Using Equity Audits to Create Equitable and Excellent Schools

Linda E. Skrla - Texas A&M University, USA
Kathryn B. McKenzie - Texas A&M University, College Station & California State University, Stanislaus - Professor Emerita
James Joseph Scheurich - Indiana University - Purdue University, Indianapolis, USA
Using Equity Audits to Create Equitable and Excellent Schools
May 2009 | 152 pages | Corwin
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Use the power of equity audits to help eliminate achievement gaps and educational bias!

If you've heard about equity audits but aren't really sure how to use them in your school, you are not alone. This resource, written by well-known authors and experts in the areas of equity and achievement, expands school leaders' understanding of how to interpret data in order to make equity audits work and provides practical, easy-to-implement strategies for using this school assessment approach to help ensure a high-quality education for all students, regardless of socio-economic class.

Grounded solidly in theory, this book demonstrates how audits can help not only in developing fair programs that provide all students with the opportunity to reach their potential but also for hiring, training, and retaining good teachers. Readers will discover how to remedy inequalities in student achievement by using:

  • A set of "inequity indicators" for evaluating schools, generating essential data, and identifying problem areas
  • The NCLB Act in a positive way to create equity
  • Nine skill sets for improved equity-oriented teaching
  • Charts, graphs, and support materials that can be customized for specific settings

Ideal for helping principals develop school-based equity audits with confidence, Using Equity Audits to Create Equitable and Excellent Schools can also be used by superintendents to increase equity awareness at the district level.

Contents

Foreword by Judith Richardson

Foreword by Judith Richardson

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments

About the Authors

About the Authors

Part I. Background and Context for Equity Audits

  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The Case for Systemic Equity
  • 3. History and Overview of Equity Audits

Part II. The Equity Audit Process for Schools and Districts

  • 4. Teacher Quality Equity
  • 5. Programmatic Equity
  • 6. Achievement Equity
  • 7. Equity Audits at the School District Level

Part III. Equity Audit Follow-Up Actions and Strategies

  • 8. Becoming an Equity-Oriented Change Agent
  • 9. Increasing Equity Consciousness
  • 10. Developing High-Quality Teaching Skills
  • 11. Avoiding Equity Traps and Developing Equity Skills
  • 12. Conclusion
  • References
  • Index

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Description

Use the power of equity audits to help eliminate achievement gaps and educational bias!

If you've heard about equity audits but aren't really sure how to use them in your school, you are not alone. This resource, written by well-known authors and experts in the areas of equity and achievement, expands school leaders' understanding of how to interpret data in order to make equity audits work and provides practical, easy-to-implement strategies for using this school assessment approach to help ensure a high-quality education for all students, regardless of socio-economic class.

Grounded solidly in theory, this book demonstrates how audits can help not only in developing fair programs that provide all students with the opportunity to reach their potential but also for hiring, training, and retaining good teachers. Readers will discover how to remedy inequalities in student achievement by using:

  • A set of "inequity indicators" for evaluating schools, generating essential data, and identifying problem areas
  • The NCLB Act in a positive way to create equity
  • Nine skill sets for improved equity-oriented teaching
  • Charts, graphs, and support materials that can be customized for specific settings

Ideal for helping principals develop school-based equity audits with confidence, Using Equity Audits to Create Equitable and Excellent Schools can also be used by superintendents to increase equity awareness at the district level.

Contents

Foreword by Judith Richardson

Foreword by Judith Richardson

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments

About the Authors

About the Authors

Part I. Background and Context for Equity Audits

  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The Case for Systemic Equity
  • 3. History and Overview of Equity Audits

Part II. The Equity Audit Process for Schools and Districts

  • 4. Teacher Quality Equity
  • 5. Programmatic Equity
  • 6. Achievement Equity
  • 7. Equity Audits at the School District Level

Part III. Equity Audit Follow-Up Actions and Strategies

  • 8. Becoming an Equity-Oriented Change Agent
  • 9. Increasing Equity Consciousness
  • 10. Developing High-Quality Teaching Skills
  • 11. Avoiding Equity Traps and Developing Equity Skills
  • 12. Conclusion
  • References
  • Index

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Use the power of equity audits to help eliminate achievement gaps and educational bias!

If you've heard about equity audits but aren't really sure how to use them in your school, you are not alone. This resource, written by well-known authors and experts in the areas of equity and achievement, expands school leaders' understanding of how to interpret data in order to make equity audits work and provides practical, easy-to-implement strategies for using this school assessment approach to help ensure a high-quality education for all students, regardless of socio-economic class.

Grounded solidly in theory, this book demonstrates how audits can help not only in developing fair programs that provide all students with the opportunity to reach their potential but also for hiring, training, and retaining good teachers. Readers will discover how to remedy inequalities in student achievement by using:

  • A set of "inequity indicators" for evaluating schools, generating essential data, and identifying problem areas
  • The NCLB Act in a positive way to create equity
  • Nine skill sets for improved equity-oriented teaching
  • Charts, graphs, and support materials that can be customized for specific settings

Ideal for helping principals develop school-based equity audits with confidence, Using Equity Audits to Create Equitable and Excellent Schools can also be used by superintendents to increase equity awareness at the district level.


Table Of Contents:

  • Foreword by Judith Richardson
  • Acknowledgments
  • About the Authors
  • Part I. Background and Context for Equity Audits
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The Case for Systemic Equity
  • 3. History and Overview of Equity Audits
  • Part II. The Equity Audit Process for Schools and Districts
  • 4. Teacher Quality Equity
  • 5. Programmatic Equity
  • 6. Achievement Equity
  • 7. Equity Audits at the School District Level
  • Part III. Equity Audit Follow-Up Actions and Strategies
  • 8. Becoming an Equity-Oriented Change Agent
  • 9. Increasing Equity Consciousness
  • 10. Developing High-Quality Teaching Skills
  • 11. Avoiding Equity Traps and Developing Equity Skills
  • 12. Conclusion
  • References
  • Index

Recent Product Reviews:

Students are assigned to conduct equity audits as a major course assignment
Dr Sylvia Mendez-Morse, Education Dept, Texas Technology University
"A good first step for school leaders looking to address inequalities in their schools. I particularly like the authors’ recognition that to conduct an equity audit is not enough—one needs to become an equity-oriented change agent."
Tonya Gau Bartell, Assistant Professor, University of Delaware
"Achieving equity in our schools is not something we have to do for NCLB; it is something we must do for our kids! This book frames this task, tells us who can make it happen, and shows us how to do it."
Nic Cooper, Director of Secondary Student Services, Union School, Saline, MI
"A myriad of ideas and suggestions that can be used on a small scale in a small school or department, or on a large scale throughout a district. The book is unique in my experience and makes a definite contribution. The chapter on developing teacher skills is the best and most useful account I’ve encountered in recent memory, and the entire premise of the book has the potential to raise the level of discourse on issues of equity in our schools, as well as what we can do to make schools better."
Mary Johnstone, Principal, Rabbit Creek Elementary School, Anchorage, AK
"The book offers many wonderful strategies and suggestions. It allows leaders to institute analysis and change in a very effective manner."
Lawrence Kohn, Associate Professor, Sam Houston State University

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