Many National Diffusion Network facilitators have expressed the desire for an expanded source book on Developer/Demonstrator projects that they can use in conjunction with "Educational Programs That Work" and the "Materials Inventory" in planning awareness and training activities and negotiating adoptions. This directory is a…

This program has been developed to train those who would direct educational improvement and change efforts. This training program was written to transfer the findings of research described in "School Context and School Change: Implications for Effective Planning" by Corbett, Dawson, and Firestone (1984, Teachers College Press) to practice. Six…

This manual is intended to be a how-to guide for school district leaders who want to begin using a school-based approach to improve the quality of education in their districts. The manual provides a brief review of the school-based improvement process--what it is and the rationale for using it. One section deals with implementing school-based…

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…

Illustrated are the roles of teachers, learners, administrators, and a research unit in changing policies and practices on assessment in a university. A case study is used and organizational theory and the participant-observer approach are drawn upon. The Australian National University is the subject. (MSE)