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Analyzing the School District as Agent of Reform
Fri, April 13, 2:15 to 3:45pm, Vancouver Convention Centre, Floor: Second Level, East Room 1Session Submission Type: Roundtable Session
Abstract
This roundtable session focuses on school districts - including superintendents, board members, and district staff - as agents of change with respect to instructional improvement and district-wide reform, and as the subject of empirical research. Papers included in this session will include: a study of the effects of district superintendents and boards on math achievement, an evaluation of a large-scale urban reform effort in Memphis, and an analysis of district effectiveness research and its parallels/divergences with school effectiveness research.
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The Reincarnation of the Effective Schools Research: Rethinking the Literature on District Effectiveness - Tina M. Trujillo, University of California - Berkeley
The Effects of School System Superintendents, School Boards, and Their Interactions on Longitudinal Measures of Districts’ Student Mathematics Achievements - Tom Shelton, Fayette County Public Schools; Samuel C. Stringfield, University of Cincinnati
Transformational Leadership and System-wide Reform in Nashville - Jacob Mishook, Brown University; Ellen L. Foley, Brown University; Tracie Potochnik, Annenberg Institute for School Reform; Alethea Frazier Raynor, Brown University