ERIC Number: ED277087
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1985-Nov
Pages: 6
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Coordinated Efforts Focus on School Improvement in North Kitsap School District. Profiles: Programs & Products. Goal Based Education Number 44.
Northwest Regional Educational Lab., Portland, OR. Goal Based Education Program.
Two distinct school improvement efforts have been undertaken simultaneously in Washington State's North Kitsap School District. One effort focuses on achieving articulation of the curriculum throughout the district's four elementary schools, middle school, and high school. A needs assessment survey revealed that even within individual schools teachers were not utilizing a unified scope and sequence of instruction. In May 1984 a districtwide Reading Subject Review Committee was established to make recommendations in reading instruction, the first area to be improved. The district's other major improvement effort involved implementing a local-school-oriented process developed by the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory. This model for school improvement incorporates collecting data on student performance, setting goals on the basis of these data, and selecting and implementing research-based effective schooling practices to meet the goals. Following training of administrators and selection of the individual schools' improvement teams, each school established its own goals and implemented improvement strategies. Despite fiscal difficulties, the district's improvement program has resulted in increased awareness and a commitment to continued effort. (PGD)
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Collected Works - Serials
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Language: English
Sponsor: National Inst. of Education (ED), Washington, DC.
Authoring Institution: Northwest Regional Educational Lab., Portland, OR. Goal Based Education Program.
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