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Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears; I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him. William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), "Julius Caesar", Act 3 scene 2. Roman Educational Consultants. “Pillars of Education” since 1954 You can lean on us. Consulting Engineers: Reframing Education.
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Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears; I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him. William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), "Julius Caesar", Act 3 scene 2
Roman Educational Consultants “Pillars of Education” since 1954 You can lean on us.
Consulting Engineers: Reframing Education Cherie Grant Michael Hawkins Donya Clute Anna Davis Sapienza
Beyond Social Promotion and Retention: Alternative Best Practices in Education
Overview • High stakes assessment • Accountability movement • Ineffectiveness • Failure cycle
Retention Research • Statistics • Poor, minority, urban • Boys • Single parent • ESL • “late” birth dates
Retention Research • Drop out rates • Gains small • Generates anxiety • Attention • Transient
Social Promotion Research • Drop out rates • Student achievement • Employment skills • Expectations • Worth • Time and effort
Results: • Inadequate • Not preventative • Remedy
Recommendations • Alternative approaches • High-achieving environments • Support • Assistance • Policies/ procedures • Research based
Best Practice: 1Staff Development • Skilled teachers • Improved learning • Collaboration • Mentoring • Funding
Best Practice: TwoIntensify Learning • Academic rigor • High expectations • Integrated curriculum • Teachers • Problem based learning
Best Practice: ThreeAlternative Instructional Paths • Flexible scheduling • Continuous learning calendar • Differentiated instruction • Multiage grouping • Looping • Smaller class size • Multiple intelligences • Technology
Best Practice: FourAlternative Assessment • Guiding element • Performance • Informal • On-going • Reflective
Best Practice: FiveEarly Intervention • Relative to school • Supplemental • Multifaceted • Qualified • Accelerate learning • Parent component