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Vinogradova, Elena., King, Candice. and Rhoades, Tom. "Success for all Students: What Works? Best Practices in Maryland Public Schools" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Sheraton Boston and the Boston Marriott Copley Place, Boston, MA, Jul 31, 2008 <Not Available>. 2009-05-23 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p241050_index.html>

Vinogradova, E. , King, C. and Rhoades, T. , 2008-07-31 "Success for all Students: What Works? Best Practices in Maryland Public Schools" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Sheraton Boston and the Boston Marriott Copley Place, Boston, MA Online <PDF>. 2009-05-23 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p241050_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Abstract: Since the passage of the NCLB legislation, public schools nationwide have undergone a systemic shift from focusing on the general student population and their aggregate scores to focusing on individual student achievement and NCLB subgroups. Maryland became the first state in the country to endorse a comprehensive reform of its school finance system, resulting in an increase of over 2 billion dollars in state funding over a 6-year period. As part of the evaluation of the effects of the increased state aid to public schools in Maryland, evaluators visited 150 schools and administrations of all 24 school districts in Maryland to identify practices that school and system administrators perceived to be highly effective in improving student achievement. Six systemic “best practices” were identified as having a significant impact on improving student achievement, especially when implemented together, including the following: strategic planning; data utilization for instructional decision-making, based on electronic data warehousing and ease of availability to teachers and administrators; Professional Learning Communities; ongoing, targeted professional development; teacher specialists; and differentiated instruction and an individualized approach to teaching and learning. The paper discusses utilization of these practices as well as others reported by principals of the schools we interviewed.

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