Strategies for Closing Achievement Gaps
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article: http://www.nea.org/home/13550.htm
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After you examine the data for your school or district, you can begin to identify the best strategies for you to use for closing the gaps. As you discuss these …
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Identify and discuss how you, as a school counselor/consultant, and member of a school-wide improvement team, could implement specific strategies that are found in this article. Use examples as needed and use relevant theory, from your readings (for example: Chapter 2, in your textbook) to support your opinion.
Submit your response as a paper (the main body should be at least 2 pages), typed and double spaced. APA format (including the title page, abstract, main body and references) is required (please see resource link and Sample Paper in APA Format below)
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The paper outlines the comprehensive strategies that can be implemented within the school to close achievement gaps. The strategies outlined include supportive schools and access to qualified staff based on their capabilities to close the gaps thus achieving the desirable objectives efficiently. The contingency theory of decision making will be inherently used for the implementation of the beneficial approaches. The theory present the aspects of importance of quality decision making and its subsequent acceptance, the amount of crucial information being possessed by both the leader and the subordinates, the likelihood of the student to accept the proposed decision or their cooperation in the adoption of the strategies and the amount……………….