8/20/2019 Dr. William Allan Kritsonis, PhD - Dissertation Committee - Margaret Patton - Proposal Power Pt. http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/dr-william-allan-kritsonis-phd-dissertation-committee-margaret-patton 1/42 Factors Influencing Greatness in Economically-Challenged Minority Schools Presented to the W hitlowe R. Green College of Education Prairie iew ! " M #ni$ersity In %artial fulfillment of the re&uirements for the degree of 'octor of Philoso%hy Presented (y Margaret Curette Patton 'issertation Committee William Allan Kritsonis, Chair Camille Gibson, PhD., Member David E. Herrington, PhD., Member Douglas Hermond, PhD., Member June 2!
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8/20/2019 Dr. William Allan Kritsonis, PhD - Dissertation Committee - Margaret Patton - Proposal Power Pt.
/. What uni$ersal distinguishing characteristics%redict that economically-challenged minority+ECM, schools will (e recogni4ed or e*em%laryin the state of )e*as5
6. What %ractices associated with the transitionfrom elementary to middle schools are%redicti$e of student achie$ement in high%erforming economically-challenged minority+ECM, feeder grou%s5
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2 8o high schools met the com(ined criteria for (eing %artof the sam%le.
2 )he selected schools will (e as9ed $oluntarily to ta9e %artin the study through %ur%osi$e sam%ling. 7imitationsinclude small sam%le si4e and inherent (ias among the%artici%ants.
2 )he leadershi% team in the selected schools may ha$ee*%erienced some turno$er o$er the %ast four years.
2 Feeder grou%s are similar (ut not identical in si4e anddemogra%hics due to the $arying %o%ulations of the highachie$ing ECM schools.
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2 ! small num(er of years of data were used for the study+Post-)!0S years,.
2 )he sam%le was selected (ased on the final accounta(ilityrating rather than s%ecific indicators li9e attendance dro%-
out rate and su(grou% test scores.2 )he final sam%le of schools was selected from the same
educational Region in )e*as. )he critical analysisre$ealed that there were a sufficient num(er of high-%erforming feeder grou%s in Region : to %ro$ide am%ledata to answer the research &uestions. )he other tworegions that were included in the selection %rocess did notha$e as many feeder grou%s from which to choose.
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Com%arison schools< Schools that are similar indemogra%hic data< %ercentage of economicallydisad$antaged and minority %o%ulations= schoolsi4e= and cam%us location (ut different in
academic achie$ement scores. For e*am%le>matched %airs? was the terminology used in the
!ri4ona Study @ schools that are ali9e in mostways yet different in the %erformancemeasurement that is of interest +Waits et al.6AAB,.
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Economically-challenged student< ! student whois eligi(le for the 8ational School 7unchProgram free reduced-%rice school lunch< +a,eligi(le for free or reduced-%rice meals under the
8ational School 7unch and Child 8utritionProgram= +(, from a family with annual income ator (elow the federal %o$erty line +e.g. annualincome for a family of three is less thanD66 A,= +c, eligi(le for )em%orary !ssistanceto 8eedy Families or other %u(lic assistance=and +d, eligi(le for (enefits under the FoodStam% !ct of / +McMillion " Ros9a 6AA ,.
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Minority school status< ! measure of the le$el ofhistorically disad$antaged minority studentgrou%s (eing ser$ed in a school. 7ow minorityschools ha$e less than 1H disad$antagedminority students. Medium minority schools ha$e1 to 1AH disad$antaged minority students. ighminority schools ha$e o$er 1AH disad$antagedminority students +Shettle et al. 6AA1,.
Disciplined People2/evel 0 /eaders are self-effacing &uiet reser$ed and e$enshy. )hese leaders are a (lend of %ersonal humility and%rofessional will.
2)he great com%anies made sure to hire the right &eo&le %orthe right &ositions 1 irst Who then What3 (efore setting a$ision or creating the strategy of how to reach the com%anyLsgoal.
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2Each good to great com%any maintained unwa$ering faiththat they would %re$ail in the end no matter the difficultieswhile always "on%ronting the brutal %a"ts of its current reality.
2)he Hedgehog Con"e&t reflects a dee%understanding of those things thatindi$iduals are dee%ly %assionate a(outwhat they can (e the (est in the worldat and what dri$es their economicengine.
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Ma9ing 7iterature Connections What does Good to Great J have to do 4ith E"onomi"all*'Challenged Minorit* +"hools5
In the Keat the Odds Study +6AAB, there were noeasy answers or magic (ullets instead the answercame with the school selecting the most a%%ro%riate%rograms and actions for their %articular %o%ulationand stic9ing with it. >What %erformance re&uires ishard focused %ur%oseful wor9. If diligence%ersistence and commitment are lac9ing ingenuity
and a good %rogram are wasted. It is focus andhard wor9 that matter most.?For more information $isit the Keat the Odds Institute< htt%< www.(eattheoddsinstitute.org inde*.%h%
More of What the 7iterature SaysGood to Great J Edu"ation +e"tor
Disciplined Thought
Hedgehog Con"e&t )rim(le +6AA6, found that high %erforming high %o$erty
schools ha$e (uilt-in criteria for ma9ing decisions. )hese%rocedures are crucial when numerous issues attem%t tocause distractions that could ta9e the cam%us off trac9from their goals.
+ee handout %or thorough literar* s*nthesis on high &er%orming ECM s"hools.
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More of What the 7iterature SaysGood to Great J Edu"ation +e"tor
Disciplined Action
Culture o% dis"i&line
>In the Q(uilt to suitL %aradigm high achie$ing schools went(eyond the (ig %icture that standards %osed to focusing onthe indi$idual %erformance of each child. In essence whatwas %resent was a $ital cycle of instruction assessment andinter$ention.? +Waits 6AAB %. ,
+ee handout %or thorough literar* s*nthesis on high &er%orming ECM s"hools.
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More of What the 7iterature SaysGood to Great J Edu"ation +e"tor
Disciplined Action
(e"hnolog* a""elerators
)he Prichard Re%ort +6AA1, sur%risingly noted that the eighthigh-%erforming schools in their study did not %erform well onthe use of technology. )he findings further suggested thattechnology may not (e a necessary com%onent of attainingsuccess. Effecti$e use of technology may enhance whatsuccessful schools are already doing (ut it is not a crucialingredient.
+ee handout %or thorough literar* s*nthesis on high &er%orming ECM s"hools.
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+"hools sele"ted %or the stud* met the %ollo4ing sam&ling"riteria6
/. Recei$ed an !$e%plar& or Recogni'ed rating for at least two ofthe four years from 2 7'2 $ . Each middle school had to (eassociated with an elementary school that recei$ed a rating ofRecogni4ed or E*em%lary within the same years.
6. Consisted of at least a ()* economically disad$antaged%o%ulation=
. Consisted of at least a ()* minority +!frican !merican andis%anic, %o%ulation.
:. Considered a s%all# %ediu% or large cam%us= and1. 7ocated in or near one of the three largest ur(an areas in )e*as @
+ouston San !ntonio or 'allas Fort Worth.
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/. What do you see as the to% fi$e factors that contri(uted to orcaused the u%ward shift in %erformance during the years 6AA:-6AA +years since )!0S,5
6. 8ow letLs return to those fi$e factors and ILd li9e you to allocate atotal of /AA %oints to those factors according to their o$erallim%ortance to school im%ro$ement +total across all fi$e factorse&uals /AA %oints,.
. Could you %lease ela(orate on the to% two or three factors5 Canyou gi$e me s%ecific e*am%les that illustrate the factor5
:. 'id the school ma9e a conscious decision to initiate a ma;orchange or transition during this time frame5
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