Description
Book SynopsisUse 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 evaluat
Trade Review
"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
"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
"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
"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
"Concise, coherent, thought provoking, inspiring, and a true call to action. The authors have set before us rich food for thought, dialogue, and action in very few pages of text!" -- Judith A. Rogers, Professional Learning Specialist
"An excellent book for training those seeking administrative certification. The material is well-documented, useful for improving teacher quality, and a good guidebook for providing insights to reducing bias and prejudice in all aspects of academia. Succinct, useful, adaptable, and practical." -- Sara E. Spruce, Professor of Education
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
