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Direct linkBryk, Anthony S.; Sebring, Penny Bender; Allensworth, Elaine; Luppescu, Stuart; Easton, John Q. – University of Chicago Press, 2010
In 1988, the Chicago public school system decentralized, granting parents and communities significant resources and authority to reform their schools in dramatic ways. To track the effects of this bold experiment, the authors of "Organizing Schools for Improvement" collected a wealth of data on elementary schools in Chicago. Over a…
Descriptors: Neighborhoods, Elementary Schools, Educational Change, Instructional Leadership
Schneider, Barbara, Ed.; McDonald, Sarah-Kathryn, Ed. – Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2006
This book explores the challenges of implementing and assessing educational interventions in varied classroom contexts. Included are reflections on the challenges of designing studies for improving the instructional core of schools, guidelines for establishing evidence of interventions' impacts across a wide range of settings, and an assessment of…
Descriptors: Scientific Research, Educational Research, Educational Change, Intervention
Abert, James G., Ed. – 1979
Intended for both the student and the practitioner of evaluation, this book describes the state of the practice of program evaluation. Its focus is mainly institutional. Results of evaluation studies are of secondary importance. An introductory chapter written by the editor discusses evaluation at the Office of Education from 1967 through 1973.…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Case Studies, Compensatory Education, Educational Assessment
Klaurens, Mary K., Ed.; Trapnell, Gail, Ed. – 1974
The volume on current perspectives in distributive education contains 29 individually authored articles organized into three sections. The first section on program conceptualization deals with the following subjects: the evolution of distributive education, program planning, advisory committees, placement services, postsecondary distributive…
Descriptors: Adult Programs, Advisory Committees, Anthologies, Career Education
Joyner, Edward T., Ed.; Ben-Avie, Michael, Ed.; Comer, James P., Ed. – Corwin Press, 2004
Schools are the only universally accessible institutions where there are enough adults to provide continuous support for children's growth, development, and success in life. Using the process pioneered by renowned child psychiatrist Dr. James P. Comer and his colleagues at the Yale School Development Program (SDP), this unique field guide offers…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation, Instructional Leadership
Docking, Jim, Ed. – 2000
This book, which is designed primarily for undergraduate and graduate students of education, contains 12 papers devoted the New Labour's policies for schools in the United Kingdom. "Introduction" (Jim Docking) presents an overview of the book's contents and lists questions to help evaluate the effectiveness of New Labour's educational…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Adult Education, Citizenship Education, Comparative Analysis
