External agencies and networks that provide support in achieving high levels of student learning. External agencies help schools focus on and improve the quality of student learning through setting high academic standards, providing sustained staff development to enhance teacher knowledge and skills, providing fiscal support to ensure appropriate quality and quantity of the resources for teaching, and deregulating decision making to increase autonomy and local accountability. Parents promote their children's achievement by supporting learning at home, ensuring that their children are ready for school, and by participating in a broad range of school activities. High levels of student achievement. In productive schools, the majority of the students perform well on tests of academic achievement and performance-based assessments.
Productive schools attain high levels of student performance cost effectively.
In environments characterized by flat resources, these schools reconfigure their existing resources, adopt promising instructional practices and school designs, and invest adequately in professional development. North Central Regional Educational Laboratory. All Rights Reserved. Disclaimer and copyright information.