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Gottfried, Michael A.; Stecher, Brian M.; Hoover, Matthew; Cross, Amanda Brown – RAND Corporation, 2011
U.S. educators and policymakers are concerned about the poor performance of the public schools, particularly schools that serve students from low-income families. Although education is primarily a state function, the federal government also has a longstanding interest in improving education for disadvantaged students, and it targets funding to…
Descriptors: School Restructuring, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation, Educational Change
Grasmick, Nancy S. – 1997
The experience of Maryland in implementing large scale assessment in the context of school reform is explored. The ways in which the state Department of Education has worked with divergent groups to build a continuing and strong school reform program are discussed. In 1987 Maryland's governor created a Commission on School Performance. This was…
Descriptors: Accountability, Community Involvement, Educational Assessment, Educational Change
Kirst, Michael W.; Bird, Robin L. – 1997
The movement toward math and science curriculum standards is inextricably linked with high-stakes politics. There are two major types of politics discussed in this paper: the allocation of curriculum content, and the political issues involved in systemic change. Political strategies for gaining assent to national, state, and local content…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Lindle, Jane Clark – 1999
This paper is a case study of Kentucky's attempt to fix not only failing schools but a failing public school system. It reports on the policy making and implementation conundrums of the debate over Kentucky's high stakes accountability system. As a political policy analysis, the study relies on documents, media reports, and interviews with key…
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Change, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
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Crowson, Robert L. – Planning and Changing, 1975
Examines current thinking on the nature of intergovernmental relations, examines the data on the development of the Michigan compensatory education program and the issues that have characterized its administration, and draws some conclusions about the state-local interaction in education and about the leadership capacities of state education…
Descriptors: Accountability, Compensatory Education, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
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Chrispeels, Janet Hageman – American Educational Research Journal, 1997
This study presents a longitudinal and intertextual analysis of educational policymaking activity in California over a 10-year period to identify factors that supported local policy implementation in a shifting political climate. Analysis reveals the essential nature of coherence, capacity building, and changed practices in building an alternative…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Coherence, Educational Assessment, Educational Change
David, Jane L.; Goren, Paul D. – 1993
Barriers to progress in educational reform exist inside and outside the education system. Some arise where new practices encounter traditional expectations and boundaries, but others go much deeper than education, such as poverty, racism, local political conflicts, and human resistance to change. The following five categories of barriers are…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Communication (Thought Transfer), Educational Change, Educational Discrimination
Noble, Audrey J.; Smith, Mary Lee – 1994
The Arizona Student Assessment Program (ASAP) epitomizes the principle on which measurement-driven reform is based, "You get what you assess." This policy study examines the ideologies and intentions of groups instrumental in the creation and implementation of a performance-based assessment reform. The study was conducted by interviewing…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Change, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Smith, Mary Lee – 1996
In 1991 Arizona embarked on a program to change schools and make them more accountable for educational achievement. The instrument of reform was an assessment program known as the Arizona Student Assessment Program (ASAP), the most notable feature of which was a performance assessment that was added to an already extensive battery of…
Descriptors: Accountability, Culture, Educational Assessment, Educational Change
Fenster, Mark J. – 1996
In 1990 the Kentucky state legislature passed the Kentucky Education Reform Act (KERA), which mandated a total overhaul of the state's kindergarten through grade 12 public school system and was designed to result in equitable education for all students. Accountability components of the KERA include financial incentives for staff in schools where…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Achievement Gains, Educational Assessment
Sexton, Robert F. – Equity and Choice, 1993
Presents observations and lessons drawn from two years of Kentucky school reform. Implementing the Kentucky School Reform Act of 1990 teaches that reforming schools also requires addressing the ways in which communities raise their children. Community work, with parent and student participation, improves family conditions and political decision…
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Involvement, Decision Making, Democracy
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McGroarty, Daniel – Policy Review, 1994
Arguments for school vouchers are beginning to have a cumulative effect with gains in a number of states. The political power that holds Washington to the public school orthodoxy is weakening before state movements toward public school choice and charter schools. (SLD)
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Economics, Educational Vouchers, Elementary Secondary Education
Badia, Arnhilda – 1994
The minority-student population of Florida is rapidly increasing, to the point that minorities now represent 40 percent of the nearly 2 million public school students. All indications are that this trend will continue. Many of these students have a limited English proficiency (LEP), and most LEP students are Hispanic Americans. To educate these…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Change, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education
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Packard, Richard D. – 1993
Arizona's career ladder teacher incentive program was established by the Arizona State Legislature in 1984 as a component of school restructuring efforts. A comprehensive and long-range developmental evaluation system is being developed for the restructuring program, but the program is at risk of being eliminated due to the negative influence of…
Descriptors: Career Ladders, Change Strategies, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
Carlos, Lisa; Kirst, Mike – 1997
This case study traces the evolution of curriculum-related educational reforms in California, concentrating on those that have influenced mathematics and science. These reform efforts are examined in the framework of the state's political and policy context. Data came from interviews, a synthesis of the research literature, and newspaper accounts…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational History
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