Title
Leadership practices to increase equity through closing intraschool achievement gaps
Document Type
Article
Abstract
This convergent parallel exploratory mixed methods study examined the degree to which purposefully selected schools closed intraschool achievement gaps while exploring educator beliefs and practices regarding the implementation of gap-closing strategies. Student achievement data revealed achievement rising and gaps closing between the intervention subgroups and their peers in different ways at the school sites. Interviews with school principals and focus groups with teachers suggested that the process of attempting to close the gaps resulted in the transformation of practices and beliefs of teachers and principals. Merged quantitative and qualitative results revealed new perspectives to inform subsequent study phases.
Repository Citation
Braun, Donna; Billups, Felice D.; and Gable, Robert K., "Leadership practices to increase equity through closing intraschool achievement gaps" (2017). Education Department Faculty Publications & Research. 2.
https://scholarsarchive.jwu.edu/edu_fac/2
Citation/Publisher Attribution
Braun, D., Billups, F. D., & Gable, R. K. (2017). Equity-oriented leadership: Leadership practices to increase equity through closing intraschool achievement gaps. Journal of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, 1(1).