The School Administrator

August 2000Service in an Age of StandardsCan service learning fit when the stakes are high?

Features

Service Learning in an Age of Standards
by TERRY L. PICKERAL AND JUDY BRAY
Whether service can survive as a useful instructional tool may hinge on how it is assessed.
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The Effects of Service Learning
by SHELLEY H. BILLIG
Research on service learning finds that students who help others help themselves academically and socially. Shelley Billig is vice president of RMC Research, Denver, Colo.read more | purchase issue
Service as Systematic Reform
by SHELDON H. BERMAN
How the Hudson, Mass., district uses service learning as a long-term school improvement strategy. Sheldon Berman is the superintendent of the Hudson Public Schools, Hudson, Mass.read more | purchase issue
Costs and Benefits of Service Learning
by ALAN MELCHIOR
A national evaluation finds moderate costs with districtwide programs showing the lowest per-pupil expenses.read more | purchase issue
Community Service: Mandatory or Voluntary?
by DIANE LOUPE
School districts struggle to find the best approach for promoting service by students.read more | purchase issue
Community Connected Learning
by ADRIA STEINBERG
Jobs for the Future develops partnerships to ease student transitions into life beyond high school.read more | purchase issue

Leland L. Dishman

Superintendent, Franklin County School District, Carnesville, Ga.

Focus

Rallying Volunteers to Boost a Bond Referendum by GERALD STOTTS

Superintendent, Wellston City Schools, Wellston, Ohio

Guest Column

Lt. Columbo May Hold the Secret Answer by MARK V. JOYCE

Executive director, New Hampshire School Administrators Association, Penacook, N.H.

Is the Test Score Gap Really Color–Based? by WILLIAM L. BAINBRIDGE

President, SchoolMatch, Westerville, Ohio

Fallacies Worth Fighting by JOHN A. KAUFHOLD

Associate professor of education, Texas A&M University-Kingsville, Department of Education, Kingsville, Texas

President’s Corner

My Pledge of Performance by BENJAMIN O. CANADA

Executive Perspective

A Sense of Direction in the True North by PAUL D. HOUSTON