To collect baseline data about how K-12 standards were being implemented in North Dakota, a standards implementation survey was sent electronically to all school plants and to curriculum leaders across the state in the spring of 2002. Responses were received from 253 teachers, administrators, and curriculum coordinators representing approximately…

Senior Project is a culminating assessment for 12th graders that determines what they know and can do as they prepare to graduate from high school in North Carolina. It consists of a research paper on an approved topic of the students choice, a product and portfolio related to the paper, and a presentation before a review panel of community…

Although school districts are critical to the operation of the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act (SDFSCA) Program, relatively little is known about how they plan, implement, and evaluate their SDFSCA-funded prevention activities. The U.S. Department of Education initiated this study to provide a more complete description of the ways…

This qualitative study documented the variance of five different school districts and one consortium as they implemented Local Professional Development Committees (LPDCs). Two of the sites were pilot districts in the state of Ohio, which mandated that districts/consortiums create LPDCs effective in September 1998. The six different cases are…

Over the period of 40 years public sentiment in this country in favor of provisions for the comfort and security of aged groups has had a steady growth. The sentiment in favor of provisions for the retirement of public-school teachers is now so general that it is often felt unnecessary to include any consideration of the social and economic…

This research determined the extent of implementation and the perceived effectiveness of evaluation practices required by federal legislation for vocational education. The respondents reported they have either fully implemented or are in the process of implementing the mandated evaluation activities and indicated a high level of usefulness of the…

Identifies three stages in Black community development: education, planning, and implementation. Reports on a study which explored Black citizen involvement in each stage. Found participation in planning and implementation to be positively influenced by household income and occupation, though education (sense of community) was negatively related…

Summarizes a 5-year study examining the implementation of interdisciplinary teaching teams in middle-level settings and teachers' attitudes toward teaming practices. Although teachers' attitudes fluctuated, the agreement level never fell below 72%. Teachers are attracted to interdisciplinary teaming and seem to retain their positive views as they…

Assessed the implementation level of Carnegie recommendations for middle schools in Louisiana and investigated whether implementing these recommendations was related to desirable student and school outcomes, using the Middle School Practices Questionnaire. Implementation results were not promising. However, implementing recommended middle-level…

Examines how temporality influences the phenomena of organizational change associated with the implementation of enterprise-wide information systems. Presents an example of temporal issues and organizational change in a university setting and suggests how a temporal perspective provides insight into both the social and technical aspects of the…

Assessed the effectiveness of a model for diffusing a middle school's life skills training program, examining implementation fidelity. Data from observations and surveys of master trainers and teachers indicated that 27 percent of trainers conducted training sessions, and 60 percent of teachers taught the curriculum. Implementation fidelity was…

Describes the revised portfolio assessment process implemented for Dallas (Texas) Chapter 1 students and reviews the literature on teacher adjustments to innovations. Describes a study of Dallas teachers' perspectives on the benefits and difficulties they encountered in implementing portfolio assessment in primary grades. Teachers passed through…

Examines data from four secondary schools struggling to develop and implement authentic learning and assessment over a three-year period. The schools did not succeed due to several interrelated factors: lack of foundational knowledge, the dominance of privacy and classroom autonomy norms, teacher time and student control issues, efficacy issues,…

Comparative analysis of three research projects over 7-year period (1994-2001) identifies changes in school development planning in English primary schools in relation to the format and content of ideas, the implementation process in schools, and the impact of government legislation. (Contains 22 references.) (PKP)

An exploratory study attempting to identify variables associated with implementation of the Teenage Health Teaching Modules revealed that the single best predictor of curriculum implementation was the teacher's evaluation of inservice training specific to the modules. (CB)