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Research Basis Supporting Key Practices of High Schools That Work

Raising Expectations:

Covington, Martin V. 1992. Making the Grade: A Self-Worth Perspective on Motivation and School Reform. New York: Cambridge University Press.

Marshall, Hermine H., and Rhona S. Weinstein. 1984. Classroom Factors Affecting Students: Self Evaluation: An Interaction Model. Review of Educational Research 54 (3):301–325.

National Association of Secondary School Principals. 1996. Breaking Ranks: Changing an American Institution. Reston, VA.

Quality Education for Minorities Project. 1990. Education That Works: An Action Plan for the Education of Minorities. Cambridge, MA.

Rosenthal, Robert. 1987. Pygmalion Effects: Existence, Magnitude, and Social Importance. Educational Researcher 16 (9):37–41.

Rosenthal, Robert, and Lenore Jacobson. 1968. Pygmalion in the Classroom: Teacher Expectations and Pupils’ Intellectual Development. New York: Rinehart and Winston.

Stevenson, Harold W. 1990. Making the Grade in Mathematics. Reston, VA: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.

Upgraded Academic Core

Carnegie Council on Adolescent Development. 1989. Turning Points: Preparing American Youth for the 21st Century. Washington, DC:.

Gamoran, Adam, Andrew C. Porter, John Smithson, and Paula A. White. 1997. Upgrading High School Mathematics Instruction: Improving Learning Opportunities for Low-Achieving, Low-Income Youth. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis 19 (4):325–338.

Hoffer, T.B, K.A. Rasinski, and W. Moore. 1995. Social Background Differences in High School Mathematics and Science Course Taking and Achievement. In U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.

National Association of Secondary School Principal. 1996. Breaking Ranks: Changing an American Institution. Reston, VA.

Oakes, Jeannie. 1990. Multiplying Inequalities: The Effects of Race, Social Class, and Tracking on Opportunities to Learn Mathematics and Science. Santa Monica, CA: The RAND Corporation.

Rock, D.A., and J.M. Pollack. 1995. The Relationship Between Gains in Achievement in Mathematics and Selected Course Taking Behaviors. In U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.

Visher, Mary, and Paula Hudis. 1999. Aiming High: Strategies to Promote High Standards in Schools. In U.S. Department of Education. Washington, DC: Office of Vocational and Adult Education.

Linking Learning to Student Lives

Newmann, Fred M., and Gary G. Wehlage. 1995. Successful School Restructuring: A Report to the Public and Educators by the Center on Organization and Restructuring of Schools. Madison, WI: Center on Organization and Restructuring of Schools, University of Wisconsin.

Resnick, Lauren B. 1994. Situated Rationalism: Biological and Social Preparation for Learning. In Mapping the Mind: Domain Specificity in Cognition and Culture, edited by L. A. Hirschfield and S. A. Gelman. Cambridge, MA: Cambridge University Press.

Integrating Instruction

Dayton, C., M. Raby, D. Stern, and A. Weisberg. 1992. The California Partnership Academies: Remembering the "Forgotten Half". Phi Delta Kappan 3 (7):539.

Foothill Associates. 1997. California Partnership Academies 1995–96 Evaluation Report. Nevada City, CA.

Goodlad, John I. 1984. A Place Called School: Promise for the Future. New York: McGraw-Hill.

Grubb, W. Norton (ed.). 1995. Education Through Occupations in American High Schools. Vol. 1 and 2. New York: Teachers College Press.

Hill, Paul T., Gail E. Foster, and Tamar Gendler. 1990. High Schools With Character. Santa Monica, CA: RAND.

Hoachlander, Gary. 1999. Integrating Academic and Vocational Education—Why is Theory So Hard to Practice? CenterPoint, September.

Manpower Development Research Corporation. 2000. Career Academies Impacts on Students’ Engagement and Performance in High School. New York, NY.

Work-Based Learning

Stone, J., D. Stern, C. Hopkins, and M. McMillon. 1990. Adolescents’ Perception of Their Work: School Supervised and Non-School-Supervised. Journal of Vocational Education Research 15 (2):21–53.

Student Support Through Guidance and Extra Help

Levin, Henry M. 1988. Structuring Schools for Greater Effectiveness With Educationally Disadvantaged or At-Risk Students. Paper read at annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, April, at New Orleans, LA.

Louis, Karen Seashore, and Matthew B. Miles. 1990. Improving the Urban High School: What Works and Why. New York: Teachers College Press.

Quality Education for Minorities Project. 1990. Education That Works: An Action Plan for the Education of Minorities. Cambridge, MA.

Van Lehn, K., S. Siler, and W.B. Baggett. 1998. What Makes a Tutorial Event Effective? In Proceedings of the Twenty-First Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, edited by M. A. Gernsbacher and S. Derry. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

Parent Involvement

Byrne, Gregory. 1995. Study Suggests There’s No Place Like Home for Math and Science. Education Week:8.

Grissmer, David W. 1994. Student Achievement and the Changing American Family. Santa Monica, CA: RAND.

Horn, L., and X. Chen. 1998. Toward Resiliency: At-Risk Students Who Make it to College. In U.S. Department of Education. Washington, DC: Office of Educational Research and Improvement.

Keith, T., and P. Keith. 1993. Integrating Services for Children and Families: Understanding the Past to Shape the Future. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press.

Shartrand, A.M., H.B. Weiss, H.M. Kreider, and M.E. Lopez. 1997. New Skills for New Schools: Preparing Teachers in Family Involvement. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Family Research Project, Harvard Graduate School of Education.

Using Data

Hoachlander, Gary, Karen Levesque, and David Mandel. 1998. Seize the Data: Statistics Can Be a Powerful Tool for Those Who Use Them. Education Week XVIII (Number 8).

Kaplan, Robert S., and David P. Norton. 1996. The Balanced Scorecard: Translating Strategy Into Action. Boston: Harvard University Press.

 

Research Basis for School Improvement Structure

 

Guthrie, James W. 1986. School Based Management: The Next Needed Education Reform. Phi Delta Kappan 68 (4):305–309.

Larsen, Terry J. 1987. Identification of Instructional Leadership Behaviors and the Impact of Their Implementation on Academic Achievement. Paper read at annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, April, at Washington, DC.

Leithwood, Kenneth, and Daniel L. Duke. 1993. Defining Effective Leadership for Connecticut’s Future Schools. Journal of Personnel Evaluation in Education 6 (4):301–333.

Méndez-Morse, Sylvia. 1992. Leadership Characteristics That Facilitate School Change. Austin, TX: Southwest Educational Development Laboratory.

Miles, Karen Hawley, and Linda Darling-Hammond. 1998. Rethinking the Allocation of Teaching Resources: Some Lessons From High-Performing Schools. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis 20 (1):9–29.

Peterson, Kent. 1994. Building Collaborative Cultures: Seeking Ways to Reshape Urban Schools. Washington, DC: North Central Regional Educational Laboratories (NCREL).

Peterson, Kent, and Corinne Solsrud. 1996. Leadership in Restructuring Schools: Six Themes on the Work Lives of Principals and Teachers. NASSP Bulletin 80 (577):105–112.

 

Overall Research Review

 

Hoachlander. Gary, Martha Alt, and Renee Beltranena. 2000. Leading School Improvement: What Research Says. Berkeley, CA: MPR Associates, Inc.

 

External Research Supporting Effectiveness of High Schools That Work

 

American Institute for Research. 1999. An Educators’ Guide to Schoolwide Reform. Arlington, VA. Educational Research Service.

Frome, Pamela. 2000. High Schools That Work: Findings from the 1996 and 1998 Assessments. Raleigh, NC: Research Triangle Institute.

Jones, Christopher. 2000. Models for Regional Business—Education Partnerships 1(8-11). New York: Dewitt Wallace Reader’s Digest Foundation.

Kaufman, Phil, Denise Bradby, and Peter Teitelbaum. 2000. High Schools That Work and Whole School Reform: Academic Achievement of Vocational Completers Through Reform of School Practices. Berkeley, CA: National Center for Research in Vocational Education, University of California, Berkeley.

Olson, Lynn. 1999. Researchers Rate Whole-School Reform Models. Education Week on the Web. 

Visher, Mary G., David Emanuel, and Peter Teitelbaum. 1999. Key High School Reform Strategies: An Overview of Research Findings. In U.S. Department of Education. Washington, DC: Office of Vocational and Adult Education.

 

Internal Research Supporting Effectiveness of High Schools That Work

The High Schools That Work assessment of students’ reading, mathematics and science achievement demonstrates that schools implementing the HSTW key practices can raise achievement and improve students’ preparation for work and further education. These Research Briefs are based on findings and implications from HSTW assessment of 17,000 career-bound students in 20 states

Bottoms, Gene. 1997. Research Brief #1 — The 1996 High Schools That Work Assessment: Good New, Bad News and Hope. Atlanta: SREB.

Bottoms, Gene & Creech, Betty. 1997. Research Brief #2 — Reading Performance of Career-Bound Students: Good News and Bad News from the 1996 High Schools That Work Assessment. Atlanta: SREB.

Bottoms, Gene & Creech, Betty. 1997. Research Brief #3 — Mathematics Performance of Career-Bound Students: Good News and Bad News, from the 1996 High Schools That Work Assessment. Atlanta: SREB.

Bottoms, Gene & Feagin, Caro H. 1997. Research Brief #4 — The 1996 High Schools That Work Assessment: SCIENCE—Good News, Bad News and Actions. Atlanta: SREB.

Bottoms, Gene & Presson, Alice. 1997. Research Brief #5 — The 1996 High Schools That Work Assessment: Good News and Bad News for Health Occupations Programs. Atlanta: SREB.

Bottoms, Gene. 1997. Research Brief #6 — The 1996 High Schools That Work Assessment for Family and Consumer Sciences: Good News and Bad News. Atlanta: SREB.

Bottoms, Gene & Presson, Alice. 1997. Research Brief #7 — Work-Based Learning:Good News, Bad News and Hope. Atlanta: SREB.

Bottoms, Gene. 1997. Research Brief #8 — Keeping the Future Alive for Youth in High School Vocational Studies. Atlanta: SREB.

Bottoms, Gene, Creech, Betty & Johnson, Mary. 1997. Research Brief #9 — Academic and Vocational Teachers Working Together Contribute to Higher Levels of Student Achievement. Atlanta: SREB.

Bottoms, Gene & Thayer, Yvonne. 1997. Research Brief #11 — The 1996 High Schools That Work Assessment: Good News and Bad news for Business and Marketing Programs. Atlanta: SREB.

Bottoms, Gene & Mikos, Pat. 1995). Seven Most-Improved High Schools That Work Sites raise Achievement in Reading, Mathematics and Science. Atlanta: SREB.

Bottoms, Gene. 1995. Reading: A Report on Improving Career-Bound Students’ Learning. Atlanta: SREB.

Bottoms, Gene & Presson, Alice. 1995. Mathematics: A Report on Improving Career-Bound Students’ Learning. Atlanta: SREB.

Bottoms, Gene & Bearman, Amy. 2000. Research Brief: Improving Reading and Writing Skills in Language Arts Courses and Across the Curriculum. Atlanta: SREB.

Bottoms, Gene & Forget, Mark. 2000. Research Brief: Academic and Vocational Teachers Can Improve the Reading Achievement of Male Career-Bound Students. Atlanta: SREB.

Bottoms, Gene & Feagin, Tom. 2000. Research Brief: The 1998 High Schools That Work Assessment: Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) Sites Are Improving. Atlanta: SREB.

Bottoms, Gene. 2000. Research Brief — Putting Lessons Learned to Work: Improving the Achievement of Vocational Students. Atlanta: SREB.

Bottoms, Gene; Fox, Joanna & New Thomas. 2000. Research Brief — The 2000 High Schools That Work Assessment: Improving Urban High Schools. Atlanta: SREB.

 

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