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Accountability for Instructional Quality

Increasing Academic Rigor through High-Quality Professional Development (2004) Link to Adobe PDF File

This six-page article from SERVE's The Vision (vol. 3, no. 2) on high school reform outlines a professional development model used in the Roanoke Rapids Graded School District in North Carolina. The unit development approach is being used in U.S. History to help teachers develop more rigorous units of study.

Using Accountability as a Lever for Changing the Culture of Schools: Examining District Strategies (1997) Link to Adobe PDF File

SERVE's work in accountability has explored what it means for a school district to hold itself accountable for the quality of educational programming it provides. In this publication, district leaders reflect on strategies used over a four-year period as they engaged principals, teachers, and the community in rethinking the definition of quality.

The Vision: Using Assessment and Accountability to Improve Student Learning (2002 vol. 1, no. 2) Link to Adobe PDF File

This magazine includes the following articles:

  • Standards of Classroom Practice: Defining a Vision of Quality in the Classroom
  • Taking a Close Look at the Quality of Teachers' Assignments and Student Work

 

 

 

 

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