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Direct linkDarling-Hammond, Linda; Hightower, Amy M.; Husbands, Jennifer L.; LaFors, Jeanette R.; Young , Viki M.; Christopher, Carl – Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2005
Instructional quality is one of the most important factors in effective teaching. Without it, school reform is impossible. How can leaders develop and implement strategies to improve faculty quality and then manage the process of school reform in today's complex school environments? The authors answer this question through the study of a systemic…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, Educational Improvement, Urban Schools, Teacher Effectiveness
Darling-Hammond, Linda; And Others – 1995
This book examines how five schools in New York City have developed "authentic," performance-based assessments of students' learning, and how this work has interacted with and influenced the teaching and learning experiences students encounter in school. Authentic assessment attempts to take the measure of a child's real work over time…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Educational Change, Elementary School Students, Elementary Schools
