Written for school leaders, this hands-on guide to improving student outcomes and schoolwide performance clearly outlines 50 strategies to achieve high-performing schools. Emphasizing a focus on educational equity for all students, the authors organize the 50 ways for improvement around six critical standards:



establish a well-crafted, focused, valid, and clear curriculum to direct teaching;


provide assessments aligned to the curriculum;


align program and instructional resources to the curriculum and provide student equality and equity;


use a mastery learning approach and effective teaching strategies;


establish curriculum expectations, monitoring, and accountability;


institute effective district and school planning, staff development, resource allocations, and provide for a quality learning environment.