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Making Schools Smarter : A System for Monitoring School and District Progress
Making Schools Smarter A System for Monitoring School and District Progress Author:Kenneth Leithwood, Robert Aitken, Doris Jantzi Updated Edition of Best Seller!For years, this popular and important monitoring system has helped schools and districts acquire the information they need to achieve their strategic planning, accountability, and school restructuring goals. The book describes an ideal, achievable "model" school and district, including indicato... more »rs of specific features of that school or district and ways of measuring comparable features of current schools and districts. Now, the Second Edition includes:
Refined and improved school and district surveys
A complete rewrite of guidelines with additional research data to ensure productive use of the monitoring information
New insight on collecting, analyzing, and interpreting monitoring information
A fresh examination of attitudes towards evaluation of schools and how the public understands these changes
More than ever, Making Schools Smarter is the resource for administrators and superintendents, as well as for students and teachers of educational leadership and school restructuring.« less