Examining comprehensive school reform / edited by Daniel K. Aladjem and Kathryn M. Borman.

Format:

• Book

Contributor:

• Aladjem, Daniel K.
• Borman, Kathryn M.
• James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• School improvement programs--United States.
• School improvement programs.
• United States.
• Education--Standards--United States.
• Education--Standards.

Physical Description:

viii, 366 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : The Urban Institute Press, [2006]

Contents:

• An introduction to comprehensive school reform
• The development of comprehensive school reform models
• Comprehensive school reform and state accountability systems
• The influence of states and districts on comprehensive school reform
• Comprehensive school reform as a district strategy
• Mandates and support of comprehensive school reform
• Comprehensive school reform vs. No Child Left Behind
• Implementing comprehensive school reform models
• School-level factors in comprehensive school reform
• Partnerships in middle grades comprehensive school reform
• Comprehensive school reform in high schools
• Comprehensive school reform models vs. instructional practices.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

ISBN:

• 0877667330
• 9780877667339

OCLC:

71266366

Online:

The James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund Home Page