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Bickel, Robert and Chang, Martha J. – Urban Review, 1985
Presents an assessment of the relative performance of public and private schools, based on data from the Educational Testing Service. Challenges the Coleman Report's assertion that private schools more closely approximate the common school egalitarian ideal and sever the connections between background characteristics and measured achievement. (SA)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comprehensive Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Private Schools
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