Provide highly contextualized and resource-intensive federal support for school improvement¶

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Description¶

The article recommends that federally supported school improvement will require "highly contextualized and resource intensive support" given the finding that there is no single effective approach. The authors argue the Department of Education would need to provide "substantial amounts of direct and individually tailored technical assistance to state departments of education and possibly also to local school districts." This strategy responds to the finding that the standardized CSR program did not yield comprehensively reformed schools or widespread achievement gains.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Substantial federal resources for direct and individually tailored technical assistance

Constraints¶

• The article notes no one way to implement effective school improvement exists because different factors play out differently in different settings

Target Learners¶

• Students in chronically low-performing K-12 public schools

Target Learning Goals¶

• School-wide achievement improvement in mathematics and reading

Related Strategies¶

• State-level advocacy actions to strengthen school improvement supports for identified schools

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Orland, M., Hoffman, A., & Vaughn, III, E. S. (2010). Evaluation of the Comprehensive School Reform Program Implementation and Outcomes: Fifth-Year Report. U.S. Department of Education. https://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/opepd/ppss/reports.html#title