Beyond Legislative Schizophrenia: Sustaining Long-Term Educational Reform and Short-Term Viability

Trimble, Susan; Herrington, Carolyn D.

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“…Four others were concerned mainly with issues of teacher practices, professional development, networking, decision making, and empowerment in reform contexts (e.g., Firestone & Pennell, 1997;Peterson et al, 1996). Other articles aimed to document legislative and policy trends over time and their impact on reforms (e.g., Chrispeels, 1996;Earley, 2000;Trimble & Herrington;. One spoke to the historical conflict in public education's goals of nation building, social efficiency, and social mobility and its potential impact on views of school effectiveness in reform environments (Labaree, 1997).…”

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Models and Methods for Examining Standards-Based Reforms and Accountability Initiatives: Have the Tools of Inquiry Answered Pressing Questions on Improving Schools?

Chatterji

2002

Review of Educational Research

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This article synthesizes research on standards-based reforms and accountability, with specific attention to purposes, models, and methods of inquiry. Starting with the premise that the reforms were meant to be systemic, the article examines the extent to which studies were guided by designs that explicitly or implicitly acknowledge a system, and evaluates the utility of the designs in generating information to support large-scale systemic changes in education. The article concludes that research efforts on reforms have been largely nonsystemic in design and have thereby failed to adequately help individual schools, school systems, and statewide systems to develop in directions that are consistent with the mission of the reform movement.

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Models and Methods for Examining Standards-Based Reforms and Accountability Initiatives: Have the Tools of Inquiry Answered Pressing Questions on Improving Schools?

Chatterji

2002

Review of Educational Research

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Beyond Legislative Schizophrenia: Sustaining Long-Term Educational Reform and Short-Term Viability

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Models and Methods for Examining Standards-Based Reforms and Accountability Initiatives: Have the Tools of Inquiry Answered Pressing Questions on Improving Schools?

Models and Methods for Examining Standards-Based Reforms and Accountability Initiatives: Have the Tools of Inquiry Answered Pressing Questions on Improving Schools?

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