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Teacher Professional Development

A three-phase study conducted by SRN's parent program, SCOPE, and the National Staff Development Council that tracks state's progress in teacher professional development and identifies model policies and practices that can be adopted.

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Student Performance Assessment

SRN's parent program, SCOPE, has produced a set of seven commissioned papers that focus on technical advances, practices in the United States and abroad, feasibility and implementation issues, policy implications, uses with English language learners, and costs of performance assessments. Papers may be downloaded at this link. An overview paper (below) may be purchased through SRN.

Beyond Basic skills: The Role of Performance Assessment in Achieving 21st Century Standards of Learning. (April, 2010) Order. $12 (for quantities over 20, please contact us)

 

Systemic School Reform

The Flat World and Education: How America's Commitment to Equity Will Determine Our Future (January 2010) by Linda Darling-Hammond
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Multiple Pathways Planning Report

How do California School Districts Get Ready for Multiple Pathways: A Synthesis of Planning Challenges (December 2009)

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Small School Reform in Oakland

Oakland Unified School District: New Small Schools Initiative Evaluation (August 2009)

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Equitable High Schools in California

High Schools for Equity: Policy Supports for Student Learning in Communities of Color

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Leadership Development

Leadership Development in California (2007)
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Austin District Redesign

Austin Independent School District and the School Redesign Network at Stanford University: A Partnership for Successful School Redesign (January 2007)
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Testing in Washington State

Report on Washington Assessment of Student Learning (December 2006)
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Principal Preparation Programs

• School Leadership Study: Developing Successful Principals — Technical Report (August 2007)
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• School Leadership Study:Review of Research (August 2005)
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• School Leadership Study: Executive Summary
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• School Leadership Study: Case Studies Volume
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Performance Assessment

Making Good Choices: A Support Guide for the PACT Teaching Event (February 2005)
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High School Exit Exams

Multiple Measures Approaches to High School Graduation (April 2004)
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School Redesign

10 features of Good Small Schools: Designing High Schools, What Matters and What Works
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some California schools succeed against the odds

At a time when the achievement gap in California is large and appears unchanging, some high schools are beating the odds. How these schools are accomplishing this and how their approaches can inform state policy so that more schools can realize the same success is the focus "High Schools for Equity" — a study released November 13 by the School Redesign Network at Stanford University (SRN) and Justice Matters in San Francisco. Read more.

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