9%). This is not only in Maryland's schools but in others as well.
III. Outcomes Reported in National Reports
The work entitled "Engendering School Improvement Through Strung Instructional Leadership" a study of the Sale Elementary School and Columbus Municipal School District in Columbus, Mississippi, by author Gregory E. Woods states that "effective schooling research identified schooling practices and characteristics were the focus of "the outcomes of measured practices in the classroom in relation to the achievement of and improvement in leadership in the instructional prices of the teachers. Through District-wide effort the school, with a 51.2% African-American population and 48 percentage of other the 5,840 students enrolled passed a 17 million bond for funding reorganization in the district and through efforts such as the school librarian, Virginia Lindsey, who gained a grant for the school for the purchase of two computers and the Macmillan reading program. That in combination with other reading programs such as STARS (Students readings silently) there was a 72% increase of STA reading scores in the percentage in 1992 and 1993 was witness to the spot of the top 75 percentile range.
Summary
It is clear that the school improvement initiatives are showing improvement efforts and outcomes that give validation to the purported 'best practices' in education. "Whole School" improvement or that of "School- and District-Wide implementations inclusive of technological benefits such as email and forum contact of teachers as well as benefits to students are shown effective with positive outcomes. The claims many positive outcomes.
Conclusion
Conversations between teachers "online" via the web and on a National basis reveals the new 'globalization' taking place in education...
Ongoing evaluation of goals and programs are stated as integral for continuing success in school improvement. The importance of instruction in essential subject and skill areas in schools is vital to the initiation, sustenance and maintenance of school improvement.
There will be differential expressions of needs depending on the size, location and other demographical information specific to the school or district however, the certainty is that through implementation of school improvement initiatives the communities to which the school belong become more integrated wand involved than in schools that do not have a strategy or vision in relation to the outcomes of students' education within their community.
The No Child Left Behind Act, which is controversial in relation to the study to many has managed to capture the attention of educators and teachers as well as other stakeholders, and the world at large in general and while all do not believe the No Child Left Behind Act has been to a degree very successful and the outcomes reported very positive ones.
Works Cited
Shaughnessy, Joan M. (2001) Preparing High school Students for the World of Work in a Tech Prep Program - St. Mary's County Public Schools "school Improvement Research Series (SIRS) Online available at5
http://www.nwrel.og/scpd/sirs/9/s036.html.
Woods, Gregory E. (2001) "Engendering School Improvement Through Strung Instructional Leadership" National Institute for Urban School Improvement Commission a study of the Sale Elementary School and Columbus Municipal School District in Columbus, Mississippi.
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