Focuses on three urban secondary principals who were effective in turning schools in crisis into effective schools. Identifies the barriers the principals encountered and overcame in the process. Describes how these principals' authoritarian styles ceased to be effective when the schools were no longer in crisis. Points to a need for a new type of…

One-to-one tutoring is an exceptionally effective teaching method. Adding a well-designed peer or cross-age teaching component to an elementary or secondary school program has the potential for significantly augmenting the school's capability to promote academic achievement and interpersonal growth. (LHW)

Describes the Executive Educators' Round Table (EXERT), developed to meet the professional development needs of superintendents in large urban and suburban school systems, and Team 21, Teaming Educational Administrators with Expert Managers for the Twentieth Century, a cooperative program with private sector leaders. (JOW)

A quantitative procedure is presented for identifying effective schools, those producing superior student test performance (grades 2-11), in 1983 in Dallas. Stipend awards were given to teachers in schools ranked in the top quarter of each grade level category using the lower bound statistic based on individually standardized gain scores to rank…

In the late 1970s, teachers were viewed either as weak links to be circumvented or as technicians to be programmed. Now educators recognize the significance of well-educated teachers being able to assume new powers and responsibilities to redesign schools. This article reviews recent teaching research and explores findings developed at the…

Fircrest Elementary School (Vancouver, Washington) attempts to reach its students by recognizing their individual and collective needs and providing opportunities for teachers to learn new ways to teach and stress students' strengths. (CB)

Suggests a between-grade-level experimental approach to investigating the effect of schooling on academic achievement. Presents a rationale for the approach and demonstrates it by estimating the effect of schooling on achievement in mathematics and reading comprehension of second graders. (RB)

While no single theory describes how to organize a college or university better, contingency theory asks only that an institution know itself well before choosing a model to imitate. College administrators who want to improve their organizational structure should be familiar with the contingency approach. (Author/MSE)

Two high school principals discuss why change in schools is necessary, what the ingredients of change are, who the enemies of change are, and how to begin the change process. (MT)

An organizational development program was evaluated, which was implemented to reduce disorder in a Baltimore, Maryland, school. The Program Development Evaluation method was used. Increasing consistency of response to student discipline infractions, increasing rewards for appropriate behavior, and imposing peer and teacher support improved school…

School effectiveness cannot be assessed by comparing group performances on standardized tests. Instead, each child's progress, in accordance with his or her capabilities, should be measured. Certain assessment models can help chart individuals' progress in reading and writing. Focusing on individual results enchances collective program assessment.…

Presents results from a study examining the instructional management behavior of 10 elementary school principals in a single school district. Discusses the development of an assessment method for this behavior, findings of principals' curriculum and instructional management, and tentative findings regarding personal and organizational factors…

A school district's efforts to implement selected aspects of research on effective schools as part of a five-year plan for instructional improvement are summarized. The selection of goals, and development and implementation of school-level plans are described. Advantages and disadvantages of the school-level approach are discussed. (MT)

Fair comparisons on effectiveness can be made between secondary schools if testing results are judged by measures of individual student abilities and attainments. Prevailing approaches to judging schools' effectiveness are explored and suggestions made for improvement. (Author/JD)

Affective, social, emotional, and psychological dimensions of individual and societal development are crucial to the education of the whole child. This paper suggests alternative proposals for educational programming to achieve a better balance between vocational and technological emphases and humane and interpersonal skill development in schools.…