Search Results - "Susan Bush-Mecenas"

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Learning From Early Adopters in the New Accountability Era: Insights From California’s CORE Waiver Districts

by Marsh, Julie A Bush-Mecenas, Susan Hough, Heather Published in Educational administration quarterly (01.08.2017)

“...Purpose: The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) represents a notable shift in K-12 accountability, requiring a more comprehensive approach to assessing school...”

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Innovation and a Return to the Status Quo: A Mixed-Methods Study of School Reconstitution

by Katharine O. Strunk Julie A. Marsh Ayesha K. Hashim Susan Bush-Mecenas Published in Educational evaluation and policy analysis (01.09.2016)

“...School reconstitution, a turnaround strategy that prescribes massive staffing turnover, is expected to result in more committed and capable school staff and...”

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Evaluating Teachers in the Big Easy: How Organizational Context Shapes Policy Responses in New Orleans

by Julie A. Marsh Susan Bush-Mecenas Katharine O. Strunk Jane Arnold Lincove Alice Huguet Published in Educational evaluation and policy analysis (01.12.2017)

“...Although multiple-measure teacher evaluation systems have gained popularity in the United States, few studies have examined their implementation or how they...”

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“Seeing the whole elephant”: Changing mindsets and empowering stakeholders to meaningfully manage accountability and improvement

by Bush-Mecenas, Susan Montes de Oca, David Marsh, Julie Hough, Heather Published in Education policy analysis archives (29.01.2018)

“...School accountability and improvement policy are on the precipice of a paradigm shift. While the multiple-measure dashboard accountability approach holds great...”

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The Best Laid Plans: An Examination of School Plan Quality and Implementation in a School Improvement Initiative

by Strunk, Katharine O Marsh, Julie A Bush-Mecenas, Susan C Duque, Matthew R Published in Educational administration quarterly (01.04.2016)

“...Purpose: A common strategy used in school improvement efforts is a mandated process of formal planning, yet little is known about the quality of plans or the...”

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Democratic Engagement in District Reform: The Evolving Role of Parents in the Los Angeles Public School Choice Initiative

by Marsh, Julie A Strunk, Katharine O Bush-Mecenas, Susan C Huguet, Alice
edited by Young, Tamara Lewis, Wayne D
Published in Educational policy (Los Altos, Calif.) (01.01.2015)

“...This article examines parent engagement in a Los Angeles portfolio district reform. Based on data from a 3-year study, we use the lens of democratic theory to...”

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Building on Shaky Ground

by Susan Bush-Mecenas Julie A Marsh Published in Education next (01.04.2020)

“...Students from L.A. Unified's Encino Charter Elementary School —dressed in red to support their teachers—attended a community- organized “strike school” in an...”

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The Impact of Turnaround Reform on Student Outcomes: Evidence and Insights from the Los Angeles Unified School District

by Strunk, Katharine O Marsh, Julie A Hashim, Ayesha K Bush-Mecenas, Susan Weinstein, Tracey Published in Education finance and policy (01.07.2016)

“...Abstract We examine the Los Angeles Unified School District's Public School Choice Initiative (PSCI), which sought to turnaround the district's...”

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Scale and Sustainability of Education Innovation and Improvement

by Bush-Mecenas, Susan Anderson, Eleanor Published in Education (26.02.2020)

“...The feasibility of scaling up and sustaining educational innovations and efforts at improvement has been a subject of scholarly investigation for decades. Many...”

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BUILDING ON SHAKY GROUND: REFORMING A DIVIDED SCHOOL SYSTEM IN LOS ANGELES

by Bush-Mecenas, Susan Marsh, Julie A Published in Education next (22.03.2020)

Book Chapter

The DIVE Approach: Using Case-Ordered Meta-Matrices and Theory-Based Data Displays to Analyze Multiple Case Study Data

by Bush-Mecenas, Susan Marsh, Julie A Published in Complementary Research Methods for Educational Leadership and Policy Studies (31.08.2018)

“...This chapter describes a rigorous model for analyzing multiple case study data that advances both evaluative and theoretical goals. Specifically, this...”

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Exploring Improvement Science in Education: Promoting College Access in Fresno Unified School District

by Aguilar, Jorge Nayfack, Michelle Bush-Mecenas, Susan Published in Policy Analysis for California Education, PACE (01.06.2017)

“...California's Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) requires districts to report multiple measures of student performance that reflect success in the goal of...”

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Local Control in Action: Learning from the CORE Districts' Focus on Measurement, Capacity Building, and Shared Accountability. Policy Brief 16-4

by Marsh, Julie Bush-Mecenas, Susan Hough, Heather Published in Policy Analysis for California Education, PACE (14.10.2016)

“...California and the nation are at the crossroads of a major shift in school accountability policy. At the state level, California's Local Control and...”

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Portfolio Reform in Los Angeles: Successes and Challenges in School District Implementation

by Susan Bush-Mecenas Julie A. Marsh Katharine O. Strunk
edited by Kara S. Finnigan Alan J. Daly
Published in Thinking and Acting Systemically (19.05.2016)

“...More than 25 major cities are currently implementing the portfolio management model, a governance reform that is intended to help low-performing school...”

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At the Forefront of the New Accountability Era: Early Implementation Findings from the CORE Waiver Districts

by Marsh, Julie A Bush-Mecenas, Susan Hough, Heather J Park, Vicki Allbright, Taylor Hall, Michelle Glover, Holly Published in Policy Analysis for California Education, PACE (01.11.2016)

“...California and the nation are at the crossroads of a major shift in school accountability policy. At the state level, California's Local Control and...”

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