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Hope but No Miracle Cures: Michigan’s Early Restructuring Lessons

November 14, 2005

Updated: November 14, 2005

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The Center on Education Policy (CEP) studies affects of the Federal funding of schooling under the No Child Left Behind program. CEP reports that 85% of the 133 previously failing then restructured schools in Michigan performed well enough on the state’s assessment to make adequate yearly progress (AYP), and 20% of the restructured schools exited out of the NCLB school improvement process altogether because they had made AYP for two consecutive years. The Center’s analysis also found that schools implementing four or more school improvement strategies were more likely to make AYP. CEP offers other reports about various schooling and education topics.

Robert Heiny http://www.robertheiny.com

Robert W. Heiny, Ph.D. is a retired professor, social scientist, and business partner with previous academic appointments as a public school classroom teacher, senior faculty, or senior research member, and administrator. Appointments included at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Peabody College and the Kennedy Center now of Vanderbilt University; and Brandeis University. Dr. Heiny also served as Director of the Montana Center on Disabilities. His peer reviewed contributions to education include publication in The Encyclopedia of Education (1971), and in professional journals and conferences. He served s an expert reviewer of proposals to USOE, and on a team that wrote plans for 12 state-wide and multistate special education and preschools programs. He currently writes user guides for educators and learners as well as columns for TuxReports.com.

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