Global Best Practices
Global Best Practices
An Internationally Benchmarked Self-Assessment Tool for Secondary Learning
A New England Secondary School Consortium Resource
As the lead coordinator of the New England Secondary School Consortium, the Great Schools Partnership provides grant administration, logistical support, strategic planning, group facilitation, and school-change expertise to the Consortium states and partners, while also working to connect educational policy and school leadership to proven, research-based practices that improve student aspirations, achievement, and outcomes. As part of this work, we helped the Consortium create Global Best Practices, a comprehensive tool that distills research on the world's highest performing school systems and makes it more accessible for today's busy educators.
GLOBAL BEST PRACTICES [print version]
GLOBAL BEST PRACTICES [editable PDF version]
Developed for the New England Secondary School Consortium, Global Best Practices: An Internationally Benchmarked Self-Assessment Tool for Secondary Learning is a practical, action-oriented self-assessment tool for secondary schools. The tool grew out of a recognition that national borders no longer define the knowledge, skills, and habits of mind that students need for success, and that New England's high schools may need assistance reviewing learning standards, organizational structures, leadership models, teaching strategies, professional development, and student outcomes in relation to research on high-performing educational systems and research-based practices. Global Best Practices offers schools a practical, step-by-step process they can follow to assess their relative performance in critical areas and shape their school-improvement plans.
GLOBAL BEST PRACTICES RESEARCH SUMMARY
During the development of Global Best Practices, an abundance of research studies on effective secondary schooling, both in the United States and abroad, were consulted. In the effort to balance inclusiveness and focus, this summary presents two main types of research: [1] meta-analyses and comprehensive projects that distill useful findings from a wide range of existing research, and [2] focused investigations conducted by individuals or organizations that represent a coherent body of research in a particular area. Our hope is that this research summary will not only become an indispensable companion to the tool, but that it will serve to stimulate self-reflection and professional inquiry in secondary schools across New England.
Global Best Practices
An Internationally Benchmarked Self-Assessment Tool for Secondary Learning
A New England Secondary School Consortium Resource
As the lead coordinator of the New England Secondary School Consortium, the Great Schools Partnership provides grant administration, logistical support, strategic planning, group facilitation, and school-change expertise to the Consortium states and partners, while also working to connect educational policy and school leadership to proven, research-based practices that improve student aspirations, achievement, and outcomes. As part of this work, we helped the Consortium create Global Best Practices, a comprehensive tool that distills research on the world's highest performing school systems and makes it more accessible for today's busy educators.
GLOBAL BEST PRACTICES [print version]
GLOBAL BEST PRACTICES [editable PDF version]
Developed for the New England Secondary School Consortium, Global Best Practices: An Internationally Benchmarked Self-Assessment Tool for Secondary Learning is a practical, action-oriented self-assessment tool for secondary schools. The tool grew out of a recognition that national borders no longer define the knowledge, skills, and habits of mind that students need for success, and that New England's high schools may need assistance reviewing learning standards, organizational structures, leadership models, teaching strategies, professional development, and student outcomes in relation to research on high-performing educational systems and research-based practices. Global Best Practices offers schools a practical, step-by-step process they can follow to assess their relative performance in critical areas and shape their school-improvement plans.
GLOBAL BEST PRACTICES RESEARCH SUMMARY
During the development of Global Best Practices, an abundance of research studies on effective secondary schooling, both in the United States and abroad, were consulted. In the effort to balance inclusiveness and focus, this summary presents two main types of research: [1] meta-analyses and comprehensive projects that distill useful findings from a wide range of existing research, and [2] focused investigations conducted by individuals or organizations that represent a coherent body of research in a particular area. Our hope is that this research summary will not only become an indispensable companion to the tool, but that it will serve to stimulate self-reflection and professional inquiry in secondary schools across New England.