Using rigorous evidence to improve policy and practice
Subtitle: colloquium report
By: convened by MDRC, with the National High School Alliance, the Council of the Great City Schools
Series: The high school reform conference series
Publisher: MDRC
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 102
Subjects: High schools; Administration; Urban high schools; School improvement programs
Notes: "January 22-23, 2004, New Orleans, Louisiana."

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Why has frequent high school reform since World War II produced disappointing results again, and again, and again?  -- Larry Cuban; title: Is there solid evidence of positive effects for high school students?  -- David Stern and Jean Yonemura Wing; title: Districtwide strategies of high school reform: the case of Chicago -- G. Alfred Hess, Jr.