Model
name |
CPS Intervention
|
Community
for learning |
Expiditionary
Learning Outward Bound |
High Schools That Work
|
School Development (Comer model)
|
Talent Development High School
|
Year
founded |
2000
|
1990
|
1992
|
1998
|
1968
|
1994
|
Participating high schools, 2001-01
|
5
|
18
|
30
|
1,250
|
26
|
35
|
Time to complete reform |
1 year*
|
3 to 5 years
|
3 to 5 years
|
5 years
|
4 to 5 years
|
2 to 3 years
|
New staff |
Yes |
Yes |
Optional
1 coordinator |
Optional
1 coordinator |
Yes |
Yes |
Professional development days per year |
10 to 13
|
12 to 14
|
25
|
4 to 12
|
10
|
12 to 19
|
Requires teacher approval |
No
|
Yes
by consensus |
Yes
80% approval |
Yes
80% approval |
No
|
Yes
80% approval |
Teachers have input |
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Community has input |
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Approximate cost to school** |
$700,000 |
$82,000 to $157,000
|
$30,000 to
|
$3000 to $48,000
|
$32,000 to
|
$57,000 to
|
Assessment measures |
Principal observes teacher five times; evaluates for competence in first year.
|
Confidential teacher observations by program staff or the school’s facilitator.
|
Students, teacers and schools keep portfolios, which are reviewed every year.
|
Mandated state, local and NAEP exams every other year; bi-annual student, teacher opinion surveys
|
Schools self-assess based on agreed upon standards; national database tracks progress.
|
Based on year 1 benchmarks, annual review of test scores and promotion, attendance and suspension rates.
|
Find More information |
JoAnn Roberts |
Michelle Welborn Temple University
|
Scott Gill |
Scott Warren, Beth Smith Southern Regional Education Board |
Vivian Loseth |
James McPartland
Johns Hopkins University (410) 516-8803 |
*At this point, CPS has made no commitments beyond the 2000-2001 school year. Sources: American Federation of Teachers, American Institutes for Research |