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Boundaries Of Trust And Confidence: Negotiating Evaluation And Research Constraints In The Context Of Kentucky's Systemic Reform, Lois Adams-Rodgers, Jane Lindle
Boundaries Of Trust And Confidence: Negotiating Evaluation And Research Constraints In The Context Of Kentucky's Systemic Reform, Lois Adams-Rodgers, Jane Lindle
Jane Clark Lindle
Kentucky's systemic reform initiative has been heralded as one of the more comprehensive and well-sustained reforms in recent history. To evaluate the course of this reform, the challenges associated with researching and evaluating a statewide systemic reform effort are detailed here. By using a description of the politics of evaluating systemic policy at the state level, the paper attempts to fill the gap between the investigation of how policy works and the investigation of how policy is evaluated. An embedded, single-case design was used to study the program over a 3-month period. Examination of the system suggests that the political …
How Does A Principal Use Kentucky's High Stakes Assessment To Monitor And Improve Student Learning?, Ora Cobb, Jane Lindle, James Rinehart
How Does A Principal Use Kentucky's High Stakes Assessment To Monitor And Improve Student Learning?, Ora Cobb, Jane Lindle, James Rinehart
Jane Clark Lindle
This paper explores Kentucky's Education Reform Act (KERA) for improving at-risk students' scores to see if the strategies in one middle school improved standardized and state-performance-based assessment results. The study encompasses two purposes: to use a forced-entry regression model to detect which independent variables were predictors of success for "at-risk" students on the Kentucky Instructional Results Information System (KIRIS), and to offer an analytic model for principals to use in examining the impact of specific school reform initiatives and selected intervention strategies. The paper offers a literature review that discusses Effective Schools research, explains the background for KERA and KIRIS, …
Accountability Policy At The Street Level In Kentucky: Teachers And Administrators Debate The Fairness Of Continuous Improvement Versus Relative Standing, Jane Lindle
Jane Clark Lindle
While scholars of educational accountability policy will not be surprised at the power of local implementers in modifying accountability efforts, Kentucky's street-level debate splits two constituencies in defining a fair system. Advocates for the education of all children including the poor and minorities support the continuous improvement model, while elite advocates support recognition of relative standing of schools. This paper includes data from teachers and administrators in four schools identified as eligible for state assistance under Kentucky's testing and accountability system. Of particular interest are the perceptions of accountability held by teachers and administrators in one school that had received …
Are School Boards An Effective Means Of School Governance? A Micropolitical Perspective, Jane Lindle
Are School Boards An Effective Means Of School Governance? A Micropolitical Perspective, Jane Lindle
Jane Clark Lindle
Kentucky has witnessed many changes in educational administration. An assessment of those changes, with a focus on school boards, was done. School boards are not efficient bodies and this is not a problem. If efficiency was the top concern, then minimizing time and costs would be dominant and schools would suffer. School boards are not particularly elite or expert forums and but this is preferable since such boards are forums for public interest. Finally, school boards are regarded as democratic, but by no means are they apolitical. Boards are the middle ground between public and private interests; the focus on …
Take Creative Action With Data! Two Pilot Programs Lead The Way, Kenyae Reese, Jane Lindle, Hans Klar, Rob Knoeppel
Take Creative Action With Data! Two Pilot Programs Lead The Way, Kenyae Reese, Jane Lindle, Hans Klar, Rob Knoeppel
Jane Clark Lindle
Assessments! Standards! Formative Feedback! Value-added! Such jargon creates swarms of "EduSpeak" related to school data. Common Core Standards (CCS) along with the recently adopted South Carolina Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) waivers add yet more jargon to the list. Do any of these terms lead to better teaching and learning?