Raising the Bar: A School Board Primer on Student Achievement (Code: )

Critical student achievement issues are discussed, including leadership and accountability, standards, assessment, and factors that enable or hinder success. Includes specific programs that districts have found successful and identifies questions school board members need to ask.

Guidance for school boards and administrators for developing a new approach to school-based decision making though the school based improvement model.

Addresses one of the most controversial developments in education reform today.