Results: The Key to Continuous School Improvement

by Mike Schmoker

Argues that all school efforts should be focused on results, detailing the conditions that favor results and how schools can create the favorable conditions required.

Genres: Education, Leadership, Nonfiction

135 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 1999

Reviews

[Scott Hayden · Rating 5 out of 5]

Clear goals.
Teamwork.
Data.

Like the water cycle, school improvement passes through these elements repeatedly. Schmoker shows how to put it together and supplies ample evidence from school after school, that it works.

Teams set clear measurable learning improvement goals. They teach and assess the learning. They bring the assessment data to meetings regularly where they analyze it together. This informs them of needs for instructional adjustments and strategies to continue moving toward the goal. having committed to a few adjustments/strategies, they go teach again and the cycle continues.

It sounds so simple, you'd think most schools would do this.

Now I've got lots of work to do. This book helped me know better what that work is.

[Mac · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great book. Schmoker is one of my favorite educational writers and is on point with much of what he argues. Through the use of data, professional collaboration and common assessment Schmoker argues that real results in educational reform can be realized and he makes the point rather effectively. His only glaring weakness is the short shrift he gives behavioral concerns within this context. Overall a must read for anyone concerned with educational reform.

[Sheila · Rating 4 out of 5]

For my Master's class. A pretty good overview of simple ways to improve academic results at a school.
I like the way he pushes the concept that even a high achieving school should strive for continuous improvement.

[Yolanda · Rating 3 out of 5]

newer edition out there-get that one instead

[Johanna]

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