Factors Associated with High Achieving Schools findings of Gordon Cawelti – Education Research...
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Factors Associated withHigh Achieving Schools
findings of Gordon Cawelti – Education Research Service
1. The reliance and persistent focus on standards and clear goals established in the schools.
2. The daily presence of visible principal working continually to keep a focus for everyone.
3. A faculty of teachers deeply committed to ensuring that all are taught and learn the school’s high standards.
Factors Associated withHigh Achieving Schools Cont.4. A team structure in which teachers
regularly work collaboratively to improve the achievement levels of their students.
5. Sustained concentration over a period of time on the multiple changes needed to improve student achievement.
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Clear Targets Are Key
“It is 99.9% impossible for a blind man, on his own, to hit a bulls eye, but the percentage drops dramatically when he is instructed by someone who can see the target clearly with the desired results in mind.”
Clear Targets
“If students can see the target, and it stands still for them, they can hit it.”
Dr. Richard Stiggins