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Download full textSimon, Elaine; Foley, Ellen; Passantino, Claire – 1998
The focus of this report is the way standards are influencing instruction in Philadelphia classrooms and how the various parts of the system are working together to support standards-driven instruction at the classroom level. The 1996-97 school year was still an early one in the implementation of standards-based instruction in Philadelphia. The…
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Professional Development
Foley, Ellen – 1998
This report describes how staff at the school, cluster, and central offices have responded to the Philadelphia district's new student support ethos. This report does not present student outcome data or measure the quantity or quality of services because the evaluation teams believed it was too early in the implementation of the initiative to…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Organizational Development
Luhm, Theresa; Foley, Ellen; Corcoran, Tom – 1998
This report explores issues related to accountability in the context of Children Achieving, the school reform effort of Philadelphia (Pennsylvania). The accountability system begins with content standards in English/language arts, mathematics, science, and the arts. The Stanford-9 Achievement Test has been designated to assess how students are…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Achievement Tests, Educational Change
