Identifies district administrators' responsibilities for implementing Tennessee's Comprehensive Education Reform Act. Lists 11 short-range plans concerned with distributing career ladder information and determining and executing staff development and evaluation plans. Suggests 10 questions regarding evaluation and staff development which need to…

This paper presents organizational strategies and implementation methods for conversion to middle school organization (scheduled to take place in 1988) in the Johnson City, Tennessee, school system. Carried out by the district in partnership with local institutions of higher education, the study focuses on what is educationally best for the child…

This draft document presents an analysis of all major educational reform proposals before the Illinois General Assembly, assessing the costs of implementation and what benefits might be expected for the funding levels contained in the proposals themselves. The 18 areas examined are (1) student testing; (2) student retention/remediation; (3)…