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Aladjem, Daniel K.; Birman, Beatrice F.; Orland, Martin; Harr-Robins, Jenifer; Heredia, Alberto; Parrish, Thomas B.; Ruffini, Stephen J. – Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development, US Department of Education, 2010
This exploratory study describes approaches to improving schools through retrospective, in-depth qualitative case studies. To select schools to be examined, the authors sought to identify Comprehensive School Reform (CSR) schools demonstrating two distinctive patterns of improved student achievement between 2000 and 2005, rapid-improvement (i.e.,…
Descriptors: Discovery Processes, Educational Improvement, Qualitative Research, Case Studies
Orland, Martin; Hoffman, Amanda; Vaughn, E. Sidney, III – Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development, US Department of Education, 2010
This "Fifth-Year Report" from the Evaluation of the Comprehensive School Reform Program Implementation and Outcomes (ECSRIO) is the final report on the outcomes of the federally funded Comprehensive School Reform (CSR) program. It presents findings about the relationship between participation in the U.S. Department of Education's…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Program Implementation
Orland, Martin; Connolly, Brooke; Fong, Tony; Sosenko, Lauren Davis; Tushnet, Naida C.; Yin, Robert K.; Burt, Janeula M.; Warner, Emily – US Department of Education, 2008
The Comprehensive School Reform (CSR) Program was established as a demonstration program in 1998 and authorized as a full program in 2002 as part of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). It is one approach to help low-performing K-12 public schools meet state performance standards. CSR emphasizes two major concepts: mandating that school reform…
Descriptors: School Restructuring, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation, Academic Achievement