Authentic Achievement Restructuring Schools for Intellectual Quality [Hardcover]

This book presents the findings of a five-year, federally funded study that examined the connection between school restructuring and student achievement. Using a wealth of examples, the authors provide a vivid picture of the conditions under which innovations in a school's organization contribute to achievement. They recommend standards for reaching student intellectual quality and offer evidence of how these standards work.Introduction: The School Restructuring Study.

AUTHENTIC ACHIEVEMENT.

Standards for Authentic Achievement and Pedagogy (G. Wehlage, et al.).

Does Authentic Pedagogy Increase Student Achievement? (H. Marks, et al.).

PORTRAITS OF RESTRUCTURING SCHOOLS.

Careen and Lamar Elementary Schools (K. Doane).

4. Red Lake and Okanagon Middle Schools (K. Doane).

Cibola and Island High Schools (K. Doane).

FOUNDATIONS FOR SUCCESSFUL RESTRUCTURING.

Intellectual Quality (F. Newmann, et al.).

Schoolwide Professional Community (K. Louis, et al.).

THE INTERPLAY OF SCHOOL CULTURE AND STRUCTURE.

Support for Student Achievement (H. Marks, et al.).

Pathways to Equity (W. Secada, et al.).

Participatory Decision Making (M. King, et al.).

Support from External Agencies (G. Wehlage, et al.).

Conclusion: Restructuring for Authentic Student Achievement (F. Newmann & G. Wehlage).?Newmann and his colleagues get beyond the slogans about ?high standards' to what must be done in classrooms and schools. They root this analysis in careful research, thereby giving it especially persuasive force.? --Theodore R. Sizer, university professor, Brown University, and chairman, Coalition of Esl“.