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This guide synthesizes lessons learned from some of the nation’s largest school districts on improving student achievement at scale to provide tools and strategies that address six key questions:
- Which of your students are most likely to drop out—and why?
- What kind of school choices do you provide to meet diverse student needs—and how well are those schools and programs performing?
- What policy changes are needed
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- How will you manage a change process, inviting multiple stakeholders inside and outside the system to make the kinds of changes that the data suggest are needed?
- How can you strengthen your portfolio of options?
- How should you restructure your central office to support schools?
The guide is part of a series that includes a leadership guide with a 30,000-foot overview of what’s needed to turn the dropout tide, and an analyst guide offering guidance on the data analysis needed to support decision-making along the way.
About the Report:
Title: This School Works for Me: An Implementation Guide for School District Administrators (PDF, 5.13MB, 40 pages)
Prepared by: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Date Published: January 2010