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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Berends, Mark, 1962- Facing the challenges of whole-school reform. Santa Monica, CA : Rand Education, 2002 (OCoLC)605481702 Online version: Berends, Mark, 1962- Facing the challenges of whole-school reform. Santa Monica, CA : Rand Education, 2002 (OCoLC)607049689 |
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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Mark Berends; Susan J Bodilly; Sheila Nataraj Kirby; New American Schools (Organization) |
| ISBN: | 0833031333 9780833031334 |
| OCLC Number: | 49288116 |
| Notes: | "MR-1498-EDU"--P. [4] of cover. |
| Description: | xliv, 222 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Contents: | An Overview of NAS -- RAND's Purpose and Analytic Tasks -- Conceptual Framework for Understanding Implementation and Performance in NAS Schools -- External Change Agents and School Improvement -- RAND's Conceptual Framework -- RAND's Program of Studies of New American Schools -- Development and Demonstration Phase -- Scale-Up Phase -- Ongoing Research -- Caveats and Limitations -- Organization of This Study -- The Development of New American Schools -- NAS's Whole-School Design Concept -- Request for Proposals -- NAS Design Team Selections -- Development Phase and the Decision to Reduce the Number of Teams -- The Demonstration Phase and Further Reduction in the Teams -- Lessons and the Strategy for Scale-Up -- Selection of Scale-Up Partners -- Scale-Up Experiences, 1995-1998 -- Comprehensive School Reform and the New NAS -- The New NAS -- Changes in NAS Designs -- General View of Why Education Interventions Change Over Time -- Findings -- Intervening Experiences -- Summary and Policy Implications -- Implementation of NAS Designs During the Scale-Up Phase -- An Overview of NAS Schools -- Studies of Implementation: Research Questions, Methodology, and Limitations -- Limitations of the Study -- Implementation Levels in NAS Schools -- Measuring Implementation in the Case Study Analysis -- Constructing a Core Implementation Index -- Findings -- Factors Affecting Implementation in NAS Schools -- Designs and Design-Based Assistance -- School Capacity -- School Context -- Selection Process -- District Context. |
| Responsibility: | Mark Berends, Susan J. Bodilly, Sheila Nataraj Kirby ; prepared for New American Schools. |
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Abstract:
After a decade of studies, this report released in 2002, draws together RAND's research on New American Schools, highlighting the organizations significant contribution to comprehensive school reform and noting the challenges that came with implementing whole-school designs.
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