Portraits of six benchmark schools
Subtitle: diverse approaches to improving student achievement
By: by Gordon Cawelti.
Contributors: Educational Research Service (Arlington, Va.).
Series: ERS monograph
Publisher: Educational Research Service
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Arlington, Va. (2000 Clarendon Blvd., Arlington 22201)
Language: eng
Number of pages: 69
Subjects: Academic achievement -- United States -- Case studies.; Education -- Aims and objectives -- United States -- Case studies.; Educational leadership -- United States -- Case studies.
Genres: Case studies.
Other titles: Diverse approaches to improving student achievement; Portraits of 6 benchmark schools
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 69).
"High standards, multiple changes, strong leadership, collaborative teams, committed teachers"--Cover.
Table of contents: title: Rigorous college preparation in central Harlem : Frederick Douglass Academy, New York, New York; title: State standards drive instruction : Carl C. Waitz Elementary School, Mission, Texas; title: A focus on different concepts of achievement : Exeter High School, Ajax, Ontario; title: A classic "effective school" : James Madison Elementary School, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; title: Giving children in rural Appalachia hope for a better life : Clay Elementary School, Clay, West Virginia; title: Improved achievement and customer satisfaction; title: guaranteed : Dodge-Edison Elementary School, Wichita, Kansas.