Research Review for School Leaders: Volume Iii

by Wraga, William G.; Hlebowitsh, Peter S.; Tanner, Founding Editor: Daniel; Tanner, Daniel

• ISBN13: 9780805835083
• ISBN10: 0805835083
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-06-01
• Publisher: Lawrence Erlbau

Summary

The Research Review for School Leaders, Volume IIIis specifically designed as a practical resource for school leaders whose schedules preclude opportunities to locate and review key research on every issue they must address. It places comprehensive, current, and accessible reviews of educational research at their fingertips, and is organized to make the research and practices it summarizes useful to them in their professional endeavors. This is the third volume of theReview.Although the title has changed, its purpose and substance is continuous with the work of the earlier volumes. The firstAnnual Review of Research for School Leaders(1996) summarized research on the status of public schooling, interdisciplinary curriculum, and educational applications of computers. The second volume (1998) addressed the topics of middle-level education, the extracurriculum, mathematics education reform, and drop outs. The presentVolume IIIoffers educational leaders reviews of research on five timely educational issues: * citizenship education; * multicultural education; * gifted and talented education; * classroom assessment; and * scheduling. A basic premise of this volume is that, to make sound decisions, professionals need to be up to date on current research related to the problems with which they grapple. A second premise is that research cannot simply be imposed in a formulaic way on a local setting; the nature of the particular problem to be solved will always bear upon the relevance of research to a specific context. Thus, this volume is envisioned as a helpful resource for school leaders as they engage in important discussions of the research with teachers, school board members, parents, and other interested parties as they collaboratively seek effective resolutions to local educational problems.

Table of Contents

Foreword	ix
Daniel Tanner
Preface	xiii
Part I Citizenship Education---The Democratic Prospect	1	(100)
Improving the Outcomes of Civic Education	5	(28)
Phillip J. VanFossen
Citizenship Education in the Elementary School	33	(28)
James M. Shiveley
Citizenship Education in the Secondary School	61	(40)
Gregory E. Hamot
Part II Multicultural Education	101	(78)
Multicultural Education and the Civic Mission of Schools	103	(32)
John J. Patrick
Best Practices in Multicultural Education: Recommendations to School Leaders	135	(44)
Carl A. Grant
Kim Wieczorek
Part III Gifted and Talented Education	179	(18)
Policy Implications of Continuing Controversies in Gifted Education	183	(14)
Nancy Ewald Jackson
Heidi L. Doellinger
Part IV Classroom Assessment	197	(132)
The Principal's Assessment Responsibilities	201	(36)
Richard J. Stiggins
The Construction of Standardized Tests and Their Uses	237	(24)
Michelle A. Mengeling
External Portfolio Assessment: Where Has the Reflection Gone?	261	(16)
Julie Cheville
Computer Software Products for Classroom Assessment Purposes	277	(24)
Michelle A. Mengeling
High Stakes, Low Stakes Testing: Do Stakes Really Matter?	301	(28)
Lucy L. Payne
Part V Scheduling	329	(46)
Secondary School Scheduling	331	(16)
Henry Traverso
Block Scheduling: What We Have Learned	347	(28)
Robert Lynn Canady
Michael D. Rettig
Author Index	375	(10)
Subject Index	385