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Download full textChung, Gregory K. W. K.; Herl, Howard E.; Klein, Davina C. D.; O'Neil, Harold F., Jr.; Schacter, John – 1997
This report examines issues in the scale-up of assessment software from the Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST). "Scale-up" is used in a metaphorical sense, meaning adding new assessment tools to CRESST's assessment software. During the past several years, CRESST has been developing and evaluating a…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Software, Concept Mapping, Educational Assessment
Integrated Governance as a Reform Strategy in the Chicago Public Schools. Publication Series No. 10.
Wong, Kenneth K.; Dreeben, Robert; Lynn, Laurence E., Jr.; Sunderman, Gail L. – 1997
Decentralization is no longer the dominant reform strategy in the Chicago (Illinois) Public Schools. The Chicago School Reform Amendatory Act of 1995 redesigns the school governance arrangement so that power and authority are now integrated among city officials, school boards, local school councils, and a Chief Executive Officer. To examine how…
Descriptors: Administrators, Boards of Education, City Officials, Decentralization
Parmer, Lavada Jacumin; Thames, Dana G.; Kazelskis, Richard – 1997
A study examined the effectiveness of an integrated language arts instructional format for teaching reading compared with the effectiveness of the typical traditional reading program. The study investigated the effectiveness of approaches that are representative of both viewpoints of the reading process (i.e., word recognition and the construction…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Instructional Effectiveness, Integrated Activities, Intermediate Grades
