The Search for Successful Secondary Schools: The First Three Years of the Secondary School Recognition Program.

Autor/inn/en	Corcoran, Thomas B.; Wilson, Bruce L.
Institution	Research for Better Schools, Inc., Philadelphia, PA.
Titel	The Search for Successful Secondary Schools: The First Three Years of the Secondary School Recognition Program.
Quelle	(1986), (175 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Educational Environment; Educational Quality; Institutional Characteristics; School Community Relationship; School Effectiveness; School Organization; School Role; Secondary Education; Secondary Schools; Student Behavior; Teacher Effectiveness + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Schuleffizienz; School organisation; Schulorganisation; Sekundarbereich; Sekundarschule; Student behaviour; Schülerverhalten; Effectiveness of teaching; Instructional effectiveness; Lehrerleistung; Unterrichtserfolg
Abstract	The 571 secondary schools selected by the United States Department of Education for recognition as exemplary institutions represented urban, suburban and rural communities. The proportions of minority students were not markedly different from the national distribution, nor did the socio-economic status of families with students differ greatly from national statistics. Outstanding characteristics of these schools included: (1) they tended to have larger enrollments than secondary schools in the nation as a whole; (2) there were almost as many newly appointed principals as experienced principals in the schools; (3) there were no significant increases in graduation requirements; (4) none of the schools reported attendance below 90 percent; and (5) more schools encouraged students to pursue higher education than high schools nationally. The recognized schools had unusual strengths in the areas of: (1) student discipline; (2) extracurricular participation; (3) recognition of student behavior and performance; (4) school climate; (5) rates of student and teacher attendance; (6) attention to academic learning time; (7) teacher efficacy; and (8) community support. This report presents an overview of the Secondary School Recognition Program and discusses the characteristics of the selected schools and the attributes and dynamics of their successful programs, as well as the challenges they represent for educational policymakers in raising the standards and performance of secondary schools nationwide. (JD)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC