Date of Award
6-1-2010
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Organizational Unit
Morgridge College of Education
First Advisor
Kent Seidel, Ph.D.
Second Advisor
Nicholas Cutforth
Third Advisor
George Straface
Fourth Advisor
Douglas Allen
Keywords
Achievement gap, Race and ethnicity in education, Educator selection process
Abstract
In the spring of 2008, Dwight Jones, Commissioner of the Colorado Department of Education, invited six Colorado school districts to partner with the department and an outside provider to close their achievement gaps in reading and math between minority and poverty students and White students and non-poverty students. Districts were invited to partner based on an achievement gap that exceeded the state‟s average gap in reading and math, and its perceived leadership capacity to initiate change.
This study examined the process the six districts used to select a provider to assist in closing its achievement gap. The multi-case study analyzed the districts‟ processes for selecting a provider using interviews and a review of documents obtained from the Colorado Department of Education.
Results from this study concluded: there was little difference in the process districts used to select its provider; individual and district experiences working with providers influenced the district‟s choice of a provider; providers selected had to be a “fit” for the district; provider self-reporting did influence the choice of a provider, however, not all categories of self-reporting were as important as others in the selection of a provider; and there was a significant variation in the number of stakeholders the district involved in the final selection of the provider.
Publication Statement
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Rights Holder
Dianna Rae Hulbert
Provenance
Received from ProQuest
File Format
application/pdf
Language
en
File Size
153 p.
Recommended Citation
Hulbert, Dianna Rae, "Process for Selecting an Outside Provider for the Closing the Achievement Gap Project" (2010). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 298.
https://digitalcommons.du.edu/etd/298
Copyright date
2010
Discipline
Educational leadership, Educational administration