Spotlight 600


Spotlight on Student Success Series An occasional series of research briefs highlighting Laboratory findings that have significant implications for improving the academic success of students.

600 SERIES 609 Preliminary Study of Professional Development Improvement Efforts William A. Firestone, Claire Passantino, Melinda Mangin, & Terrie Polovsky 608 Preliminary Findings on High-Performing Rural Elementary Schools in Maryland and Delaware: Identifying Schools That Are Getting Results for All Students Margaret J. McLaughlin, Elizabeth Caron, Sandra Embler, & Jennifer Kling 607 Alliance for Achievement: Building a School Community Focused on Learning Sam Redding 606 Career Academies and High-School Reform Before, During, and After the School-to-Work Movement David Stern 605 High Schools’ Role in College and Workforce Preparation: Do College-for-All Policies Make High School Irrelevant? James E. Rosenbaum, Northwestern University 604 Getting Better Teachers: Time for Experimentation Chester E. Finn, Jr. & Marci Kanstoroom 603 Practical Intelligence and the Principal Robert J. Sternberg and Elena Grigorenko 602 Building School District Leadership Capacity John R. Crews 601 Reducing the Achievement Gap Barbara L. McCombs 600 Taking Mathematics in High School: Is Opportunity Equal? Jeremy D. Finn, Susan B. Gerber, and Margaret C. Wang

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