the School Level -- Collaboration and Communication -- Curriculum and Instruction -- Professional Development -- Parent and Community Involvement -- New American Schools in San Antonio -- The Introduction of NAS Designs to Schools -- The District's Role in Supporting Comprehensive School Reform -- Impact of Increasing State Accountability.".
• catalog extent "xxxi, 163 p. :".
• catalog hasFormat "Challenges of conflicting school reforms.".
• catalog identifier "0833031163".
• catalog isFormatOf "Challenges of conflicting school reforms.".
• catalog issued "2002".
• catalog issued "2002.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Santa Monica, CA : Rand,".
• catalog relation "Challenges of conflicting school reforms.".
• catalog spatial "Texas San Antonio.".
• catalog spatial "United States".
• catalog spatial "United States.".
• catalog subject "Educational change Texas San Antonio.".
• catalog subject "Educational change United States Case studies.".
• catalog subject "Educational change United States.".
• catalog subject "LB2822.82 .C42 2002".
• catalog subject "New American Schools (Organization)".
• catalog subject "Poor children Education Texas San Antonio.".
• catalog subject "Poor children Education United States Case studies.".
• catalog subject "Poor children Education United States.".
• catalog subject "School improvement programs Texas San Antonio.".
• catalog subject "School improvement programs United States Case studies.".
• catalog subject "School improvement programs United States.".
• catalog tableOfContents "New American Schools' Ambitions for Changing High-Poverty Classrooms -- Scaling Up NAS Design Teams -- Relationship of NAS to Federal Support for Schoolwide Change -- Purpose and Study Questions -- Study Design -- Understanding the Relationships Among NAS Designs, Classroom Instruction, and Student Achievement -- Core Elements of Designs -- Student Characteristics -- Teacher Characteristics -- School and Classroom Characteristics -- District/State Context -- External Assistance by Design Teams -- Organization of Report -- Sources of Data -- Teacher Data -- Surveys -- Longitudinal Sample of 40 Teachers Compared with Elementary Teachers in District -- Observations and Logs of Instructional Activities -- Interviews -- Student Data -- Student Achievement -- Student Characteristics -- Examples of Student Work -- The District Context for Implementation of New American Schools' Designs in San Antonio -- District Context Before the New, Reform-Minded Superintendent -- Instructional Leadership -- Curriculum and Instruction -- Professional Development -- Parent and Community Involvement -- District Reorganization -- Instructional Leadership at the District Level -- Instructional Leadership at the School Level -- Collaboration and Communication -- Curriculum and Instruction -- Professional Development -- Parent and Community Involvement -- New American Schools in San Antonio -- The Introduction of NAS Designs to Schools -- The District's Role in Supporting Comprehensive School Reform -- Impact of Increasing State Accountability.".
• catalog title "Challenges of conflicting school reforms : effects of New American Schools in a high-poverty district / Mark Berends ... [et al.].".
• catalog type "Case studies. fast".
• catalog type "text".