Raising the Standard

by Doyle, Denis P.; Pimentel, Susan

• ISBN13: 9780803967076
• ISBN10: 0803967071
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-03-01
• Publisher: Corwin Pr

Summary

Learn how to transform your school through an effective standards-based system. This straightforward action guide, now in its second edition, is about real, day-to-day practice-not theory. It tells the story of reform through the hard work of actual districts-ordinary communities that have made an extraordinary commitment to world-class schools-and translates their success into a series of steps every school can follow.

Table of Contents

About This Book	vii	(2)
Acknowledgments	ix
Prologue	1	(6)
Step 1 Take the Plunge Building Public Demand for Standards and Reform	7	(12)
Step 2 How Good Is Good Enough? Organizing Around High Academic Standards	19	(30)
Step 3 The Truth Will Set You Free Conducting an Academic Analysis	49	(28)
Step 4 Seize the Day Reorganizing for Change and Building Staff Capacity	77	(24)
Step 5 Measuring Up Holding Students Accountable	101	(16)
Step 6 Holding Your Feet to the Fire School and District Accountability	117	(20)
Step 7 So What's in It for Me? Developing New Partnerships	137	(16)
Step 8 There Is No Finish Line Making Continuous Improvements	153	(10)
Have You Done This? A Checklist of Action Steps	163	(2)
About the Authors	165	(2)
Advisory Committee	167	(2)
Contact Information Organizations That Can Guide Standards-Setting Efforts	169	(2)
Explore the CD-ROM Index for the CD-ROM Appendix	171