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David, Jane L. – 1993
The Kentucky Education Reform Act (KERA) is the most comprehensive reform legislation nationally, bringing substantial change to all levels of the educational system. A group of researchers who have spent time in schools in Kentucky and policy analysts knowledgeable about Kentucky and other state education reform efforts convened in October 1992…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Nongraded Instructional Grouping
Download full textOregon State Dept. of Education, Salem. – 1993
Oregon's Educational Act for the 21st Century is a remarkably comprehensive and systematic approach to school reform. Relying on a broad partnership of business leaders, parents, teachers, and educational professionals, it calls for a shift in public attitudes, a focus on outcome-based evaluations, and efforts to ensure its compatibility with…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Citizen Participation, Early Childhood Education, Educational Change
Peer reviewedWells, Amy Stuart; Oakes, Jeannie – Sociology of Education, 1996
Analyzes findings from a 3-year study of 10 racially mixed schools that decided to reduce ability grouping. Discovers that decentralized decision making and local control inhibit systemic reform because the micropolitics of autonomous schools will act as an obstructionist influence. (MJP)
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Academic Standards, Decentralization, Educational Administration
