Chicago high school reform chapter organization spanning redesign, student performance, small schools, professional development, and subject-area reform¶

Theory · All theories
Evidence · 4 claims (3 for, 1 mixed) · 2 studies (1 review, 1 qualitative), q1–q2 · 0 of 2 report an effect size · 4 claims rest on one study

Description¶

The volume's table of contents organizes research on Chicago high school reform into strands: whole-school redesign effects on schools and achievement (Hess and Cyntrynbaum), student performance trends from 1993 to 2000 (Miller and Allensworth), small schools transforming teacher and student experiences (Holland), whole school change through collaborative learning (Tozer, Yowell, and Gelb), comprehensive professional development (Kahne, Bridge, and O'Brien), cultural modeling (Lee), math teacher community and biography (Gutierrez and Morales), and implementation strength of research-based reforms (McPartland). The overview states the papers "document the results of reforms during the late 1990s at the district, school, and departmental levels."

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Readers need the full volume chapters, which this overview page only lists

Constraints¶

• This page presents only chapter titles and an overview; it reports no chapter findings

Target Learners¶

• urban high school students in Chicago Public Schools

Target Learning Objectives¶

• improving high school instruction and achievement through systemic reform

Claims¶

• Chicago high school reform efforts of the late 1990s were studied at the district, school, and departmental levels in a 2001 conference volume [+W]
• The 1997 Design for High Schools was intended to spur change in Chicago high schools by increasing both academic press and personalism [+W]
• CHSRI small schools lack a shared vision of high-quality instruction, and the link between school themes and curriculum remains weak in year two [~W]
• Students report fewer violent incidents and a personalized, supportive environment in CHSRI small schools [+W]

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Key Sources¶

• Title as printed. (2001). UChicago Consortium on Chicago School Research. https://consortium.uchicago.edu