Research+Paper+Resource+Evaluation


 * RESOURCE EVALUATION **
 * A. P. English Final Project **
 * 50 pts. ** [[file:RESOURCE EVALUATION AP Turnaround[1].doc]]

__ Title: __ __ Author: __ __ Type of document: __ __ Publisher: __ __ Date of publication: __ __ Place of publication: __ __ Periodical: __ __ Web address: __ __ Pages: __ 1. Main Idea-Identify the author’s main idea or thesis:
 * Resource 1:**

2. Evidence-Important facts, details, or examples about your topic:

3. What does it mean to turn a school around? Who decides when a school should be turned around?

4. What criteria are used to determine if a school should be turned around?

5. What factors unrelated to education may be contributing to the decision to turn around schools?

6. Are certain schools more likely to be targeted for turn around than others?

7. What evidence is there that turning around schools improves student performance?

8. What evidence is there that turning around schools does not work?

9. What are some alternative methods to improve student achievement?

10. How are schools funded? What is the relationship between the funding a school receives and student achievement?

11. What affect do 20 day cuts and teacher layoffs have on student academic success?

12. Are standardized tests a good indication of a student’s academic achievement? Why or why not?

13. Are students’ low test scores on standardized tests due to bad teachers? Why or why not?

14. What other factors may be contributing to students’ poor performance on standardized tests?

15. What is selective enrollment? How might this practice hinder neighborhood schools’ academic performance?

16. How does school turnaround affect students? Teachers? The community?

17. Quotation-Choose a quotation that you could use in your paper. Page #

18. Explanation of quote-Explain what the quote means in your own words.

__ Title: __ __ Author: __ __ Type of document: __ __ Publisher: __ __ Date of publication: __ __ Place of publication: __ __ Periodical: __ __ Web address: __ __ Pages: __ 1. Main Idea-Identify the author’s main idea or thesis:
 * Resource 2:**

2. Evidence-Important facts, details, or examples about your topic:

3. What does it mean to turn a school around? Who decides when a school should be turned around?

4. What criteria are used to determine if a school should be turned around?

5. What factors unrelated to education may be contributing to the decision to turn around schools?

6. Are certain schools more likely to be targeted for turn around than others?

7. What evidence is there that turning around schools improves student performance?

8. What evidence is there that turning around schools does not work?

9. What are some alternative methods to improve student achievement?

10. How are schools funded? What is the relationship between the funding a school receives and student achievement?

11. What affect do 20 day cuts and teacher layoffs have on student academic success?

12. Are standardized tests a good indication of a student’s academic achievement? Why or why not?

13. Are students’ low test scores on standardized tests due to bad teachers? Why or why not?

14. What other factors may be contributing to students’ poor performance on standardized tests?

15. What is selective enrollment? How might this practice hinder neighborhood schools’ academic performance?

16. How does school turnaround affect students? Teachers? The community?

17. Quotation-Choose a quotation that you could use in your paper. Page #

18. Explanation of quote-Explain what the quote means in your own words.

__ Title: __ __ Author: __ __ Type of document: __ __ Publisher: __ __ Date of publication: __ __ Place of publication: __ __ Periodical: __ __ Web address: __ __ Pages: __ 1. Main Idea-Identify the author’s main idea or thesis:
 * Resource 3:**

2. Evidence-Important facts, details, or examples about your topic:

3. What does it mean to turn a school around? Who decides when a school should be turned around?

4. What criteria are used to determine if a school should be turned around?

5. What factors unrelated to education may be contributing to the decision to turn around schools?

6. Are certain schools more likely to be targeted for turn around than others?

7. What evidence is there that turning around schools improves student performance?

8. What evidence is there that turning around schools does not work?

9. What are some alternative methods to improve student achievement?

10. How are schools funded? What is the relationship between the funding a school receives and student achievement?

11. What affect do 20 day cuts and teacher layoffs have on student academic success?

12. Are standardized tests a good indication of a student’s academic achievement? Why or why not?

13. Are students’ low test scores on standardized tests due to bad teachers? Why or why not?

14. What other factors may be contributing to students’ poor performance on standardized tests?

15. What is selective enrollment? How might this practice hinder neighborhood schools’ academic performance?

16. How does school turnaround affect students? Teachers? The community?

17. Quotation-Choose a quotation that you could use in your paper. Page #

18. Explanation of quote-Explain what the quote means in your own words.

**Resource 4:** Title: Author: Type of document: Publisher: Date of publication: Place of publication: Periodical: Web address: Pages:

__1__. Main Idea-Identify the author’s main idea or thesis:

2. Evidence-Important facts, details, or examples about your topic:

3. What does it mean to turn a school around? Who decides when a school should be turned around?

4. What criteria are used to determine if a school should be turned around?

5. What factors unrelated to education may be contributing to the decision to turn around schools?

6. Are certain schools more likely to be targeted for turn around than others?

7. What evidence is there that turning around schools improves student performance?

__8__. What evidence is there that turning around schools does not work?

9. What are some alternative methods to improve student achievement?

10. How are schools funded? What is the relationship between the funding a school receives and student achievement?

11. What affect do 20 day cuts and teacher layoffs have on student academic success?

12. Are standardized tests a good indication of a student’s academic achievement? Why or why not?

13. Are students’ low test scores on standardized tests due to bad teachers? Why or why not?

14. What other factors may be contributing to students’ poor performance on standardized tests?

15. What is selective enrollment? How might this practice hinder neighborhood schools’ academic performance?

16. How does school turnaround affect students? Teachers? The community?

17. Quotation-Choose a quotation that you could use in your paper. Page #

18. Explanation of quote-Explain what the quote means in your own words.

__ Title: __ __ Author: __ __ Type of document: __ __ Publisher: __ __ Date of publication: __ __ Place of publication: __ __ Periodical: __ __ Web address: __ __ Pages: __ 1. Main Idea-Identify the author’s main idea or thesis:
 * Resource 5:**

2. Evidence-Important facts, details, or examples about your topic:

3. What does it mean to turn a school around? Who decides when a school should be turned around?

4. What criteria are used to determine if a school should be turned around?

5. What factors unrelated to education may be contributing to the decision to turn around schools?

6. Are certain schools more likely to be targeted for turn around than others?

7. What evidence is there that turning around schools improves student performance?

8. What evidence is there that turning around schools does not work?

9. What are some alternative methods to improve student achievement?

10. How are schools funded? What is the relationship between the funding a school receives and student achievement?

11. What affect do 20 day cuts and teacher layoffs have on student academic success?

12. Are standardized tests a good indication of a student’s academic achievement? Why or why not?

13. Are students’ low test scores on standardized tests due to bad teachers? Why or why not?

14. What other factors may be contributing to students’ poor performance on standardized tests?

15. What is selective enrollment? How might this practice hinder neighborhood schools’ academic performance?

16. How does school turnaround affect students? Teachers? The community?

17. Quotation-Choose a quotation that you could use in your paper. Page #

18. Explanation of quote-Explain what the quote means in your own words.

Title: Author: Type of document: Publisher: Date of publication: Place of publication: Periodical: Web address: Pages:
 * For Resources 6 & 7 you must use a visual document to analyze.** Examples of visual documents include pictures or photographs, maps, charts, graphs, political cartoons, advertisements, related art, etc.
 * Resource 6:**

__Describe the visual documentation.__

How does this visual document relate to the subject of school turnaround?

How could you use it to support your position?


 * __Resource 7:__**

Title: Author: Type of document: Publisher: Date of publication: Place of publication: Periodical: Web address: Pages: __

Describe the visual documentation.

How does this visual document relate to the subject of school turnaround?

How could you use it to support your position?