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Informationen zum Autor Lynn Winters was the Assistant Superintendent for Research Long Beach Unified School District, nationally recognized by the President and the Broad Prize for implementing systems for data guided decision making. She currently consults for Urban School Imagineers training urban school data teams and evaluating an urban school leadership training program.. Prior positions include Lecturer in Social Research Methods at the UCLA Graduate School of Education, high school teaching (history, Spanish and Special Education); county office assessment consultant; Director of Research for Palos Verdes Schools; and Project Director for three grants at the UCLA National Center for Evaluation, Student Standards and Testing.She has co-authored two books with Joan Herman of UCLA CRESST, A Practical Guide to Alternative Assessment ,(ASCD) and Tracking Your School's Success (Corwin Press), and is a reviewer for Practical Assessment, Research and Evaluation (PARE), the AERA journal Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis (EEPA, and Educational Assessment. In addition, she has over a dozen published journal articles and regularly presents at the American Educational Research Association's Annual Meeting. Klappentext The TurnAround Toolkit outlines a formative evaluation program for enhancing school and student achievement. Included are pocket summaries for each chapter and an online "toolkit." Zusammenfassung The TurnAround Toolkit outlines a formative evaluation program for enhancing school and student achievement. Included are pocket summaries for each chapter and an online "toolkit." Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword by Carl A. Cohn Publisher¿s Acknowledgments About the Authors Introduction Part I. The 3 Rs of Turnaround Work: Realign, Redesign, Refine Section I. Realign: Create the Structures for Turnaround Work 1. Develop Systems for Managing Turnaround Activities: Distributed Leadership, Collaborative Teams, Expert Reviewers and Networks, Data Capacity 2. Organize Information Needed to Redesign Programs 3. Prepare Data Summaries and Displays Section II. Redesign: Use Data to Create the Turnaround Plan 4. Identify the Turnaround Focus 5. Redesign Programs to Address the Turnaround Focus 6. Develop and Implement the Turnaround Plan Section III. Refine: Evaluate and Revise the Turnaround Plan 7. Design an Evaluation of the Turnaround Plan 8. Analyze Evaluation Data and Revise the Program 9. The 4th R of Turnaround Work: Reflect on Lessons Learned Part II. Leader¿s Guides for The TurnAround ToolKit Introduction to Leader¿s Guides 1. Develop Systems for Managing Turnaround Activities: Distributed Leadership, Collaborative Teams, Expert Reviewers and Networks, Data Capacity: Leader¿s Guide 2. Organize Information Needed to Redesign Programs: Leader¿s Guide 3. Prepare Data Summaries and Displays: Leader¿s Guide 4. Identify the Turnaround Focus: Leader¿s Guide 5. Redesign Programs to Address the Turnaround Focus: Leader¿s Guide 6. Develop and Implement the Turnaround Plan: Leader¿s Guide 7. Design an Evaluation of the Turnaround Plan: Leader¿s Guide 8. Analyze Evaluation Data and Revise the Program: Leader¿s Guide Endnotes Resources and References Index ...
