Improving schools and educational systems : international perspectives /
Harris, Alma,1958-
Chrispeels, Janet.
London ; New York : Routledge,
2006.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction / Alma Harris and Janet H. Chrispeels -- A brief history of school improvement research in the USA / Charles B. Teddlie and Samuel Stringfield -- Success for all : research and reform in reading / Robert E. Slavin and Nancy A. Madden -- The high reliability schools project : some preliminary results and analyses / David Reynolds, Sam Stringfield, and Eugene C. Schaffer -- Learning from difference : some reflections on school improvement projects in three countries / Paul Clarke, Mel Ainscow and Mel West -- Effective school improvement : similarities and differences in improvement in eight European countries / Louise Stoll, Bert P.M. Creemers and Gerry Reezigt -- Changing secondary schools is hard : lessons from 10 years of school improvement in the Manitoba School Improvement Program / Lorna Earl, Nancy Torrance, and Stephanie Sutherland -- Building instructional quality : 'inside-out' and 'outside-in' perspectives on San Diego's school reform / Linda Darling-Hammond, Amy M. Hightower, Jennifer L. Husbands, Jeannette R. LaFors, Viki M. Young and Carl Christopher -- Standards-based reform and small schools of choice : how reform theories converge in three urban middle schools / Chrysan Gallucci, Michael S. Knapp, Anneke Markholt and Suzanne Ort -- Education district development in South Africa : a new direction for school improvement? / Brahm Fleisch -- The challenge of systemic change in complex educational systems : a district model to scale up reform / Janet H. Chrispeels and Margerita González -- The creation of knowledge networks : collaborative enquiry for school and system improvement / David Jackson -- Conclusion : future directions for the field / Janet H. Chrispeels and Alma Harris.
School improvement programs.
Educational change.