Effective schools addressing the achievement gap : case studies and cross case analysis of three schools in San Francisco
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- In 2008, San Francisco Unified School District had the highest average scores on state standardized achievement tests of all the large urban districts in California, but had the widest achievement gap when comparing its district average with scores of its lowest performing students. Using case study methodology, this study examines the characteristics of three elementary schools in San Francisco with larger increases in "academic productivity" (a measure of how much value a school adds beyond students initial achievement) than other schools. These schools also show signs of accelerating the outcomes for traditionally underserved students in San Francisco like African Americans, Latinos, and English Learners. The study compares the characteristics of these three effective schools in San Francisco in a cross case analysis that summarizes the prominent characteristics among these schools. In the end, this study presents suggestions for further research and hypotheses about the practices, structures, and policies that help schools in San Francisco close the achievement gap.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
|---|---|
| Form | electronic; electronic resource; remote |
| Extent | 1 online resource. |
| Publication date | 2010 |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | English |
Creators/Contributors
| Associated with | Wentworth, Laura Peel |
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| Associated with | Stanford University, School of Education. |
| Primary advisor | Darling-Hammond, Linda, 1951- |
| Thesis advisor | Darling-Hammond, Linda, 1951- |
| Thesis advisor | Hakuta, Kenji |
| Thesis advisor | Pope, Denise Clark, 1966- |
| Advisor | Hakuta, Kenji |
| Advisor | Pope, Denise Clark, 1966- |
Subjects
| Genre | Theses |
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Bibliographic information
| Statement of responsibility | Laura Wentworth. |
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| Note | Submitted to the School of Education. |
| Thesis | Thesis (Ph. D.)--Stanford University, 2010. |
| Location | electronic resource |
Access conditions
- Copyright
- © 2010 by Laura Peel Wentworth
- License
- This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-NC).
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