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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
School-Based Decision Making in Rural Kentucky Schools: Interim Findings of a Five-Year, Longitudinal Study.
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Kannapel, Patricia J.; And Others – 1994
An ongoing 5-year study of Kentucky Education Reform Act of 1990 (KERA) implementation in four rural Kentucky school districts explores the establishment of school-based decision making (SBDM) in the 20 schools in the districts. In the 3 years since KERA took effect, 10 of the 20 schools have adopted SBDM. The paper focuses primarily on the seven…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Discipline, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
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