School and district reform publications
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Implementing Data-Informed Decision Making in Schools–Teacher Access, Supports and Use
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Evaluation of the Texas High School Project: Study of State Context for Policy Reform Final Report, State Policy Review
The evaluation of the Texas High School Project (THSP) is being conducted by SRI International with the overarching goal of discerning the impact of THSP on student outcomes.
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Early Implementation of Ready Schools Miami: Findings of the First-Year Evaluation
In only a year, Ready Schools partners have made significant progress toward improving the systems in Miami-Dade County that contribute to school readiness and success—early care, education, health and family…
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Contrasting Paths To Small School Reform: Results Of A 5-Year Evaluation Of The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s National High Schools Initiative
This article focuses on two contrasting strategies to small-school reform: starting new small high schools, and converting large schools into smaller learning communities.
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Complex Systems And Educational Change: Towards A New Research Agenda
In this article we begin to define possible agendas for research toward developing systematic frameworks and shared terminology for such a project.
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Prospects For Transforming Schools With Technology-Supported Assessment
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An Unfinished Canvas: Arts Education in California: Taking Stock of Policies and Practices – Full Report
This study has sought to take stock of California's arts education policies and practices: understanding where schools’ arts programs are relative to state goals, assessing the strengths and weaknesses of…
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An Unfinished Canvas: Arts Education in California: Taking Stock of Policies and Practices – Summary Report
This first-ever comprehensive study of the state of arts education in California has sought to fill the current information gap by taking stock of arts education policies and practices.
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Can Nanoscience Be A Catalyst For Education Reform?
This essay explores the implications of national initiatives to prepare students with the science and engineering knowledge necessary to function in a highly technological society and to maintain the momentum…
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Findings from the Evaluation of The Bill And Melinda Gates Foundation’s National School District and Network Grants Program: The Challenge of Sustaining High-School Reform
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Mapping The Distribution Of Expertise And Resources In A School: Investigating The Potential Of Using Social Network Analysis In Evaluation
This paper describes results of a study investigating the potential of using social network analysis to evaluate the capacity of a school to undertake a schoolwide educational reform.
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Getting To Results: Student Outcomes In New And Redesigned High Schools