factors such as the characteristics of the data itself (e.g. relevance of the data), personal characteristics of the users (for example, attitude towards data), and
school organizational characteristics (e.g. role of the school leader).
Not exact matches
In management consulting, the crucial assumptions are that 1) each organization possesses a unique culture and set of goals; therefore, the same intervention is likely to elicit different results depending on a
school's history, organization, personnel, and politics; and 2) suggestions for change should creatively blend knowledge from many different sources — from general
organizational theories, from deep insight into the district or
schools under study, and from «craft» knowledge of what is likely to improve
schools or districts with particular
characteristics.
In Kelly
School, which is discussed in the book, these
characteristics were built through a set of interrelated
organizational routines including close monitoring of each student's academic progress, an explicit link between students» outcomes and teachers» practices, weekly 90 - minute professional development meetings focused on instructional improvement, and the cultivation of a formal and informal discourse emphasizing high expectations, cultural responsiveness, and teachers» responsibility for student learning.
The moderating effects of
organizational characteristics are to be expected, since district size and
school size almost always «make a difference,» no matter what the focus of the research is.180 Elementary
schools are typically more sensitive than secondary
schools to leadership influence, although previous leader - efficacy research has reported mostly non-significant effects.181 And the rapid turnover of principals has been widely decried as anathema to
school improvement efforts.182 Now we have some evidence that the positive effects of leader efficacy are also moderated by
school and district size (the larger the organization, the less sense of efficacy among principals).
We also measured a handful of
organizational characteristics plausibly related to leader efficacy including
school and district size,
school level, and number of different principals in the
school over the past 10 years.
Home
Schooling,
Characteristics of Home
Schooling Parents, Academic Achievement, The Role of Technology, The Public Charter
School Perspective, Definition, Reasons for Reform, Public Education and the Free Market, For - Profit
School Management Corporations and
School Closure, Successful Charter
Schools, Recent Research, Charter
School Dynamics in California, Conclusion, Virtual
Schools, Background, Distinctiveness of Virtual
Schools, Innovative Models, Success - Oriented Cognitive Constructs for Learning in Virtual Environments, Challenges, Advantages, The Virtual Charter Model, Definition and Uniqueness,
Organizational Style, Reasons for This Trend, Disadvantages, Summary, Literature Review Conclusion
The foregoing analysis suggests that policymakers should consider altering the
organizational characteristics of
schools as a strategy for reducing disparities in black suspensions.
It compares Title I
schools with migrant students to all Title I
schools in the areas of social, demographic, and
organizational characteristics and the implementation of Title I provisions between 1998 - 99 and 2000 - 01.
While charter
schools might be innovative in terms of
organizational structure, studies from around the country show that the
characteristics that make charter
schools effective are the same ones that make public
schools effective.
That treasure trove of information enabled the consortium to determine with a high degree of reliability the
organizational characteristics and practices that predict whether a
school is likely to produce above - average improvement in student outcomes.
This report summarizes a series of analyses that have investigated the possibility that there are other factors — tied to the
organizational characteristics and conditions of
schools — that are behind
school staffing problems.