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A U T H O R S ■ The Education Alliance: Amy Burns, Joye Whitney, and Hardeek Shah ■ Annenberg Institute: Ellen Foley and Elsa Duré A C K N O W L E D G M E N T S The Annenberg Institute and The Education Alliance gratefully acknowledge the support of the Central Falls School District and its partners. The report would not have been possible without the support and participation of the leadership team, teachers, staff, students, and community members. Their openness and honesty were critical to our understanding of the successes and challenges of the high school transformation. Juan Cano, Central Falls High School data analyst, was especially helpful in providing this report with databases and data analysis. We would like to particularly thank Young Voices, TALL University, and the Brown University Education Department for helping to make the student focus groups a success. We are also grateful for the time, contributions, and analytical, writing, and editing skills provided by our colleagues Margaret Balch-Gonzalez, Tracie Potochnik, and O’rya Hyde-Keller, and for the design and layout by Haewon Kim. S U G G E S T E D C I TAT I O N The Education Alliance and the Annenberg Institute for School Reform, Brown University. 2011. Central Falls High School: First Year Transformation Report. Providence, RI: Brown University. ■ The Education Alliance at Brown University, Research & Evaluation Division 4 Richmond Square, Fourth Floor Providence, Rhode Island 02906 401.274.9548 information@alliance.brown.edu www.alliance.brown.edu ■ Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, Research & Policy Box 1985 Providence, RI 02912 401.863.7990 AISR_Info@brown.edu. www.annenberginstitute.org Twitter: @AnnenbergInst A PDF version of this report is available at http://annenberginstitute.org/Publications/CentralFalls © 2011 Brown University, The Education Alliance at Brown University and the Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University
Table of Contents Figures Introduction .................................................................................................................................................................................... 1 Overview of the Transformation Evaluation: Year 1 ........................................................................................ 3 I. Participants and Methods .............................................................................................................................................. 4 II. Strategic Goal 1...................................................................................................................................................................... 7 Increase the Graduation Rate and Decrease the Dropout Rate III. Strategic Goal 2 ................................................................................................................................................................ 18 Improve Student Proficiency in Mathematics and Maintain Improvement in English Language Arts Proficiency IV. Strategic Goal 3 ................................................................................................................................................................ 31 Improve the Culture and Climate of the School V. Summary .................................................................................................................................................................................. 44 VI. Recommendations ......................................................................................................................................................... 48 Conclusion .................................................................................................................................................................................... 51 Appendix A ................................................................................................................................................................................... 53 Protocol for Interventions: Persistently Lowest-Achieving Schools Appendix B ................................................................................................................................................................................... 69 Central Falls High School Staff Survey Protocol Appendix C ................................................................................................................................................................................... 73 Student Attendance before and after Guide 2 Success Appendix D ................................................................................................................................................................................... 74 Complete Listing of Open-Ended Responses on Advisory Appendix E ................................................................................................................................................................................... 77 Teacher and Staff Absences Rates, School Year 2010-2011 Appendix F .................................................................................................................................................................................... 78 Complete Listing of Open-Ended Responses on Performance Management Appendix G ................................................................................................................................................................................... 81 Complete Listing of Open-Ended Responses on Transformation Progress Appendix H .................................................................................................................................. 83 Complete Listing of Open-Ended Responses on Suggested Improvements
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