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Direct linkRoss, John A.; Scott, Garth; Sibbald, Tim M. – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 2012
We evaluated the cost-effectiveness of Struggling Schools, a user-generated approach to Comprehensive School Reform implemented in 100 low achieving schools serving disadvantaged students in a Canadian province. The results show that while Struggling Schools had a statistically significant positive effect on Grade 3 Reading achievement, d = 0.48…
Descriptors: School Restructuring, Reading Achievement, Grade 3, Low Achievement
Wallner, Jennifer – Peabody Journal of Education, 2012
Finland has, as of late, become an inspiration for American school reform. There is no denying that we have much to learn from the Finnish system and it rightly deserves its global accolades. However, over the course of the following pages, I would like to suggest that it is also lucrative to look north of the 49th parallel and consider the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Equal Education, Foreign Countries, Educational Change
Download full textNewfoundland and Labrador Dept. of Education. – 1992
A summary of an inquiry into the educational system of Newfoundland (Canada) presents the model for change designed by the Royal Commission of Inquiry, and the process used by the commission to obtain information. Public opinion on denominational education is examined, and costs of denominational schooling are explored. The commission sought to…
Descriptors: Administrative Change, Change Strategies, Church Role, Cost Effectiveness
Odden, Allan; And Others – School Business Affairs, 1995
Summarizes a three-year Consortium for Policy Research in Education project to identify conditions in U.S., Canadian, and Australian schools that promote high performance through school-based management. Findings showed that SBM requires redesign of the whole school organization. Success depended on how schools decentralized four key resources:…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Decentralization, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Zatko, Gary – 1990
A results-based educational approach focuses on the outcomes of processes and inputs into the educational system and stresses results, such as student achievement, rather than process. The results-based educational reform initiatives undertaken in Alberta from 1982-1990 are described in this paper, with a focus on interrelated results-oriented…
Descriptors: Administrative Change, Administrative Organization, Educational Administration, Educational Change
