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Gagne, Robert M. – 1980
A report is presented of a year-long period of furnishing information to elementary schools on research findings and products related to the improvement of basic skills. Particular empirical findings are not analyzed; rather, an integrated impression of the success or failure of research utilization by schools is conveyed. The outcomes of research…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Educational Research, Elementary Education, Elementary Schools
Nerlinger, Constance M. – 1975
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships of the Instructional Improvement Committee's (IIC) involvement in decision making, the representation of teachers on the IIC, and the effectiveness of the Instruction and Research (I&R) Unit in Individually Guided Education/Multiunit Elementary (IGE/MUS-E) schools. The theoretical base for…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Educational Innovation, Elementary Education, Instructional Improvement
Marsh, Julie A.; Kerr, Kerri A.; Ikemoto, Gina S.; Darilek, Hilary; Suttorp, Marika; Zimmer, Ron; Barney, Heather – RAND Corporation, 2004
Improving school systems is critical to bridging the achievement gap and achieving federal accountability goals. Research in three urban districts partnered with a university-based intermediary organization sheds light on promising instructional reform strategies and challenges to bringing about systemwide change. Analyses of district efforts to…
Descriptors: Instructional Improvement, Educational Change, Educational Strategies, Improvement Programs
Diedrich, William M.; Bangert, Jeff – 1976
Presented is the final report of a 5 year project to identify effective teaching strategies of 57 speech clinicians who worked with 1108 elementary grade children, originially with articulatory disorders, but who achieved correct articulation performance in spontaneous speech. Explained is a methodology to determine speech clinician and child…
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Case Records, Elementary Education, Instructional Improvement
Melvin, Mary Pauline – 1976
This study was conducted to determine how instructional programming for individual students has been implemented to provide effective learning environments for elementary school students. The focus was on the processes and procedures used to achieve objectives of the Instructional Programming Model (IPM). A related purpose was to study the…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary Schools, Individual Instruction, Individualized Instruction
Bank, Adrianne; Williams, Richard C. – 1983
The Center for the Study of Evaluation Systems Project focuses on assessing the costs and impacts of managing testing, evaluation, and instructional (T/E/I) systems through a collection of nine papers: (1) "School District Evaluation Offices: Are They Worth the Money?," by Richard C. Williams and Pam McGranahan; (2) "How Two…
Descriptors: Administration, Cost Effectiveness, Decision Making, Educational Testing