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Ward, James Gordon; Hildebrand, Alexandra – NASSP Bulletin, 1988
This study concludes that a 1985 Illinois instructional leadership mandate does not provide enough incentive or necessary resources for school principals to change their behavior to comply with the legislation. Also, school realities make job changes difficult for principals desiring to adopt new behaviors. (MLH)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Incentives, Instructional Leadership
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Marzano, Robert J.; Kendall, John S. – NASSP Bulletin, 1997
Although most teachers are aware of documents identifying standards in their subject areas, few know about "external" standards documents or the standards movement as a whole. Despite impressive lists of content standards, U.S. educators lack direction due to four major problems: multiple documents, too much information, controversial content, and…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Competency Based Education, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Elementary Secondary Education
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Van Meter, Eddy J. – NASSP Bulletin, 1994
In Kentucky, where school-based decision making is legally mandated for all public schools, appreciable policy and decision-making powers are vested in SBDM school councils. Since 1990, educators have learned some valuable lessons: reform policies need early implementation guidelines; decentralization mandates create control problems for state…
Descriptors: Decentralization, Educational Innovation, Elementary Secondary Education, Information Dissemination
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Romer, Roy – NASSP Bulletin, 1997
Membership in the worldwide community means that students must possess globally competitive skills. In 1993, the author and the Colorado General Assembly worked to pass a comprehensive educational reform strategy that established "model" content standards in mathematics, science, geography, history, reading, and writing. Uniform…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Accountability, Community