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Publication Date: 1996
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Potential Pitfalls of Systemic Reform: Early Lessons from Research on Detracking.
Wells, Amy Stuart; Oakes, Jeannie
Sociology of Education, extra iss p135-43 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, Educational Change, Educational Development, Educational Innovation, Educational Research, Equal Education, Higher Education, Institutional Autonomy, Organizational Change, Parent School Relationship, School Based Management, Systems Development
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Language: English
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