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Schools on probation : how accountability works (and doesn't work) / Heinrich Mintrop.
Van Pelt Library LB2806.22 .M56 2004
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mintrop, Heinrich.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Educational accountability--Maryland--Case studies.
- Educational accountability.
- Educational accountability--Kentucky--Case studies.
- School improvement programs--Maryland--Case studies.
- School improvement programs.
- School improvement programs--Kentucky--Case studies.
- Kentucky.
- Maryland.
- Genre:
- Case studies.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 181 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Teachers College Press, [2004]
- Summary:
- In this era of high-stakes testing and a "get-tough" attitude toward low performance, schools on probation are fast becoming a pervasive phenomenon. This timely book analyzes what happens when schools are put on probation for failing to meet their accountability improvement targets. Based on research in Kentucky and Maryland-two states with advanced assessment systems-the author explores how teachers and administrators responded to probationary measures.
- Contents:
- How Sanctions Might Work 3
- The Two States 6
- Part I Teacher Motivation and Probation 15
- 1 The Pressure of Sanctions 19
- Shock and Distancing 19
- Reinterpretation: Probation as Need for Help 21
- Reassertion of Competence 23
- Good Pressure 26
- Getting Rid of the Label 28
- Commitment to Stay 29
- 2 The Meaningfulness of Accountability 36
- Validity of State Assessments 36
- Fairness of the Accountability System 46
- Realism of Accountability Goals 49
- 3 Motivation and Commitment / Masako Nishio 55
- Levels of Engagement and Work Effort 56
- Levels of Commitment to Stay 60
- Profile of Motivated and Committed Teachers 61
- Probation and Teacher Motivation
- A Conclusion 62
- Part II Probation and Organizational Development 65
- 4 Schools Moving Toward Improvement / Kim Curtis, Lea Plut-Pregelj 69
- The Maryland Schools 69
- School B
- A Moving Middle School 76
- School C
- A Moving Elementary School 86
- Patterns of Development in the Moving Schools 88
- 5 Schools Stuck in Low Performance / Kim Curtis 89
- School E
- An Elementary School Stuck in Decline 89
- School D
- A Middle School Stuck in Stagnation 95
- School A
- Pathological Rigidity 96
- Patterns of Development in the Stuck Schools 103
- 6 Other Schools 105
- School Improvement Planning 105
- Organizational Development in the Kentucky Schools 113
- Organizational Development and Probation
- A Conclusion 117
- Part III Probation in Classrooms 121
- 7 Instructional Change / Daria Buese 123
- Structure of Observed Lessons 124
- Conversations About Teaching and Accountability 126
- Instructional Change and Probation
- A Conclusion 139
- Conclusion: The Potential and Limits of Sanctions 145
- Pressure, Meaning, and Capacity 146
- Does Probation Work? 150
- The Persistent Performance Gap 152
- Improving Probation Policies 154
- Crafting a Proactive Response at School 158.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-169) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0807744093
- 0807744107
- OCLC:
- 52471216
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