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The Resource Assessing the progress of New American Schools : a status report, Mark Berends with Joanna Heilbrunn, Christopher J. McKelvey, Thomas Sullivan

Assessing the progress of New American Schools : a status report, Mark Berends with Joanna Heilbrunn, Christopher J. McKelvey, Thomas Sullivan

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New American Schools (NAS), a private nonprofit corporation, began in 1991 to fund the development of designs aimed at transforming entire schools at the elementary and secondary levels, seeking to engage the nation's best educators, business people, and researchers in an effort to create, test, and foster the implementation of schoolwide designs that "break the mold." The competition, development, and demonstration phases of this effort have been completed; the current "scaling-up" phase, with the goal of forming a critical mass of schools within partnering school districts, began in 1995. This report describes RAND's plan for collecting the data needed to address the overall questions posed for the effort: What were the NAS schools like before they implemented the designs? How have the designs and the assistance they provide evolved over time? Are the critical components of the NAS designs being implemented across a wide array of schools? Do the NAS designs extend beyond changes in school organization and governance and permeate classrooms to change curriculum and instruction? Over time, what is the progress of the schools being assisted by NAS design teams in improving student and school performance? Also described is RAND's analysis of the baseline characteristics--demographics, climate, and test scores--of NAS schools in the early implementation stages of the scale-up phase, an analysis that sought to answer the first of the overall questions: What were the NAS schools like before they implemented the designs?
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
1 online resource (xviii, 42 pages)
Note
  • "Prepared for New American Schools."
  • "MR-1085-EDU"--Page 4 of cover
Contents
  • Introduction and Research Questions
  • Toward an Understanding of Schoolwide Reforms: Assessment of the Scale-Up Phase
  • Baseline Description of New American Schools
  • Summary of Findings and Work Ahead
  • References
Isbn
9780585349251
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Label
Assessing the progress of New American Schools : a status report
Title
Assessing the progress of New American Schools
Title remainder
a status report
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Mark Berends with Joanna Heilbrunn, Christopher J. McKelvey, Thomas Sullivan
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Contributor
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Language
eng
Summary
New American Schools (NAS), a private nonprofit corporation, began in 1991 to fund the development of designs aimed at transforming entire schools at the elementary and secondary levels, seeking to engage the nation's best educators, business people, and researchers in an effort to create, test, and foster the implementation of schoolwide designs that "break the mold." The competition, development, and demonstration phases of this effort have been completed; the current "scaling-up" phase, with the goal of forming a critical mass of schools within partnering school districts, began in 1995. This report describes RAND's plan for collecting the data needed to address the overall questions posed for the effort: What were the NAS schools like before they implemented the designs? How have the designs and the assistance they provide evolved over time? Are the critical components of the NAS designs being implemented across a wide array of schools? Do the NAS designs extend beyond changes in school organization and governance and permeate classrooms to change curriculum and instruction? Over time, what is the progress of the schools being assisted by NAS design teams in improving student and school performance? Also described is RAND's analysis of the baseline characteristics--demographics, climate, and test scores--of NAS schools in the early implementation stages of the scale-up phase, an analysis that sought to answer the first of the overall questions: What were the NAS schools like before they implemented the designs?
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1962-
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Berends, Mark
Dewey number
371.2/00973
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
LC call number
LB2822.82
LC item number
.B45 1999eb
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
  • dictionaries
  • bibliography
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  • Rand Education (Institute)
  • New American Schools (Organization)
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  • New American Schools (Organization)
  • School improvement programs
  • Educational change
  • New American Schools (Organization)
  • EDUCATION
  • Educational change
  • School improvement programs
  • United States
Label
Assessing the progress of New American Schools : a status report, Mark Berends with Joanna Heilbrunn, Christopher J. McKelvey, Thomas Sullivan
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Publication
Note
  • "Prepared for New American Schools."
  • "MR-1085-EDU"--Page 4 of cover
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 37-42)
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Introduction and Research Questions -- Toward an Understanding of Schoolwide Reforms: Assessment of the Scale-Up Phase -- Baseline Description of New American Schools -- Summary of Findings and Work Ahead -- References
Control code
47009085
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource (xviii, 42 pages)
Form of item
online
Isbn
9780585349251
Lccn
99044907
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Other physical details
illustrations
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)47009085
Label
Assessing the progress of New American Schools : a status report, Mark Berends with Joanna Heilbrunn, Christopher J. McKelvey, Thomas Sullivan
Publication
Note
  • "Prepared for New American Schools."
  • "MR-1085-EDU"--Page 4 of cover
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 37-42)
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Introduction and Research Questions -- Toward an Understanding of Schoolwide Reforms: Assessment of the Scale-Up Phase -- Baseline Description of New American Schools -- Summary of Findings and Work Ahead -- References
Control code
47009085
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource (xviii, 42 pages)
Form of item
online
Isbn
9780585349251
Lccn
99044907
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Other physical details
illustrations
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)47009085

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