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Direct linkMunoz, Marco A.; Ross, Steven M.; McDonald, Aaron J. – Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 2007
Comprehensive school reform (CSR), a federally funded program, is designed to raise student achievement via the implementation of whole school reforms. Unfortunately, although close to 400 CSR models have been adopted by schools nationally, there is relatively limited empirical evidence from rigorous research studies regarding the effectiveness of…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, School Restructuring, Middle Schools, Achievement Gains
Vogel, Linda R.; Rau, William C.; Baker, Paul J.; Ashby, Dianne E. – Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 2006
This article reports on 4 distinct Illinois reform initiatives that attempted to connect assessment to curriculum, instruction, and school improvement. Using quantitative and qualitative data obtained from principals and teachers involved in local reform efforts from 1993 through 2002, this study indicates that the lack of development of local…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Educational Change, School Restructuring, Educational Quality
Ross, Steven M.; McDonald, Aaron J.; Alberg, Marty; McSparrin-Gallagher, Brenda – Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 2007
This study was designed to examine the effects of a whole school reform, the Knowledge is Power Program (KIPP), specifically designed to raise academic achievement of at-risk urban middle school students by establishing an extended school day and year, a rigorous curriculum, after-school access to teachers, and increased family-school connections.…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Extended School Day, School Restructuring, Standardized Tests
Uekawa, Kazuaki; Aladjem, Daniel K.; Zhang, Yu – Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 2006
We evaluated the role that social capital among teachers plays in affecting teacher pedagogy in the context of comprehensive school reform (CSR). CSR implementation was designed to change school- and classroom-level processes, including organization and governance, curriculum and instruction, professional development (PD), and parental…
Descriptors: Quasiexperimental Design, Educational Change, School Restructuring, Social Capital
Supovitz, Jonathan A.; May, Henry – Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 2004
This study presents a rare opportunity to systematically examine the relationship between teachers' implementation of the America's Choice comprehensive school reform model and gains in student learning in an urban, at-risk school district. The results provide empirical evidence of relationships between student learning gains and variation in…
Descriptors: Program Implementation, School Restructuring, Academic Achievement, Educational Change
Munoz, Marco A.; Dossett, Dena H. – Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 2004
Schools across the nation are implementing reform models intended to enable all children to meet state-established academic standards. One of the nation's comprehensive school reform models is Success for All (SFA). This study assessed the impact of the program on elementary school students in standardized reading scores as well as attendance and…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, High Risk Students, Elementary School Students, Academic Standards
