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ERIC Number: EJ581536
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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ISSN: ISSN-1055-2243
The Making of a Distinguished School.
Sullivan, Mark
Thrust for Educational Leadership, v28 n3 p33-35 Jan-Feb 1999
Confronting low student performance, staff at a central California elementary school tackled curriculum-alignment problems; identified available instructional, support, information, and human-resource processes; and dealt with the language issue. The school's "Student Portfolio and Assessment System" helped teachers discover feasible teaching strategies and make confident curricular decisions. (MLH)
Descriptors: Accountability, Curriculum Development, Disadvantaged Schools, Educational Improvement, Elementary Education, Feedback, Portfolio Assessment, Teacher Response, Year Round Schools
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: California (Madera)
Note: Journal availability: Association of California School Administrators, 1575 Bayshore Hwy., Burlingame, CA 94010 (single copy, $8).