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Implementation of the Kentucky Nongraded Primary Program.
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Kannapel, Patricia J.; Aagaard, Lola; Coe, Pamela; Reeves, Cynthia A. – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2000
Examined the development of the Kentucky nongraded primary program at the state level and in six rural elementary schools from 1991 through 1998. Findings show changes teachers made in response to the program mandate and reveal issues that hampered implementation, including entrenched ideas about grade divisions. (SLD)
Descriptors: Educational Change, Nongraded Instructional Grouping, Primary Education, Program Implementation
Elementary Change: Moving toward Systemic School Reform in Rural Kentucky.
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Kannapel, Patricia J.; Aagaard, Lola; Coe, Pamelia; Reeves, Cynthia A. – 2000
From 1990 to 2000, a qualitative study of the implementation of the Kentucky Education Reform Act (KERA) was conducted in four small rural school districts in Kentucky. KERA reflects key components of what would later be termed "systemic reform": a unifying set of goals that all students must attain, a coherent system of instructional…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Educational Change, Educational Needs, Educational Objectives
A Qualitative Look at Kentucky's Primary Program: Interim Findings from a Five-Year Study.
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Aagaard, Lola; And Others – 1994
The Appalachia Educational Laboratory qualitative study of the implementation of five aspects of the Kentucky Education Reform Act in four rural school districts is now in its fourth year. This paper focuses on findings concerning the first year of the primary program, which was put into widespread operation in 1992-93. Nongraded primary programs…
Descriptors: Ability, Educational Assessment, Educational Philosophy, Longitudinal Studies