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Diamond, Linda J. – School Administrator, 2006
To improve achievement for struggling readers in particular, secondary schools must design programs and curricula to address students' lack of background knowledge, delayed English language development, and limited success in reading. In this article, the author presents a systems approach that offers intensive care for the most at-risk students…
Descriptors: High Risk Students, Systems Approach, Language Acquisition, Reading Achievement
Buttram, Joan L.; Stiegelbauer, Suzanne M.; Sturges, Keith M.; Bohlig, E. Michael; Hord, Shirley M. – 2003
In December 2000, the Southwest Educational Development Laboratory (SEDL) began working with low-performing districts and schools as part of a 5-year research and development effort to create and refine a systemic model for improving student achievement in reading or mathematics. SEDL hypothesized that as districts and schools increase their…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Educational Assessment, Educational Improvement, Educational Quality
Clauset, Karl H., Jr.; Gaynor, Alan K. – 1982
To examine the problem of widening gaps in reading achievement between initially low-achieving children and other students as they move through elementary school, the authors first reviewed the literature on school effectiveness. Using a form of systems analysis called "system dynamics," they formulated a model and a set of hypotheses…
Descriptors: Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Education, Feedback, Hypothesis Testing