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John Carr and Elaine Artman               

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  1. The School Bus
  2. Content and Performance Standards
    Academic Content Standards
    Performance levels and the Standard
    Basic School BUS Model
    Advanced School BUS Model
    Staff Development Activities
    What Do We Mean By "All Students"?
    Standards Support Good Practice
    Content and Performance Standards
    How Many Levels for You?
    Developing Mediating Performance Levels
  3. Standards-Based Assessment
    Types of Assessment
    Characteristics of Good Assessment
    Scoring Consistency
    The Flag Tag Method
    Basic School BUS Model
    Advanced School BUS Model
    Staff Development Activities
    Where Is Our District?
    Multiple Measures Are Good Practice
    Practice with Flag Tag Method
    Chart of District Assessments
    The School As A Learning Organization
  4. The Business of Change
    Teaching As A Profession
    The Five Disciplines of a Learning Organization
    Change: Will and Ownership
    Managing and Sustaining Change Leadership
    Assessing School Culture
    Scoring Guide, Process, and Report Form
    Basic School BUS Model
    Advanced School BUS Model
    Staff Development Activities
    Lessons From the Geese
    Lessons from Corning
    Discussion Questions
    ParablesAbout Change
    Understanding the School Change Process
  5. Improving Instructional Practice
    A Comprehensive Instructional Program
    Many Bullets, None Magic
    Understanding the Standards
    Standards-Based Instruction
    Inside Out Improvement
    Who Is Invited to the Meeting
    Effective Professional Development
    Instructional Practice Accountability
    Basic School BUS Model
    Advanced School BUS Model
    Staff Development Activities
    Optional Scoring Guide
    Scoring Guide for Professional Development
    Bloom's Search for Best Practices
    School Mythology
  6. Using Student Results to Make Declsions
    Four Phases of Using Student Results
    Source of Student Results
    Overview of Using Student Results
    Basic School BUS Model
    Advanced School BUS Model
    Staff Development Activities
    Practice Using the First Trimester School Form
    Middle or High School Staff
    Elementary School Staff
    Interpreting Fourth Quarter Results
    Respectual Dialogue About Level Results
  7. Annual Goals and Comprehensive School Accountability Report Goals
    Student Achievement Results
    Context and Causal Factors
    Report Presentation
  8. Accountability of a Higher Authority
    Postsecondary Accountability
    State Accountability
    Board Accountability
    District Accountability
    Basic School BUS Model
    Staff Development Activities
    Assessing District Culture
    Assessing Assessment and Accountability
    Assessing Leadership and Vision
  9. Deeper Data Analysis
    Preparing the Data Report
    Teaching is the Primary Cause and Solution
    Means Versus Percentages
    Describe, Then Interpret
    All and Full Year Students
    Deeper Analysis of Text Content
    Year End Versus Progress Analysis
    Corroborating Evidence
    Beyond Assessment Scores
    Other School Indicators
    Activities
    Total Test Data Analysis
    Total Test Data Analysis By English Only
    Multi-Year Progress Data Analysis
    Total Test Data Analysis - Alternative Data Set
The ideal tool for developing and implementing a standards-based accountability program!

THE BOTTOM-UP SIMPLE APPROACH TO SCHOOL ACCOUNTABILITY AND IMPROVEMENT
John Carr, Senior Research Associate, WestEd, Oakland, California

Elaine Artman, E-Business Program Coordinator, Dominican University of California, San Rafael

With its focus on a bottom-up simple method, requiring frequent analysis of student achievement results, this guide helps schools and districts make informed decisions while beginning and sustaining change. Included are concrete ideas, tools, step-by-step processes, and supplemental professional development activities you can use to quickly tabulate student results. Case studies of two large and small districts run throughout the text to make the ideas clear.

2002 Hardbound 345pp ISBN 1-929024-38-X Order #2020 $24.95

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