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A View from the Bottom: What Happens When Your School System Ranks Last?
Vogler, Kenneth E.; Kennedy, Robert J., Jr. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2003
Describes difficulties Lawrence (Massachusetts) Public Schools teachers faced in accommodating the addition of two superintendent-mandated test-preparation programs to the curriculum after school district ranked last on Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) for the third year in a row. (PKP)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, High Stakes Tests, Test Wiseness
An Integrated Curriculum Using State Standards in a High-Stakes Testing Environment.
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Vogler, Kenneth E. – Middle School Journal, 2003
Focuses on the impact of both test-based and standards-based reforms on middle level curriculum and instruction. Describes one team's move from a discipline-based curriculum to an integrated curriculum using state standards. Details the experiences of working with students to develop this curriculum and the pleasure of teaching it. (SD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Curriculum Development, High Stakes Tests
Case Studies of Leading Edge Small Urban High Schools. Relevance Strategic Designs: 4. Boston Arts Academy
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Shields, Regis Anne; Ireland, Nicole; City, Elizabeth; Derderian, Julie; Miles, Karen Hawley – Education Resource Strategies, 2008
This report is one of nine detailed case studies of small urban high schools that served as the foundation for the Education Resource Strategies (ERS) report "Strategic Designs: Lessons from Leading Edge Small Urban High Schools." These nine schools were dubbed "Leading Edge Schools" because they stand apart from other high…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Small Schools, High Schools, Case Studies