Gates High Schools Get Mixed Review in Study

Autor/in	Robelen, Erik W.
Titel	Gates High Schools Get Mixed Review in Study
Quelle	In: Education Week, 25 (2005) 12, S.1 (2 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0277-4232
Schlagwörter	Small Schools; High Schools; Private Financial Support; Mathematics Achievement; Academic Achievement; Educational Improvement; Outcomes of Education; Attendance; School Culture; Philanthropic Foundations; Program Evaluation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? School; Schools; Schule; High school; Oberschule; Private Investition; Mathmatics sikills; Mathmatics achievement; Mathematical ability; Mathematische Kompetenz; Schulleistung; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Anwesenheit; Schulkultur; Schulleben; Philanthropismus; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation
Abstract	This article reports the results of the evaluation on the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's national high school initiative. The new evaluation offers a decidedly mixed picture of the early returns the foundation is getting from the roughly $1 billion it has invested in the initiative so far. The in-depth study, commissioned by the foundation, identified several shortcomings in the high schools that have been started or redesigned with the philanthropy's support, especially in instruction and student performance in mathematics. It also cites signs of progress in reading and language arts, and concludes that many Gates-funded small schools, particularly those built from scratch, offer a positive learning climate for students. Researchers stress, however, that achievement data are too limited to draw definitive conclusions. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10