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Bleiberg, Joshua; Brunner, Eric; Harbatkin, Erica; Kraft, Matthew A.; Springer, Matthew G. – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2023
Federal incentives and requirements under the Obama administration spurred states to adopt major reforms to their teacher evaluation systems. We examine the effects of these reforms on student achievement and attainment at a national scale by exploiting the staggered timing of implementation across states. We find precisely estimated null effects,…
Descriptors: Teacher Evaluation, Educational Change, State Policy, Educational Policy
Jeffrey Choppin; Christine Green – Journal of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, 2024
We studied a case of a school in a high need setting that undertook multiple simultaneous initiatives during a major school reorganization. We focused on the simultaneous implementations of two comprehensive initiatives, one related to ambitious mathematics teaching and one related to the Understanding by Design curriculum writing process. We…
Descriptors: School Organization, Program Implementation, Mathematics Instruction, Teacher Attitudes
Lenhoff, Sarah Winchell – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This dissertation is a collection of three interrelated chapters that explore unique dimensions of hub-outlet school reform. This type of school reform, in which a central hub organization designs a model for instructional improvement meant to be implemented with fidelity across unique outlet school sites, has gained credibility in the crowded…
Descriptors: Educational Change, School Organization, High Schools, Instructional Improvement
Coleman, Eric D. – ProQuest LLC, 2014
The purpose of this study was to examine the nature of distributed leadership at the University of ABC's SCPS, as the School worked to transform itself through reorganization. The study examined the perceptions of key leaders and members of the implementation team as they sought to understand the implementation of a more participative approach to…
Descriptors: Leadership Styles, Case Studies, School Organization, Educational Change
Coffey, Debra; Cox, Sandra; Hillman, Sherry; Chan, Tak C. – Educational Planning, 2015
This article is focused on identifying the current issues in elementary education in the United States. In each of these issues, elementary educators are at the crossroads looking for solutions and directions. Based on the review of literature, the authors pinpoint the upcoming challenges elementary school educators will be facing in the future.…
Descriptors: Educational Planning, Strategic Planning, Elementary Education, Educational Trends
Oxley, Diana; Luers, Katie Whitney – Phi Delta Kappan, 2011
After providing technical assistance to the federal Smaller Learning Community Program grantees, the authors developed five lessons for successful programs: 1) A strong vision of improved instruction needs to drive high school reorganization; 2) A strong vision of improved instruction focuses on strengthening the instructional core; 3)…
Descriptors: School Organization, Small Schools, Change Strategies, Educational Change
Rustique, Elle; Rutherford-Quach, Sara – Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education, 2012
This case study describes how Porterville Unified School District (PUSD), a rural school district in California's Central Valley, began to fulfill its vision to transform high school and career education through the implementation of Linked Learning. Linked Learning is a state-wide initiative for redesigning large comprehensive high schools into…
Descriptors: High Schools, Rural Schools, Career Education, School Districts
The Principal's Role in Implementing Professional Learning Communities within a School: A Case Study
Mohabir, Anjani Devi – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Reform, diversity of society, and an array of standards and guidelines challenge leaders to provide successful learning for teachers and students. The Professional Learning Community (PLC) concept offers a viable approach to address those challenges. Research indicates that schools need to function as learning communities where teachers and…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Principals, Communities of Practice, Administrator Role
Patrinos, Harry Anthony; Fasih, Tazeen; Barrera, Felipe; Garcia-Moreno, Vicente A.; Bentaouet-Kattan, Raja; Baksh, Shaista; Wickramasekera, Inosha – World Bank Publications, 2007
School-based management (SBM) has become a very popular movement over the past decade. The World Bank Education Team's SBM work program emerged out of a need to define the concept more clearly, review the evidence, support impact assessments in various countries, and provide some initial feedback to teams preparing education projects. During the…
Descriptors: School Based Management, Program Effectiveness, Educational Change, Foreign Countries

Ornstein, Allan C.; Hunkins, Francis P. – NASSP Bulletin, 1988
To implement curriculum changes successfully, five guidelines should be followed: changes should be research-based; successful innovation requires organizational changes; innovations must be feasible for the average teacher; implementation efforts must be organic, not bureaucratic; and a definite curriculum plan is essential. Guidelines for…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Guidelines

Brown, Kathleen M.; Roney, Kathleen; Anfara, Vincent A., Jr. – Middle School Journal, 2003
Explored the implementation of middle level reform components in both high- and low-performing middle schools, seeking to identify factors linked to student achievement. Found that organizational health, which includes academic focus, teacher affiliation, and resource support, more directly influences student performance than simple implementation…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Change, Educational Environment, Middle School Students
Timar, Thomas B.; Kirp, David L. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1989
Neither hyperrationalist nor decentralist reform strategies will seriously improve educational quality. Successful reform strategies incorporate three dimensions: the authorized movement, regional or localist responses, and conversation, involving changes in school rhetoric. States must create a context for developing organizational competence at…
Descriptors: Decentralization, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Program Implementation
Erb, Thomas O. – American Secondary Education, 2006
From time to time critics of the middle level publish works that suggest that our philosophy is too much "feeling good" and not enough academic substance. Confusing this debate is the current trend of districts (especially large urban ones) to reconfigure their schools to K-8 neighborhood schools. In this article the author takes a long look at…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, School Organization, Models, Educational Change
Corbett, H. Dickson, III – 1980
As part of a longitudinal study of external assistance in school change, cooperative efforts between an external agency and five schools were analyzed to identify characteristics of the social structure of schools that affect change implementation. Data were collected through extensive observations and interviews. The schools evidenced a…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Change Strategies, Educational Change, Instructional Improvement

Kretovics, Joseph R.; And Others – Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, 1991
Project SHAPE is a two-year intervention and enrichment program for underachieving and educationally disadvantaged ninth and tenth grade students in Toledo, Ohio. Operating through teacher empowerment; curriculum development; structural organization; and student, parent, and community involvement, SHAPE's goals are developing an academically…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Democratic Values, Educational Change, Enrichment Activities