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Enhancing Student Achievement: A Framework for School Improvement
Enhancing Student Achievement A Framework for School Improvement Author:Charlotte Danielson Educators devoted to school reform focus all too often on the isolated components of K-12 education -- this is the essential premise of this powerful new book. The author contends that if we are truly committed to improving our schools, then we must focus on the interdependence of variables that affect student learning, both inside and outside t... more »he classroom.
The book is divided into three distinct parts. In Part 1, Danielson introduces the Four Circles Model to define the criteria for successful school improvement. According to this model, everything educators do to help their students learn must be based on what educators want (school, district, or state goals), believe (values and principles), and know (educational research).
In Part 2, the author provides her own framework for improving schools.Each chapter in this section is devoted to a different aspect of the school program -- including curriculum, team planning, and policies and practices affecting students -- and Danielson connects every one to the criteria presented in Part 1. She also provides a handy rubric at the end of each chapter, both as a summary of main points and as a tool for educators to gauge the needs of their school. Part 3 offers readers guidelines on how best to implement the framework using action planning.
Brimming with perceptive advice and thought-provoking arguments, Enhancing Student Achievement is both a wake-up call and a roadmap to success for those determined to provide students with the best education possible.« less