Classroom Instruction in
Achievers Grantee High Schools
A Baseline Report
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Prepared for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
June 2003
Fouts & Associates, L.L.C.
Fouts & Associates, L.L.C.
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Classroom Instruction in
Achievers Grantee High Schools
A Baseline Report
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Carol J. Brown
Jeffrey T. Fouts
Fouts & Associates, L.L.C.
Acknowledgments
We must acknowledge the contributions of all of the teachers who opened their
classrooms for our observation visits. Without their cooperation, no such research
project could be conducted. We also want to acknowledge the hard work and
contributions of Amy Rojan and Susan Gilbert, who, under the leadership of Carol
Brown, conducted the observations in classrooms all over Washington State.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
INTRODUCTION: THE CREATION OF HIGH ACHIEVEMENT
SCHOOLS .......................................................................................................... 1
DESIGN OF THE STUDY .......................................................................... 3
The Teaching Attributes Observation Protocol............................ 3
Observer Training .................................................................................. 7
Selection of Schools and Classrooms ............................................... 8
General Procedures ................................................................................ 8
RESULTS ...................