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Desimone, Laura – Review of Educational Research, 2002
Reviews and synthesizes the literature that documents comprehensive school reform (CSR) implementation, positing that the more specific, consistent, authoritative, powerful, and stable a policy is, the stronger implementation will be. Identifies five policy attributes that contribute to implementation. (SLD)
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Policy, Models, Program Implementation

Spillane, James P.; Reiser, Brian J.; Reimer, Todd – Review of Educational Research, 2002
Develops a cognitive framework to characterize sense-making in the educational policy implementation process that is especially relevant in the context of initiatives such as standards-based reform. Reviews the contribution of cognitive science to implementation research and identifies areas in which cognitive science can make additional…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Psychology, Educational Change, Educational Policy