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| About the Authors | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Re-Envisioning the Correlates of Effective Schools | |
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| Practitioner Perspectives and Insights | |
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| Using the Correlates | |
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| Developing a Data Dashboard | |
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| Features of This Book | |
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| The Correlates of Effective Schools in Context | |
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| Evolution of the Effective Schools Concept | |
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| A Short History of Public Education in the United States | |
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| The Sameness Standard Under Siege | |
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| The Effective School Defined | |
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| The Search for Effective Schools | |
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| Effective School Milestones: The Challenge | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| A Systems Approach to the Correlates of Effective Schools | |
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| The School as a System | |
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| Systemic Forces For and Against Change | |
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| The Role of the Correlates in the System | |
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| Interdependence Among the Correlates | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| The Correlates of Effective Schools Defined | |
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| High Expectations for Success | |
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| Schoolwide Efficacy and Expectations | |
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| The Roots of Educational Expectations | |
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| The Expectations Elephant in the Room | |
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| High Expectations in Action | |
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| High Expectations and Leadership | |
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| Practitioner Perspectives and Insights | |
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| Developing a Data Dashboard | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Strong Instructional Leadership | |
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| Learning to Lead | |
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| Leadership and Authority | |
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| Leadership Qualities | |
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| Leadership Style and Sustainable Change | |
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| Leaders Must Be Students of History | |
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| Instructional Leadership in Action | |
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| Practitioner Perspectives and Insights | |
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| Developing a Data Dashboard | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Clear and Focused Mission | |
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| Word Choice Makes a Big Difference | |
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| Avoiding Mission Drift | |
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| School Culture and Mission | |
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| Courageous Mission Statements | |
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| Clear and Focused Mission in Action | |
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| Practitioner Perspectives and Insights | |
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| Developing a Data Dashboard | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Opportunity to Learn/Time on Task | |
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| Opportunity to Learn and School Readiness | |
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| Opportunity to Learn and the System in Place | |
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| The Role of Technology in Expanding Time on Task and Opportunity to Learn | |
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| Time on Task and Essential Learnings | |
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| Curriculum Alignment and Opportunity to Learn | |
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| Opportunity to Learn/Time on Task in Action | |
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| Practitioner Perspectives and Insights | |
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| Developing a Data Dashboard | |
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| Opportunity to Learn | |
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| Time on Task | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Frequent Monitoring of Student Progress | |
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| Frequent Monitoring-More Than Testing | |
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| The Critical Role of Feedback | |
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| How Frequent Is Frequent? | |
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| The Just-in-Time Intervention System | |
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| The Consequences of Inadequate Monitoring | |
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| Frequent Monitoring and High-Stakes Testing | |
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| Frequent Monitoring in Action | |
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| Practitioner Perspectives and Insights | |
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| Developing a Data Dashboard | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Safe and Orderly Environment | |
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| Safe and Orderly Environment as a Product of School Culture | |
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| An Expanded Interpretation of Safe and Orderly Environment | |
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| Positive School Culture and Achievement | |
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| Safe and Orderly Environment in Action | |
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| Practitioner Perspectives and Insights | |
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| Developing a Data Dashboard | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Positive Home-School Relations | |
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| History of Parent Involvement in Schooling in the U.S. | |
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| The Importance of Parent Involvement | |
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| The Elements of Parent Involvement | |
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| Positive Home-School Relations in Action | |
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| Practitioner Perspectives and Insights | |
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| Developing a Data Dashboard | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Putting the Correlates to Work in an Effective Learning System | |
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| The Correlates in Action: A Continuous School Improvement System | |
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| Creating the Context for the Effective Learning System | |
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| Continuous School Improvement Based on Effective Schools Research | |
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| The Continuous Improvement System | |
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| School Effectiveness and Teacher Effectiveness | |
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| A Final Thought Addressed to School Leaders | |
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| Suggested Foundational Research Readings on the Correlates of Effective Schools | |
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| Effective Schools Online Tools | |
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| Reality Check | |
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| Effective Schools Research LiNK | |
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| References and Resources | |
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| Index | |