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Epstein, Joyce L. – Elementary School Journal, 2005
This case study reports the feasibility of the Partnership Schools Comprehensive School Reform (CSR) model for school improvement in a Title I elementary school. Interviews were conducted and documents were collected for 3 years to study whether and how the school implemented key policy attributes--specificity, consistency, authority, power, and…
Descriptors: State Standards, Program Implementation, Program Development, Community Involvement

Epstein, Joyce L.; And Others – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 1996
The Baltimore School and Family Connections Project is a collaborative effort to design comprehensive partnership programs and evaluate their results. This case study explores one school's efforts to involve middle-grades students and their families in learning activities at home during the summer break. Marginal students who worked on the home…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Case Studies, College School Cooperation, Community Involvement