ERIC Number: ED504887
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2004-Feb-12
Pages: 65
Abstractor: ERIC
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Standards Based Reform. Abbott Implementation Resource Guide
Passantino, Claire; Kenyon, Susan
Education Law Center
The goal of this guide is to provide information, support and practical tools that may help educators design, implement, and evaluate their school's standards-based education program. In order to work, a comprehensive, standards-based educational program must, by definition, be the organizing structure upon which the school program operates. Moreover, research suggests that the focus of operations within a standards-based program should be instruction and instructional improvement. This guide talks about the essential components of such a program--the pieces that experience has shown must be in place, though the means of getting them in place can and should vary. It also discusses resources--funds, people, and time. Throughout each chapter educators are referred to tools and out-takes within the text and in the appendices. Some of these are vignettes from the field--the actual experiences of schools or districts doing this work and facing challenges very similar to those faced by Abbott districts. It is hoped that this guide will be a useful tool as educators move forward and try to make the most of the opportunities Abbott offers. A bibliography is included. The following are appended: (1) Philadelphia's Children Achieving Challenge; (2) Evaluating the "Fit" of Your Whole School Reform Model; (3) Instructional Facilitator Activity Report Guide; (4) NYC Community School District 2; and (5) Classroom Observation Guide. (Contains 9 footnotes.) [Support for this resource guide was provided by the Victoria Foundation and the Schumann Fund for New Jersey.]
Descriptors: School Restructuring, School Activities, Community Schools, Classroom Observation Techniques, Instructional Improvement, Educational Change, Resource Materials, Program Evaluation, Program Design, Educational Resources, Vignettes, Academic Standards, Barriers, Instructional Effectiveness, State Regulation, School Administration, Program Implementation, Guides, Educational Policy, Program Development, Educational Improvement, Urban Schools, Core Curriculum, Poverty, Elementary Secondary Education, Preschool Education, Court Litigation, Educational Finance, School Law, School Districts, Equal Education, Compliance (Legal), Educational Equity (Finance), Disadvantaged Schools, Equalization Aid, Foundation Programs, Program Effectiveness
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Publication Type: Guides - Non-Classroom; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Education Law Center
Identifiers - Location: New Jersey; New York; Pennsylvania
Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Abbott v Burke
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