The Effective Reflective School: Visions and Pipedreams in Development Planning

Hutchinson, Barry

doi:10.1177/174114329302100102

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“…Planning does not come naturally to schools (Broadhead, Cuckle, Hodgson, & Dunford, 1996;Hutchinson, 1993). As a result, planning efforts are frequently introduced from the outside, usually from the top of the system (Clark & McCarthy, 1983;Conley, 1992).…”

Section: Planning In Schoolsmentioning

confidence: 99%

School Improvement Plans in Schools on Probation: A Comparative Content Analysis across Three Accountability Systems

Mintrop¹,

MacLellan²,

Quintero³

2001

Educational Administration Quarterly

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This article explores school improvement planning under conditions of high-stakes accountability by means of a content analysis of school improvement plans. The schools examined here were identified by their accountability agencies as low performing and were put on probation to reverse their decline. Schools in three accountability systems are compared. Content analyses indicated that school improvement plans across the three jurisdictions were very similar, suggesting institutional isomorphism. However, certain policy design features prompted variation in the levels of internalization of external demands by school sites.School improvement plans (SIPs) are a widespread feature in high-stakes accountability systems. SIPs are often a mandatory feature for schools put on probation by their accountability agency for persistently low performance. In many accountability systems, accountability agencies treat SIPs as central to a school's path back to healthy performance. Often, SIPs are extensive documents subject to official review and approval. Whether they are hastily thrown together or carefully crafted, these SIPs are vivid testimony to the way schools (and districts) think about the task of school improvement under 197

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Section: Planning In Schoolsmentioning

confidence: 99%

School Improvement Plans in Schools on Probation: A Comparative Content Analysis across Three Accountability Systems

Mintrop¹,

MacLellan²,

Quintero³

2001

Educational Administration Quarterly

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“…(Arnottef al. 1992:13) Such managerial approaches may be seen as an attempt to resolve, or at least reduce, the tension between the corporatist and individualist perspectives described earlier, although the evidence suggests that the turbulence of the policy environment makes such planning particularly difficult in present circumstances (Hutchinson 1993, Wallace 1991a, Furthermore, it is dangerous to generalize about concepts such as development planning which can mean very different things in different school contexts. This is undoubtedly an area where we need to know more and where a conclusion about British research to date would mirror that of Wohlstetter and Odden in relation to US research on school-based management (SBM):…”

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Efficiency, effectiveness and the local management of schools

Simkins

1994

TEDP

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“…Small‐scale case studies (e.g. Brown, 2004; Forshaw, 1998; Glover, 1990, Hatton, 2001; Hutchinson, 1993; Jones, 1996; Mather, 1998; Saker and Speed, 1996; Thody, 1991; Wallace, 1991; Watson and Crossley, 2001; Wong, 2005) offer valuable insights and illuminate ways of working, but cannot probe or address certain critical questions.…”

Section: Methodological Issuesmentioning

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Strategy in educational leadership: in search of unity

Eacott

2008

Journal of Educational Administration

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Purpose: Examines our knowledge of strategy within the field of educational administration. It is intended to be the basis for future empirical research and inquiry into strategy in education by suggesting alternate ways of defining and researching strategy. Methodology / Approach: Examines the contemporary context of educational administration, the evolution of strategy as an educational construct, its definition and need within educational administration. Using this information the author identifies key conceptual and methodological issues in current research.

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The Effective Reflective School: Visions and Pipedreams in Development Planning

Cited by 11 publications

References 15 publications

School Improvement Plans in Schools on Probation: A Comparative Content Analysis across Three Accountability Systems

School Improvement Plans in Schools on Probation: A Comparative Content Analysis across Three Accountability Systems

Efficiency, effectiveness and the local management of schools

Strategy in educational leadership: in search of unity

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