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Download full textPloeg, Arie van der – 1997
Despite their progress, most schools in Kansas' Quality Performance Accreditation (QPA) System fall short of the philosophy and practice envisioned by QPA. What has been accomplished and what remains to be done in QPA is detailed in this two-volume report. It was found that teachers working together were at the center of improvement. Schools where…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education, Pilot Projects
Easton, John Q.; And Others – 1990
The first phase of a monitoring project to evaluate the implementation of the Chicago Reform Act, with a focus on the process of securing school participation in the study, is described in this report. Twelve schools out of a random stratified sample of 16 schools agreed to participate in the study, which was to consist of interviews and classroom…
Descriptors: Effective Schools Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Observation, Pilot Projects
Massachusetts State Dept. of Education, Quincy. Bureau of Equal Educational Opportunity. – 1990
This evaluation of the first-year elementary school implementation of Boston's pilot "controlled choice" student assignment plan found that very little had been accomplished in planning for school improvement and that future desegregation compliance hinges on key decisions about secondary and bilingual education, and the empowerment of…
Descriptors: Desegregation Plans, Educational Improvement, Elementary Education, Parent Participation
Swanson, Judy – 1991
Three programs sponsored by the Seattle (Washington) public schools' Office of Academic Achievement were evaluated: the Academic Achievement Project, Early Childhood Model (ECM) Schools, and Pilot Projects. Academic Achievement projects were designed to increase the academic achievement of at-risk learners and to decrease disproportionality. The…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Computer Assisted Instruction, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education
Smith, J. Lea; And Others – 1992
In 1988 the Kentucky Supreme Court upheld a previous decision that the state public education system had failed to provide an efficient system of common schools. The Kentucky Educational Reform Act (KERA, 1990) came from this decision. This paper reviews the restructuring of a primary school under the KERA, focusing on one collaborative effort…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, College School Cooperation, Curriculum Development, Educational Assessment
Finnan, Christine – 1992
An ethnographic study was conducted of the first year of implementation of the Accelerated Schools Project in a pilot middle school. The interaction between intervention and the existing school culture is studied through multiple interviews with teachers, support staff, administrators, students, and parents as well as observation and review of…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Change, Educational Environment, Ethnography
