Improving student learning : applying Deming's quality principles in classrooms

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Personal Author:

Jenkins, Lee

Publication Information:

Milwaukee, Wis. : ASQC Quality Press, 1997

ISBN:

9780873894104

Subject Term:

School improvement programs -- United States

Learning

Total quality management -- United States

Deming, William Edwards, 1900-1993

Educational tests and measurements -- United States

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Author Notes

Lee Jenkins, one of America's most provocative educators, is founder of From LtoJ Consulting Group, Inc., which provides seminars and on-going assistance to educators. He has addressed both international audiences and U.S. educators in school districts and at conferences held by the National School Boards Association, American Association of School Administrators, and National Quality and Education. Previously, Jenkins served as a California superintendent, principal, curriculum developer, and teacher. He taught part-time at numerous universities and full-time at Oregon State University. He holds a Ph.D. in school leadership / curriculum from The Claremont Graduate University.

List of Figures and Tables	p. xv
Preface	p. xix
Acknowledgments	p. xxiii
Introduction to First Edition (With One Slight Addition)	p. xxv
Introduction to Second Edition	p. xxix
Section I Improvement Basics
Chapter 1 An Aim for Education	p. 3
Chapter 2 Improvement Instead of Change	p. 7
Section II Dr. W. Edwards Deming
Chapter 3 Theory of Profound Knowledge	p. 19
System	p. 20
Epistemology	p. 26
Psychology	p. 30
Variation	p. 32
Chapter 4 Dr. Deming's 1992 Advice and the Three Basic Graphs	p. 37
Section III Improving Learning: The Details
Chapter 5 Performance without Rubrics	p. 47
Chapter 6 Performance with Rubrics	p. 57
Chapter 7 Improved Learning of Essential Information	p. 71
Why Square Root?	p. 73
Why Sample?	p. 73
Why Random?	p. 74
How Do Teachers Select the Random Items?	p. 74
Giving the First Quiz	p. 76
What About the Impatient Students Who Want to Know Right Now?	p. 83
Are the Brightest Students Bored?	p. 84
Counting Up the Total Correct	p. 85
Can All Students Make Run (Line) Graphs?	p. 86
What Should Be the Goal?	p. 87
What About Absences and the Resulting Downturns on the Graphs?	p. 88
The Multiplication Tables	p. 90
Insights from Cincinnati	p. 91
Character Education	p. 93
The Energy	p. 93
Review with Spelling Example	p. 93
More Examples	p. 96
Performance versus Essential Information	p. 98
Chapter 8 Special Education and English Language Learners	p. 101
Special Education	p. 101
English Language Learners	p. 107
A Final Note	p. 109
Chapter 9 Monitoring Discipline, Attendance, Late Buses, and Other Time Wasters	p. 111
Chapter 10 What Students Have to Say	p. 117
Chapter 11 How to "Mess Up" Continuous Improvement	p. 121
Section IV Enthusiasm Maintained
Chapter 12 Maintaining (or Restoring) Enthusiasm for Learning	p. 129
Chapter 13 Celebrations versus Rewards and Incentives	p. 141
Section V Beyond the Three Basic Graphs
Chapter 14 The Histogram: High Standards to High Success	p. 147
Chapter 15 Disaggregating the Data	p. 155
Chapter 16 Item Analysis	p. 161
Chapter 17 Quality Tools	p. 167
Section VI Reflection
Chapter 18 A Reflection upon Profound Knowledge	p. 177
Section VII Accountability
Chapter 19 Results on Standardized Tests	p. 181
Chapter 20 School-Wide Improvement	p. 189
Alignment	p. 189
Schoolwide Data	p. 191
Chapter 21 District-Wide Improvement	p. 195
Chapter 22 Control Charts versus Ranking	p. 205
Chapter 23 Gaining Insight from Norm-Referenced Tests	p. 213
Run Chart	p. 214
Scatter Diagram	p. 216
Web Chart	p. 217
Control Chart	p. 220
Histogram	p. 220
The Bottom Line	p. 223
Cohort	p. 224
Pareto Chart	p. 226
Student Charts	p. 227
Chapter 24 The Report Card of the Future is Here	p. 229
Section VIII Conclusion
Chapter 25 Conclusion	p. 237

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