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Publications

  • View Publications by Category:
  • Culturally Responsive Practice (10),
  • English Learners (4),
  • Performance Assessment (11),
  • Personalized Learning (3),
  • Pilot Schools (12),
  • Research and Policy (21),
  • Turning Points Guides (11)

Publications

At CCE, publications—including articles, papers, guides, and research reports—are a key strategy to identifying gaps in opportunity, access, and outcomes for traditionally underserved student populations, and a valuable means of communicating new information and perspectives on how to improve public education. Below you will find a selection of our recent publications. 

Guide

The Essential Guide to Pilot Schools: Overview

2006

Category: Pilot Schools

The Overview guide explains the essentials of Pilot Schools: autonomy, accountability, small size, and a commitment to equity. It includes data on Pilot Schools, how Pilot Schools fit into the school reform context, and the power of the Pilot Schools Network. 

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Study

Boston Community Leadership Academy: Pilot School Story of Transformation and Results

January 2006

Categories: Pilot Schools, Research and Policy

This case study highlights one low performing Boston public school that decided to become a Pilot School and transformed itself over a period of two years, becoming one of Boston’s more desirable high schools.

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Study

Progress and Promise: Results from the Boston Pilot Schools

January 2006

Categories: Pilot Schools, Research and Policy

This study provides an overview of the success of Boston Pilot schools in the areas of academic performance and engagement. 

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Guide

Understanding Learning: Assessment in the Turning Points School

2005

Category: Turning Points Guides

This guide provides a framework for thinking about classroom assessment in the middle grades, and challenges the paradigm of standardized tests.

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Report

How are Boston Pilot Schools Students Faring? Student Demographics, Engagement, and Performance, 1997 -2003

March 2004

This report examines the efficacy of the Boston Pilot Schools through quantitative indicators of student demographics, student engagement, and student performance.

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Report

How Pilot Schools Authentically Assess Student Mastery

January 2004

This report documents how member schools of the Boston Pilot Schools Network use authentic assessments to understand what their students know and can do.

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Report

Creating Schools That Work: Lessons for Reform from Successful Urban High Schools

November 2003

Historically, urban high schools have proven to be the most challenging educational institutions in which to affect lasting reform. Yet policymakers and practitioners in Massachusetts have had insufficient evidence to guide their decision making on the conditions that work to improve student achievement at this level. This report explores this critical issue and generates discussion around possible strategies for leveraging best practices used in Massachusetts urban high schools that are improving.

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Quality Performance Assessment: A Guide for Schools and Districts

Quality Performance Assessment: A Guide for Schools and Districts, published by CCE in 2012, looks at the process of making performance assessments that are rigorous, valid, and reliable and, at the same time, relevant and engaging for students. The guide leads readers through the process by using tools, protocols, and case studies that showcase various entry points and experiences of the school.

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