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Charles, Karen; Bernstein, Larry; Dempsey, Terri; Burns, Courtney; Parish, Elizabeth; Hudson, Jordan – Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development, US Department of Education, 2012
In 2008, the U.S. Department of Education (the Department) launched a differentiated accountability pilot to allow states to distinguish between those schools identified for improvement in need of substantial help and those closer to meeting achievement goals. In July 2008 and January 2009, the Department approved waivers to give nine states the…
Descriptors: Program Implementation, State Standards, Statewide Planning, Accountability
Yoo, Soonhwa; Loadman, William E. – 1997
In 1994 the Ohio State Legislature established Venture Capital to support school restructuring. The Venture Capital school initiative is a concept borrowed from the business community in which the corporate entity provides risk capital to parts of the organization to stimulate creative ideas and to provide opportunities for local entities to try…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Educational Innovation, Elementary Secondary Education