ERIC Number: ED302623
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1988-Nov
Pages: 107
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Small Change: The Comprehensive School Improvement Program.
Kelley, Tina
The Comprehensive School Improvement Program (CSIP), which was mandated by New York State to address issues of school reform, was a disappointment both in the way the State conceived the program and in the way it was implemented. CSIP was designed to encourage cooperative planning among teachers, principals, parents, and other school staff to foster school-based decision-making. Schools were mandated to participate in this project if they were designated on the State's Comprehensive Assessment Report list of schools needing substantial improvement in third and sixth grade reading and math scores, as well as attendance. This report reviews the following: (1) the State's responsibility; (2) shortcomings of the Board's implementation of CSIP; (3) description and history of CSIP; (4) description of the CSIP facilitators; (5) results of visits to seven CSIP sites; (6) how CSIP fell short of its theoretical goals; (7) how CSIP's implementation was inadequate; (8) CSIP decentralization; (9) next steps; and (10) recommendations for changes on the state level, the structure of CSIP, and the implementation of CSIP. Appendices include the following: (1) excerpt from section 100.2 of the Commissioner's regulations; (2) CSIP data; and (3) descriptions of the seven CSIP sites visited. (BJV)
Descriptors: Accountability, Attendance, Decentralization, Educational Facilities Improvement, Educational Improvement, Elementary Education, Government Role, Improvement Programs, Leadership Responsibility, Limited English Speaking, Mathematics Instruction, Parent Participation, Participative Decision Making, Program Budgeting, Program Evaluation, Program Implementation, Program Improvement, Reading Improvement, School Based Management, Staff Development, State Programs, Theory Practice Relationship, Urban Education
Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Policymakers
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Educational Priorities Panel, New York, NY.
Identifiers - Location: New York
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