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Implementation and performance in New American Schools : three years into scale-up / Mark Berends [and others].
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Berends, Mark, 1962- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- New American Schools (Organization).
- School improvement programs--United States--Longitudinal studies.
- School improvement programs.
- Educational change--United States--Longitudinal studies.
- Educational change.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (273 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2001.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This work evaluates New American Schools (NAS), a private, non-profit corporation which funds school reform at elementary and secondary levels. It provides an analysis of school and district progress in adopting NAS designs, including demographic descriptors, and performance outcomes.
- Contents:
- Preface
- Figures
- Tables
- Summary
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter One: A Brief History of New American Schools and RAND's Role in Monitoring the Effort
- Chapter Two: Analyzing Implementation and Performance in NAS Schools: A Conceptual Framework
- Chapter Three: RAND's Sample of New American Schools
- Chapter Four: Status of Implementation
- Chapter Five: Factors Affecting Implementation
- Chapter Six: Performance Trends in NAS Schools
- Chapter Seven: Qualitative Outcome Indicators
- Chapter Eight: Conclusions and Policy Implications
- A. Key Studies in RAND's Evaluation of NAS School Reform
- B. Description of Additional Implementation Indicators of the Designs, by Jurisdiction and Design Team, 1997 and 1998
- C. Models of Performance Expectations, Instructional Strategies, and Professional Development and Implementation Indices
- D. Description of Standardized Tests Used by Various Jurisdictions
- E. Graphs for Reading Scores for NAS Schools in Everett, Northshore, and Shoreline Districts in Washington
- F. RAND Principal and Teacher Questionnaires
- References.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print record.
- ISBN:
- 9781598751406
- 1598751409
- OCLC:
- 936892152
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