{"id":406,"date":"2017-02-17T14:46:01","date_gmt":"2017-02-17T19:46:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/my.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/scalingupcenter\/?page_id=406"},"modified":"2023-10-03T13:03:37","modified_gmt":"2023-10-03T18:03:37","slug":"practices-of-effective-high-schools","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/my.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/scalingupcenter\/publications\/practices-of-effective-high-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"Practices of Effective High Schools"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our work in our partner districts begin with deeply understanding, through rigorous research, what distinguishes higher and lower performing high schools in the district. We found that the key features of effective high schools were slightly different in our two partner districts. At the same time, these findings were consistent in their focus on the student experience in high schools and the emphasis on the social emotional learning needs of students.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"color: #993300\"><em>Read more about our findings on effective high schools in Broward:<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Rutledge, S., Cohen-Vogel, L., Osborne-Lampkin, L., &amp; Roberts, R. (2015). Understanding Effective High Schools: Evidence for personalization for academic and social learning.<em>\u00a0 American Educational Research Journal 52<\/em>(6): 1060-1092. \u00a0<em><span style=\"color: #800000\"><a style=\"color: #800000\" href=\"http:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/full\/10.3102\/0002831215602328\">View paper<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/my.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/pasltoolkit\/\">PASL Toolkit<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-my\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2353\/2017\/02\/03130251\/Rosen-et-al-2022.pdf\">Read an evaluation of PASL.<\/a>This article was published in Studies in Educational Evaluation, Vol 75, Rosen, Hong, Rutledge, Cannata, Rotermund, &amp; Leu, pp. 1-9, Copyright Elsevier (2022).<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><em><span style=\"color: #000000;text-decoration: underline\">Read more about our findings on effective high schools in Fort Worth:<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"PageWebPartManager_ContentEditorPart1_ContentLabel1\">Cannata, M., Smith, T.M., &amp; Taylor Haynes, K. (2017). Integrating Academic Press and Support by Increasing Student Ownership and Responsibility.<\/span><em><span id=\"PageWebPartManager_ContentEditorPart1_ContentLabel1\"> AERA Open 3<\/span><\/em><span id=\"PageWebPartManager_ContentEditorPart1_ContentLabel1\">(3): 1-13. <\/span><em><span id=\"PageWebPartManager_ContentEditorPart1_ContentLabel1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/full\/10.1177\/2332858417713181\">View paper<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Cannata, M., Redding, C., &amp; Nguyen, T. (2019). <\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #800000\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Building Student Ownership and Responsibility: Examining Student Outcomes from a Research-Practice Partnership.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><em><span style=\"color: #800000\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness.<\/span><\/span><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/19345747.2019.1615157\">[Version of Record] <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn-dev.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-my-dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2353\/2017\/02\/Cannata-Redding-Nguyen-2019-AM.pdf\">[Accepted Manuscript]<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><em><span style=\"color: #000000;text-decoration: underline\">Read more about what is common in effective high schools across these districts:<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Rutledge, S. &amp; Cannata, M. (2016). Identifying and Understanding Effective High Schools: Personalization for Academic and Social Learning and Student Ownership and Responsibility.<em> Phi Delta Kappan<\/em> 97(6):60-64. \u00a0<em><span style=\"color: #800000\"><a style=\"color: #800000\" href=\"http:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/full\/10.1177\/0031721716636876\">View paper<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300\"><strong>Read more about what we&#8217;ve learned about effective high schools:<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Cohen-Vogel, L. &amp; Harrison, C. (2013). Leading with Data: Evidence from the National Center on Scaling Up Effective Schools. <em>Leadership and Policy in Schools 12: <\/em>122-145.\u00a0 <em><span style=\"color: #800000\"><a style=\"color: #800000\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/15700763.2013.792934#.U9qymbGB_Ys\">[link]<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Cohen-Vogel, L., Little, M., &amp; Fierro, C. (2017). Evidence-based staffing in high schools: Using student achievement data in teacher hiring, evaluation and assignment. <em>Leadership and Policy in Schools<\/em>. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/15700763.2017.1326146\">[link]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Huff, J., Goldring, E., Preston, C., &amp; Guthrie, J. (2018). Learning-Centered Leadership Practices for Effective High Schools Serving At-Risk Students<em>. <\/em><em>Teachers College Record 120(9)<\/em>. \u00a0 <em><span style=\"color: #800000\"><a style=\"color: #800000\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tcrecord.org\/library\/content.asp?contentid=22343\">View paper<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span id=\"PageWebPartManager_ContentEditorPart1_ContentLabel1\">Nguyen, T., Cannata, M., &amp; Miller, J. (2018). Understanding student behavioral engagement in high schools: The importance of student interaction with peers and teachers.<\/span><em><span id=\"PageWebPartManager_ContentEditorPart1_ContentLabel1\"> The Journal of Educational Research 111<\/span><\/em><span id=\"PageWebPartManager_ContentEditorPart1_ContentLabel1\">(2): 163-174.\u00a0 <\/span><span id=\"PageWebPartManager_ContentEditorPart1_ContentLabel1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/00220671.2016.1220359?scroll=top&amp;needAccess=true\">[Version of Record] <\/a><\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn-dev.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-my-dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2353\/2017\/02\/Nguyen-Cannata-Miller-2018-AM3.pdf\">[Accepted Manuscript]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Preston, C., Goldring, E., Guthrie, J. E., Ramsey, R., &amp; Huff, J. (2016). Conceptualizing Essential Components of Effective High Schools. <em>Leadership and Policy in Schools.\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #800000\"><a style=\"color: #800000\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/eprint\/5s9vKmc4jrd6sPmGtwuY\/full\">[link]<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Sass, T., &amp; Austin, W. (2019).\u00a0An Analysis of the Effects of Implementing Personalized Learning Connections in Broward County Public Schools.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cdn-dev.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-my-dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2353\/2017\/02\/NCSU-PASL-early-evaluation.pdf\">[link]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Smith, T. M., Cannata, M., Cohen-Vogel, L., &amp; Rutledge, S. A. (2016a). <em>Mapping the High School Reform Landscape<\/em><em>.<\/em> New York: Teachers College Record (Yearbook) 118, Issue 13.\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #800000\"><em><a style=\"color: #800000\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tcrecord.org\/Issue.asp?volyear=2016&amp;number=13&amp;volume=118\">[link]<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Smith, T. M., Cannata, M., Cohen-Vogel, L., &amp; Rutledge, S. A. (2016b). Design and Implementation of High School Reform: Perspectives from Research and Practice. <em>Teachers College Record (Yearbook) 118<\/em>(13): pp. 1-18.\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #800000\"><em><a style=\"color: #800000\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tcrecord.org\/Content.asp?ContentId=20553\">[link]<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Smith, T. M., Preston, C., Taylor Haynes, K, &amp; Neergaard Booker, L.\u00a0 (2015). Differences in Instructional Quality between High and Low Value Added Schools in a Large Urban District<em>.\u00a0 Teachers College Record 117<\/em>(11): 1-38.\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #800000\"><em><a style=\"color: #800000\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tcrecord.org\/Content.asp?ContentId=18110\">[link]<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"PageWebPartManager_ContentEditorPart1_ContentLabel1\">Tichnor-Wagner, A. &amp; Allen, D. (2016). Accountable for Caring: Cultivating Teachers Who Care in Urban High Schools.<em> Leadership and Policy in Schools 15<\/em>(4): 406-447. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/15700763.2016.1181185?tab=permissions\">[link]<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Tichnor-Wagner, A., Harrison, C., &amp; Cohen-Vogel, L.\u00a0 (2016). Cultures of learning in effective high schools.\u00a0 <em>Educational Administration Quarterly 52(4): 602-642<\/em>.\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #800000\"><em><a style=\"color: #800000\" href=\"http:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1177\/0013161X16644957\">[link]<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Torre Gibney, D., Preston, C., Drake, T., Goldring, E., &amp; Cannata, M.\u00a0(2017). Bringing Student Responsibility to Life: Avenues to Personalizing High Schools for Student Success. <em>Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk 22<\/em>(3): 129-145. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/10824669.2017.1337518\">[Version of Record] <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn-dev.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-my-dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2353\/2017\/02\/TorreGibney-Preston-Drake-Goldring-Cannata-2017-AM.pdf\">[Accepted Manuscript]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Wachen, J., Harrison, C., &amp; Cohen-Vogel, L. (2018). Data use as instructional reform: Exploring educators\u2019 reports of classroom practice <em>Leadership and Policy in Schools 17<\/em>(2): 296-325. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/15700763.2016.1278244\">[link]<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300\"><strong>Working papers<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Cannata, M., Taylor Haynes, K., &amp; Smith, T. M. (2013). <em>Reaching for Rigor: Identifying Practices of Effective High Schools<\/em>. Nashville, TN: National Center on Scaling Up Effective Schools. \u00a0<em><span style=\"color: #800000\"><a style=\"color: #800000\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn-dev.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-my-dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2353\/2017\/02\/Reaching-for-Rigor-Identifying-Practices-of-Effective-High-Schools.pdf\">View paper<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Chapman, G., Wilson, S., &amp; Redding, C. (2013). <em>Summary of Survey Results: High School Principals, Teachers, and Students<\/em>. Nashville, TN: National Center on Scaling Up Effective Schools.<\/p>\n<p>Guthrie, J., Goldring, E., &amp; Harrison, C. (2013). <em>Teacher Accountability as Formative Assessment. <\/em>Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association of Education Finance and Policy in New Orleans, LA, March 14-16, 2013.<\/p>\n<p>Harrison, C. (2013). <em>Teachers\u2019 Construction <\/em><em>of Expectations and Adaptation of Practice in Response to Academic \u201cTracks\u201d and Performance Labels. <\/em>Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association in San Francisco, CA, April 28-May 1, 2013.<em><span style=\"color: #800000\"> <a style=\"color: #800000\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn-dev.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-my-dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2353\/2017\/02\/Teachers%E2%80%99-Construction-of-Expectations-and-Adaptation-of-Practice-in-Response-to-Academic-%E2%80%9CTracks%E2%80%9D-and-Performance-Labels.pdf\">View paper<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Iatarola, P.\u00a0 &amp; Gao, N.\u00a0 (2015). <em>High School Accountability: Early Evidence from Florida<\/em>.\u00a0 Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Education Finance and Policy in Washington, DC, February 26-28, 2015. <em><span style=\"color: #800000\"><a style=\"color: #800000\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn-dev.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-my-dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2353\/2017\/02\/High-School-Accountability-Early-Evidence-from-Florida.pdf\">View paper<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Iatarola, P. &amp; Kim, T.H. (2016) <em>Unpacking Dual Enrollment in Broward County Public High Schools<\/em>. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association of Education Finance and Policy in Denver, CO, March 17-19, 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Iatarola, P. &amp; Kim, T.H. (2014).\u00a0 <em>High <\/em><em>school peer<\/em><em> and teacher effects \u2013 AP exams:\u00a0 The case of Broward County Public Schools.<\/em> Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management in Albuquerque, NM, November 6-8, 2014.<\/p>\n<p>Iatarola, P., Rutledge, S.\u00a0 A., Kim, T.\u00a0 H., &amp; Brown, S.\u00a0 (2015).\u00a0<em>Assigning Rigor High School Courses: A Mixed Methods Analysis. \u00a0<\/em>Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Education Finance and Policy in Washington, D. C., February 26-28, 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Kim, T.H. (2016) <em>The Effects <\/em><em>of Class Scheduling on Class Size Reduction and Student Achievement<\/em>. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association of Education Finance and Policy in Denver, CO, March 17-19, 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Osborne-Lampkin, L., Rutledge, S. A., &amp; Vineyard, B. (2012). <em>Balancing High-Stakes Accountability <\/em><em>Policies in Florida\u2019s Schools. <\/em>Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Education Finance and Policy in Boston, MA, March, 2012.<\/p>\n<p>Roberts, R., &amp; Rutledge, S., (2013). <em>Understanding Human Agency in Students and School Personnel\u2019s Perceptions of Personalization for Academic and Social Learning. <\/em>Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association in San Francisco, CA, April 28-May 1, 2013. <em><span style=\"color: #800000\"><a style=\"color: #800000\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn-dev.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-my-dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2353\/2017\/02\/Understanding-Human-Agency-in-Students-and-School-Personnel%E2%80%99s-Perceptions-of-Personalization-for-Academic-and-Social-Learning.pdf\">View paper<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Rutledge, S. A., Cohen-Vogel, L., &amp; Osborne-Lampkin, L. (2012). <em>Identifying the Characteristics of Effective High Schools: Report from Year One of the National Center on Scaling Up Effective Schools<\/em>. Nashville, TN: National Center on Scaling Up Effective Schools. <em><span style=\"color: #800000\"><a style=\"color: #800000\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn-dev.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-my-dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2353\/2017\/02\/Identifying-the-Characteristics-of-Effective-High-Schools-.pdf\">View paper<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Rutledge, S. A., Iatarola, P., Brown, S., &amp; Kim, T. H. (2014).\u00a0 <em>High School Pathways: a Mixed Methods Analysis of Student Course-Taking<\/em>.\u00a0 Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Education Finance and Policy in San Antonio, TX, March 13-15, 2014.<\/p>\n<p>Rutledge, S.A., Rose Socol, A., Harrison, C., Brown, S. &amp; Preston, C.\u00a0 (2016). 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R., Allen, D., Wang, Q.\u00a0 (2015). \u201c<em>After <\/em><em>I graduate?&#8221;: Student Perceptions of College and Career Preparation in Urban High Schools. \u00a0<\/em>Paper accepted for presentation at the Critical Questions in Education Conference.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our work in our partner districts begin with deeply understanding, through rigorous research, what distinguishes higher and lower performing high schools in the district. We found that the key features of effective high schools were slightly different in our two partner districts. 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