It’s Only Part of the Story

The Fallacy of Improved Outcome Data in New York City’s Effort to Make Its High Schools Small

Datos Bibliográficos

ID9729863
AutoresJessica Shiller (0000-0001-6485-429X, City University of New York, autor de correspondencia)
Año2010
Volumen42
Número3
Páginas247-268
Fecha de publicación2010-03-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaEducation and Urban Society (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0013-1245 • E-ISSN: 1552-3535
EditorialSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0013124509356517
OpenAlexW2001970892
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas3
Referencias citadas19

This article examines a recent reform effort that has opened hundreds of small high schools in poor urban communities in New York City, The New Century Schools Initiative (NCSI). Outcome data have shown that NCSI has dramatically increased graduation rates among poor students and students of color. However, an ethnographic study of the instructional practices at 3 NCSI high schools revealed that these schools are struggling to maintain high expectations and to prepare their students for higher education. In a climate that prioritizes outcome data, these challenges are obscured. Consequently, this article argues that urban school reform focus its efforts on improving instructional practice so to truly make sustainable improvements in the education of poor students

Curriculum · Economics · Ethnography · Fallacy · Graduation (instrument · Medical education · Outcome (game theory · Outcome-based education · Pedagogy · Political science · Sociology · Critical Race Theory in Education · Engineering · Medicine · Psychology · School Choice and Performance · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies

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