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ED355313 UD029081
Title:
Changing Schools for Urban Students: The School Development Program,
Accelerated Schools, and Success for All. Trends and Issues No.
18.
Author(s):: Ascher, Carol
Author Affiliation: ERIC Clearinghouse on Urban Education,
New York, NY.(BBB00899)
Pages: 46
Publication Date: February 1993
Sponsoring Agency: Office of Educational Research and Improvement
(ED), Washington, DC. (EDD00036)
Contract No: RI88062013
Available from: EDRS Price MF01/PC02 Plus Postage.
Availability: ERIC Clearinghouse on Urban Education, Teachers
College, Box 40, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027.
Language: English
Document Type: ERIC product (071)
Geographic Source: U.S.; New York
Journal Announcement: RIEJUL1993
This paper
highlights three models for implementing local restructuring of
schools: James Comer's School Development Program; Robert Slavin's
Success for All; and Henry Levin's Accelerated Schools. These models
have been among the more popular models for restructuring schools
in poor, predominantly minority neighborhoods with traditionally
low-achieving students. Separate sections describe and analyze each
of these programs individually. Further sections address important
issues and themes common to all the programs. One of these sections
discusses evaluation and assessment issues of both programs and
students. A further section looks at the three models from the viewpoint
of traditional assessments. A discussion of what causes improvements
in learning notes that: Comer's model is based on healing conflicts
and creating an ethos that fosters identification and bonding and
a community of trust; Slavin's model is more heavily cognitive;
and Levin's format calls for active, intelligent participation of
all members. Final sections review resources and costs for the various
programs, and efforts at replication. An author biography is included.
(Contains 49 references.) (JB)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement; Disadvantaged Youth; Educational
Assessment; *Educational Change; Educational Finance; Educational
Improvement; Elementary Secondary Education; Minority Group Children;
Models; *School Restructuring; *Urban Schools; Urban Youth
Identifiers: Accelerated Schools; *Reform Efforts; School
Development Program; Success for All Program
