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Stumbling Through: How Joel Klein Reinvented the New York City Schools
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Viteritti, Joseph P. – Journal of School Choice, 2012
In this essay, the author reviews "Education Reform in New York City: Ambitious Change in the Nation's Most Complex School System," by Jennifer A. O'Day, Catherine S. Bitter, and Louis Gomez. The book under review explores a larger set of issues, and some time has passed. But many of the issues studied remain relevant and the consistent…
Descriptors: Evidence, Urban Schools, Educational Change, Change Strategies
The Dynamics of School Change: Response to the Article "Comer's School Development Program in Prince George's Count, Maryland: A Theory-based Evaluation," by Thomas D. Cook et al.
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Comer, James P.; Haynes, Norris M. – American Educational Research Journal, 1999
Comments on a study of Comer's School Development Model, indicating that the study, as conducted, was not a study of the model but a limited study of the effects of one application of the model's process. In addition, the evaluation was carried out over only 2 years for each group, when experience shows that at least 3 years are necessary to show…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Middle School Students, Middle Schools, Program Evaluation
Lessons from the Future from the Future of Schools.
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Broad, Kathy – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2001
"The Future of Schools" (1998), by Australia's former Minister of Education Don Hayward and Professor Brian J. Caldwell, recounts the development, implementation, and early effects of a far-reaching change effort. The authors'"lessons" are undercut by insufficient data connecting the reform with improved teaching and learning.…
Descriptors: Book Reviews, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
"High Stakes Performance Assessment: Perspectives on Kentucky's Educational Reform" Book Review. .
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Culver, Steven M. – Evaluation Practice, 1995
This volume provides the background of the Kentucky Education Reform Act and discusses the assessment and evaluation principles on which it is based. It reviews early steps in implementation of the Act's mandates, but was written before most of the battles of implementation had begun. (SLD)
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Assessment, Educational Change, Educational Theories