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Ross, Steven M.; And Others – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 1997
The first-year global evaluations of the eight design implementations in Memphis, Tennessee, are based on syntheses of data from multiple sources. Common strengths included revitalized schools and initiation of new school organizations and teaching strategies. Common concerns include the need for more focused training, teacher collaboration time,…
Descriptors: Educational Benefits, Elementary Secondary Education, Models, Program Evaluation

Stringfield, Sam; And Others – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 1997
This special issue provides diverse data sets on a school-improvement initiative in Memphis, Tennessee. The effort seems unusually promising because of top-down district support for eight separate site-based reform designs, planners' reliance on New American Schools and other familiar designs, long-term data-collection opportunities, accessible…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Program Design

Dimmock, Clive – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2002
Proposes a 10-criteria classification framework, derived from current literature, to capture the characteristics of the design, leadership, and implementation of school improvement programs in the United Kingdom. Uses the classification frame to analyze the design model adopted by the secondary school in the case study. Draws conclusions about the…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Foreign Countries, Instructional Design, Leadership
Activities in Schools and Programs Experiencing the Most, and Least, Early Implementation Successes.

Smith, Lana J.; And Others – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 1997
Identifies factors distinguishing fast-starter from slow-starter schools during the first year of the Memphis Restructuring Initiative, which follows a "cell-division" implementation model. Startup is enhanced by strong administrative leadership; a restructuring model matching schools' current beliefs; curricula aligned with state…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Change Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education, Institutional Characteristics

Stringfield, Sam; Ross, Steven M. – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 1997
The Memphis Restructuring Initiative's first-year data-gathering efforts have yielded implications for policy and practice. This article discusses findings and implications in seven areas: opportunity to choose, goals and directions, professional development, "constructivist" teaching and learning, authentic assessment, disjunctures…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Educational Objectives, Performance Based Assessment, Professional Development