| Autore |
Berends Mark <1962->
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| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa |
Santa Monica, Calif., : RAND Education, 2002
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| Descrizione fisica |
1 online resource (267 p.)
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| Disciplina |
371.2/00973
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| Altri autori (Persone) |
BodillySusan J
KirbySheila Nataraj <1946->
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| Soggetto topico |
School improvement programs - United States
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| ISBN |
0-8330-3224-0
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| Formato |
Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione |
eng
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| Nota di contenuto |
PREFACE; FIGURES; TABLES; SUMMARY; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; ACRONYMS; Chapter One INTRODUCTION; AN OVERVIEW OF NAS; RAND'S PURPOSE AND ANALYTIC TASKS; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR UNDERSTANDING IMPLEMENTATION AND PERFORMANCE IN NAS SCHOOLS; RAND'S PROGRAM OF STUDIES OF NEW AMERICAN SCHOOLS; CAVEATS AND LIMITATIONS; ORGANIZATION OF THIS STUDY; Chapter Two THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW AMERICAN SCHOOLS; NAS'S WHOLE-SCHOOL DESIGN CONCEPT; REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS; NAS DESIGN TEAM SELECTIONS; DEVELOPMENT PHASE AND THE DECISION TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF TEAMS; THE DEMONSTRATION PHASE AND FURTHER REDUCTION IN THE TEAMS
LESSONS AND THE STRATEGY FOR SCALE-UPSELECTION OF SCALE-UP PARTNERS; SCALE-UP EXPERIENCES, 1995-1998; COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL REFORM AND THE NEW NAS; The New NAS; SUMMARY; Chapter Three CHANGES IN NAS DESIGNS; GENERAL VIEW OF WHY EDUCATION INTERVENTIONS CHANGE OVER TIME; FINDINGS; SUMMARY AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS; Chapter Four IMPLEMENTATION OF NAS DESIGNS DURING THE SCALE-UP PHASE; AN OVERVIEW OF NAS SCHOOLS; STUDIES OF IMPLEMENTATION: RESEARCH QUESTIONS, METHODOLOGY, AND LIMITATIONS; IMPLEMENTATION LEVELS IN NAS SCHOOLS; FACTORS AFFECTING IMPLEMENTATION IN NAS SCHOOLS
FACTORS THAT CONTRIBUTED TO THE DECISION TO DROP THE DESIGNSUMMARY AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS; Chapter Five IMPLEMENTATION OF NAS DESIGNS IN A HIGH-POVERTY DISTRICT; RESEARCH QUESTIONS; METHODOLOGY; LIMITATIONS; CHOICE OF DISTRICT; SAN ANTONIO CONTEXT; NAS'S ESSENTIAL ROLE IN THE DISTRICT'S REFORM STRATEGY; FINDINGS; INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICES; SUMMARY AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS; Chapter Six NAS DESIGNS AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; BACKGROUND OF THE ANALYSIS; MONITORING ACADEMIC PROGRESS WITH SCHOOLLEVEL TEST SCORES; THE LINK BETWEEN IMPLEMENTATION AND PERFORMANCE AT THE SCHOOL LEVEL
MONITORING ACADEMIC PROGRESS WITH STUDENTLEVEL TEST SCORESFINDINGS FROM CASE STUDIES; SUMMARY AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS; Chapter Seven THE FUTURE OF WHOLE-SCHOOL DESIGNS: CONCLUSIONS, OBSERVATIONS, AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS; UNIQUENESS OF THE RAND APPROACH; THE CONTRIBUTION OF NEW AMERICAN SCHOOLS; IMPLICATIONS FOR THE EXTERNAL CHANGE AGENT THEORY OF ACTION; IMPLICATIONS FOR CURRENT POLICY: A CAUTIONARY NOTE; Afterword DRIVEN BY RESULTS AND A DECADE OF EXPERIENCE; Appendix METHODOLOGY FOR THE STUDIES ON IMPLEMENTATION AND PERFORMANCE; REFERENCES
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| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910219964903321 |
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