About 922 Trademarks found for “frederic m douglas”

THE CHANGE READINESS ASSESSMENT IS DESIGNED TO MEASURE A SCHOOL DISTRICT POPULATION'S READINESS FOR CHANGE. USING A PROPRIETARY RUBRIC DEVELOPED BY THE LEADERSHIP AND LEARNING CENTER. LEVERAGING RESEARCH FROM FULLAN, KOTTER, AND REIGELUTH, AS WELL AS THE CENTER'S DR. DOUGLAS REEVES AND DR. MICHAEL WASTA, THE CHANGE READINESS ASSESSMENT POLLS FACULTY AND STAFF, SPECIFICALLY PROBING FOR TRAITS THAT INDICATE WHETHER A CHANGE INITIATIVE WILL SUCCEED OR FAIL. THE CHANGE READINESS ASSESSMENT WILL ULTIMATELY HELP PARTICIPANTS GAUGE AND PRIORITIZE THE CHANGES THAT WILL MOST IMMEDIATELY IMPROVE RESULTS. THE MAJORITY OF CHANGE INITIATIVES ARE EITHER NEVER IMPLEMENTED OR IF IMPLEMENTED, ARE UNSUCCESSFUL. ONE OF THE PRIMARY REASONS FOR THIS IS THAT INSUFFICIENT ATTENTION IS GIVEN TO THE POPULATION THAT THE PROPOSED CHANGE IS GOING TO EFFECT. PARTICULARLY IN PUBLIC EDUCATION, THIS POPULATION IS BROAD AND CONTAINS NUMEROUS SUBGROUPS, ANY ONE OF WHICH IS CAPABLE OF DERAILING EVEN THE MOST SOPHISTICATED INITIATIVE. FREQUENTLY THIS OPPOSITION COMES AS A SURPRISE TO THE CHANGE PROPONENTS WHO ARE UNPREPARED TO RESPOND. ARMED WITH INFORMATION GAINED FROM THE CHANGE READINESS ASSESSMENT, THE INDIVIDUAL OR GROUP PROMOTING THE CHANGE INITIATIVE CAN DEVISE STRATEGIES TO ENGAGE EACH SUBGROUP TO SUPPORT THE CHANGE.

Advanced Learning Centers, Inc.

77759583

31 Dec 1969

Educational assessment; Educational course monitoring, namely, trackin...

90/90/90 SCHOOLS WERE FIRST REFERENCED IN THE ARTICLE THE 90/90/90 SCHOOLS: A CASE STUDY BY DR. DOUGLAS REEVES PUBLISHED IN ACCOUNTABILITY IN ACTION, 1998 (COPYRIGHT ADVANCED LEARNING CENTERS). 90/90/90 SCHOOLS HAVE THE FOLLOWING CHARACTERISTICS: - MORE THAN 90 PERCENT OF THE STUDENTS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH, A COMMONLY USED SURROGATE FOR LOW-INCOME FAMILIES. - MORE THAN 90 PERCENT OF THE STUDENTS ARE FROM ETHNIC MINORITIES. - MORE THAN 90 PERCENT OF THE STUDENTS MET OR ACHIEVED HIGH ACADEMIC STANDARDS, ACCORDING TO INDEPENDENTLY CONDUCTED TESTS OF ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT. THE 90/90/90 SCHOOLS STUDY WAS THE RESULT OF FOUR YEARS RESEARCH (1995-1998) CONDUCTED AT THE LEADERSHIP AND LEARNING CENTER (THEN THE CENTER FOR PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT). IT SPECIFICALLY EVALUATED THE USE OF STANDARDS AND ASSESSMENT WITH A COHORT OF SOME 130,000 STUDENTS IN 228 SCHOOLS. THE RESEARCH INCLUDES FOUR YEARS OF TEST DATA (1995 THROUGH 1998) WITH STUDENTS IN A VARIETY OF SCHOOL SETTINGS, FROM ELEMENTARY THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL. THE RESEARCH ON 90/90/90 SCHOOLS IDENTIFIED THE COMMON PRACTICES OF EXCELLENT ORGANIZATIONS, SPECIFICALLY A COMMON SET OF BEHAVIORS EXHIBITED BY THE LEADERS AND TEACHERS IN SCHOOLS WITH HIGH ACHIEVEMENT, HIGH MINORITY ENROLLMENT, AND HIGH POVERTY LEVELS. THE FOLLOWING FIVE CHARACTERISTICS WERE COMMON TO ALL 90/90/90 SCHOOLS: - A FOCUS ON ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT - CLEAR CURRICULUM CHOICES - FREQUENT ASSESSMENT OF STUDENT PROGRESS AND MULTIPLE OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPROVEMENT - AN EMPHASIS ON NONFICTION WRITING - COLLABORATIVE SCORING OF STUDENT WORK SINCE THE INITIAL PUBLICATION OF THE 90/90/90 SCHOOLS IN 1998 THE DATA WERE INDEPENDENTLY VERIFIED BY SCHMOKER (RESULTS FIELDBOOK, 2001) AND SIMPSON (BEATING THE ODDS. AMERICAN SCHOOL BOARD JOURNAL, 2003) AS WELL COUNTLES RESEARCH ARTICLES.

Advanced Learning Centers, Inc.

77759545

31 Dec 1969

Educational assessment; Educational course monitoring, namely, trackin...