Definition
•Definition of success
•Definition of success
•1a : degree or measure of succeeding
•1b : favorable or desired outcome also : the attainment of wealth, favor, or eminence
How many states were identified as high performing, high poverty schools?
21 states
Name a strategy for success
•Restructure the school day to spend more time on core academic subjects.
Outstanding schools provide extended school days and years, after-school and summer programs
•Improve the quality of teaching with more and better professional development for teachers.
(subjective there could be than what is listed)
Name something that was not referenced as a strategy?
You'll find almost no references to the need for tough disciplinary measures, anger-management courses, better teacher credentials, or smaller class size. Instead, the focus is how to shift resources toward higher student achievement and teacher prep on the job.
(subjective there could be than what is listed)
What strategies do you think are missing?
no wrong answer unless it already listed :-)
•Definition of impoverished
•Definition of impoverished
•1 : reduced to poverty : poor an impoverished family/community
2 : exhausted of richness or fertility impoverished soil
how many school across the nation has been identified as high performing, high poverty schools?
as low as 125 and as high as 366
Name 2 more strategies for success
•Monitor student progress and provide early support to low performers.
•Focus parent involvement on areas that most directly affect student achievement –
(subjective there could be than what is listed)
Define successful impoverished schools
A school who is designated a financially poor school whose students are average and above average when it comes to standardized testing data... or any variation of this answer
How are the 2 research groups used to complete the numbers of schools?
Education Trust Research and The Heritage Foundation
And name just a few more strategies for success
•Set and monitor school goals. Make sure that new accountability systems also have consequences for adults.
Give principals freedom to decide who teaches, what is taught, and how to spend school resources
Use standards to guide school activity, assess student progress, and design the curriculum
(subjective there could be than what is listed)
Which country placed 1st in the Dec 2010 OECD, through PISA testing report?
China
Where did the US place in the 2015 OECD, PISA testing report?
Below the top 20 countries.