Research Catalog

Title

Making schools work for underachieving minority students : next steps for research, policy, and practice / edited by Josie G. Bain and Joan L. Herman ; Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing, UCLA Center for the Study of Evaluation.

Publication

New York : Greenwood Press, 1990.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Herman, Joan L.
• University of California, Los Angeles. Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing.
• University of California, Los Angeles. Center for the Study of Evaluation.

Description

xiv, 305 pages; 25 cm.

Series Statement

Contributions to the study of education, 0196-707X ; no. 36

Uniform Title

Contributions to the study of education ; no. 36.

Subject

• Minorities > Education > United States > Congresses
• Underachievers > United States > Congresses
• Minorities > Education
• Underachievers
• United States

Genre/Form

• proceedings (reports)
• Conference papers and proceedings
• Conference papers and proceedings.
• Actes de congrès.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

• Background and overview / Josie G. Bain and Joan L. Herman -- The educationally disadvantaged are still among us / Henry Levin -- Building quality relationships / James Comer -- Understanding the dimensions of our problem / Samuel Betances -- Effective education for underachieving African-Americans / Barbara Sizemore -- Equity, relevance, and will / Kati Haycock -- Effective instructional approaches to bilingual education / Fred Tempes -- Systemic approaches to reducing dropouts / Michael Timpane -- Reducing dropouts through community-promoted initiatives / Roger D. Mitchell -- Making education work for Hispanic-Americans : some promising community-based practices / Lori S. Orum -- Teaching and learning : nonnegotiable components at the secondary level / Shirley Thornton -- Educational pathways that promote student success at the postsecondary level / Lester W. Jones -- Dividends derived from structured intervention at the postsecondary level / Ed C. Apodaca -- Enhancing academic literacy for language minority students / Kris Gutierrez -- The Eastman success story for helping limited English proficient students succeed / Bonnie Rubio -- Integrated content language approach / Jose Galvan -- Improving the quality of teachers for minority students / Ana Maria Schuhmann -- Improving teacher effectiveness / Twlya Stewart -- Teacher effectiveness / Charles Moody.
• The potential and the reality : the role of evaluation in improving opportunity / Joan L. Herman -- Framework for effective schools / Eric Cooper -- Some thoughts on how testing and evaluation can improve educational opportunities for underachieving minorities / Ernesto M. Bernal -- Quality indicators for monitoring equity / Ramsay Selden -- The need to assess multiple crucial components in evaluating programs / Daniel Levine -- Persistence and patience / Todd Endo -- Monitoring and improving school learning / Walter Hathaway -- Learning improvement results from integrated learning systems for underachieving minority students / James B. Olsen -- Successful collaborations / Eugene Cota-Robles -- Forging collaborations / Winston Doby -- An ambitious critical agenda / Joan L. Herman and Josie G. Bain -- The course ahead / Eva L. Baker, Joan L. Herman, and Josie G. Bain.

ISBN

• 0313268894
• 9780313268892

LCCN

89048904

OCLC

• ocm20800261
• 20800261
• SCSB-8920277

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library