TRUTHS Hidden in Plain View

If schools are to improve, they must abandon the business-oriented rhetoric of the accountability movement and concentrate on what we know will improve student achievement: improving the quality of instruction in all classrooms. To accomplish this, educators first must define high-quality teaching a...

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Published inPhi Delta Kappan Vol. 92; no. 2; pp. 65 - 67
Main Authors McCann, Thomas M., Jones, Alan C., Aronoff, Gail
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Los Angeles, CA Phi Delta Kappa International, Inc 01.10.2010
SAGE Publications
Phi Delta Kappa International
Phi Delta Kappa
Subjects
Academic achievement
Accountability
Change Strategies
Classroom observations
College instruction
Curricula
Distance education
Educational administration
Educational Change
Educational Planning
Educational Practices
Educational Quality
Educational Strategies
Educators
Faculty Development
Instructional Effectiveness
Instructional Improvement
Mathematics education
Pedagogy
Quality of education
Reading instruction
Rhetoric
Student Improvement
Teacher Effectiveness
Teachers
Teaching
Teaching Methods
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ISSN0031-7217
1940-6487
DOI10.1177/003172171009200216

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Summary:If schools are to improve, they must abandon the business-oriented rhetoric of the accountability movement and concentrate on what we know will improve student achievement: improving the quality of instruction in all classrooms. To accomplish this, educators first must define high-quality teaching and measure how closely teachers in the classrooms meet this ideal. Then they need to create a staff development program that enables teachers to use high-quality teaching practices. Finally, schools need to develop coherent curricula that are meaningful to diverse student populations.
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ISSN:0031-7217
1940-6487
DOI:10.1177/003172171009200216