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Lessons from New American Schools' scale-up phase : prospects for bringing designs to multiple schools

Title
Lessons from New American Schools' scale-up phase : prospects for bringing designs to multiple schools / Susan J. Bodilly with Brent Keltner [and others].
Author
Bodilly, Susan J.
Publication
Santa Monica, Calif. : RAND, 1998.

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Additional Authors
  • New American Schools (Organization)
  • Rand Corporation.
Description
xxi, 140 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
Subject
  • New American Schools (Organization)
  • Geschichte 1991-1998
  • School improvement programs > United States > Case studies
  • School management and organization > United States > Case studies
  • School districts > United States > Case studies
  • School environment > United States > Case studies
  • School districts
  • School environment
  • School improvement programs
  • School management and organization
  • Qualitätssteigerung
  • Schule
  • United States
  • USA
Genre/Form
  • Case studies
  • Case studies.
  • Études de cas.
Note
  • "MR-942-NAS"--Cover, p. [4].
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 135-140).
Contents
Figures -- Tables -- The Implementation Issue In K-12 Reform -- NAS Initiative -- Purpose of This Report -- Complexity and Uncertainty as a Theme of the Analysis -- Organization of the Report -- Caveats -- History of NAS and the Scale-Up Strategy -- The Founding of NAS and Its Role in Reform -- New American Schools Phases -- Scale-Up Product -- Design Teams -- Design-Based Assistance -- Fee-for-Service -- Market Definition -- Opportunistic Non-Jurisdiction Approach -- Jurisdiction Approach -- Partner Jurisdictions -- Matching Schools to Designs--The Selection Process -- The Timetable for Matching and Selection -- Implications -- Research Approach and Methods -- RAND's Research Agenda -- Research Questions -- Conceptual Framework -- Dependent Variable -- Independent Variables -- Case-Study Approach -- Sample -- Data Sources and Collection -- Analysis Plan -- Measuring the Dependent Variable -- Measuring the Independent Variables -- Analysis -- Caveats -- Findings on Progress Towards Implementation -- Creating a Scale -- Level of Implementation -- Application and Development of a Summary Dependent Variable -- Differences in Progress by School -- The Influence of the Selection Process and School Climate -- The District Role in Selection -- Differences Among Districts in the Selection Process -- Targeting Specific School for Designs -- Schools' Incentives to Adopt -- Influence of the Selection Process -- Poor Understanding of the Design -- Forced Choice of Design -- Influence of the School Climate -- Internal Tensions.
ISBN
  • 0585354391
  • 9780585354392
  • 0833026321
  • 9780833026323
LCCN
98020629
OCLC
  • ocm39101925
  • 39101925
  • SCSB-413860
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library