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Cantrell, Susan Chambers – Reading Teacher, 1999
Investigates the effects on students' literacy learning of implementing recommended practices for primary programs, mandated in Kentucky's sweeping education-reform effort. Finds that students taught by four "high implementing" teachers outperformed students of "low implementing" teachers on every measure of literacy…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Educational Change, Educational Practices, Instructional Effectiveness
Atwood, Virginia A.; Shake, Mary C.; Slaton, Deborah Bott; Hales, Rene M. – 1995
This study investigated beginning teachers' perceptions of, preparation for, agreement with, and implementation of Primary School Programs (PSP), one segment of the Kentucky Education Reform Act (KERA). In 1993, surveys were mailed to 630 first year primary teachers in Kentucky. The surveys asked about 15 critical attributes of PSP identified by…
Descriptors: Beginning Teacher Induction, Beginning Teachers, Educational Change, Elementary School Teachers
Brown, Frank – School Business Affairs, 2001
This research summary says school-based management increases political activity in schools, but is time-consuming; many teachers evade SBM; less actively participating parents risk co-option by educators; and schools will not commit necessary resources. Academic achievement is not necessarily improved, and organizational implementation obstacles…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Participative Decision Making
Bridge, Connie; And Others – 1996
This report details results of the 1995-96 study of the Kentucky Education Reform Act (KERA) Preschool Programs, the fifth such evaluation of the state-mandated preschool programs of at-risk 4-year-old children and 3- and 4-year-olds with disabilities. Following an executive summary and explanation of the methodology for the evaluation, this…
Descriptors: Attendance, Blacks, Disabilities, Educational Change