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Peer reviewedHusen, Torsten – Comparative Education, 1989
Reviews educational changes in Sweden since the 1962 Education Act, which expanded educational opportunities through introduction of comprehensive schools. Discusses the effects of Swedish reforms on educational policy debates in Great Britain and West Germany and on comparative education research in Europe and the United States. Contains 32…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Comprehensive Programs, Educational Change, Educational History
Download full textAppelbaum, Deborah; Schwartzbeck, Terri Duggan – 2002
Many educators believe that comprehensive school reform (CSR) holds real promise for improving schools, as many CSR programs are based in research and have documented success. However, in the past year, there has been increased emphasis on CSR programs' evidence of effectiveness and scrutiny of CSR evaluations' degree of rigor. Questions exist…
Descriptors: Comprehensive Programs, Educational Improvement, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
PDF pending restorationKangasniemi, Erkki – 1977
Research results are collated and presented concerning the change in Finland from a binary system of education to a more unitary system, the "comprehensive school," involving a single primary school (grades one through nine) and a choice between vocational and senior secondary school (grades ten through twelve). The new system, being…
Descriptors: Comprehensive Programs, Educational Innovation, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
Marvin, Michael D.; Ferderbar, Joseph – 1974
This report discusses the results of a five-year effort to develop a comprehensive planning process that would enable school districts to initiate and maintain a self-sustaining planning capability. In addition to examining the general principles and procedures of the comprehensive planning approach to school district planning, the author…
Descriptors: Comprehensive Programs, Curriculum Development, Educational Objectives, Educational Planning
ERIC Clearinghouse on Educational Management, Eugene, OR. – 1982
The movement toward school consolidation was triggered by James Bryant Conant's contention that larger schools are more efficient and offer more comprehensive programs. Many studies seem to support the claim that larger schools are cheaper to operate. Yet problems with these studies include wide variation in the minimum, optimum, and maximum sizes…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comprehensive Programs, Consolidated Schools, Cost Effectiveness
Creemers, Bert P. M.; de Vries, Annemieke – 1982
Using as an example the development of the comprehensive school concept in the Netherlands, this paper explores the strategy for educational innovation in a centralized national educational system, the role of educational research and evaluation in educational innovation, the impact of research on policy-making, and the strengths and weaknesses of…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Comprehensive Programs, Educational Change, Educational Innovation
