Faculty Books and Book Chapters
ResearchID
Michael Simonson 0000-0003-3478-7879
Document Type
Report
Publication Date
1-1-1994
Description
Financial conditions and new demands suggest that Iowa school districts will continually struggle to satisfy state and community needs. Given this situation and districts' opportunities for seeking alternative arrangements, the recent trend in school closings and district reorganization is likely to continue through the year 2000. This study examines how district reorganization or whole-grade sharing at the high school level affects perceptions of educational quality. The study focuses on the perceptions of students, teachers, parents, and citizens from selected pairs of Iowa school districts that have reo'ganized or are participating in whole-grade sharing arrangements. A total of 25 representative sites participated. Results indicated that time duration, size, and structural changes had little effect on perceptions of quality or perceptions of school closing effects. Closing a high school was perceived as positively influencing academic programs and participation in extracurricular activities. Reorganization and whole grade sh,:ing were seen as positively affecting school quality, in general, and course offerings and technological access, in particular. Included are a bibliography of 26 references and several appendices containing lists of participating school districts, survey instruments, return rate tables, and means tables.
Publisher
Research Institute for Studies in Education
City
Ames, IA
First Page
1
Last Page
242
Disciplines
Education
NSUWorks Citation
Kemis, Mari and Simonson, Michael R., "Perceptions of educational quality following a school closing" (1994). Faculty Books and Book Chapters. 28.
https://nsuworks.nova.edu/fse_facbooks/28
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