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• catalog abstract "About a decade ago, New American Schools (NAS) set out to address theperceived lagging performance of American students and the lacklusterresults of school reform efforts. As a private nonprofit organization, NAS's mission was-and is-to help schools and districts raise studentachievement levels by using whole-school designs and design team assistanceduring implementation. Since its inception, NAS has engaged in adevelopment phase (1992-1993), a demonstration phase (1993-1995), and ascale-up phase (1995-present). Over the last ten years, RAND has been monitoring the progress of the NASinitiative. This book is a retrospective on NAS and draws together thefindings from RAND research. The book underscores the significantcontributions made by NAS to comprehensive school reform but also highlightsthe challenges of trying to reform schools through whole-school designs. Divided into sections on each research phase, the book concludes with anafterword by NAS updating its own strategy for the future. This book willinterest those who want to better understand comprehensive school reform andits effects on teaching and learning within high-stakes accountabilityenvironments.".
• catalog contributor b12480461.
• catalog contributor b12480462.
• catalog contributor b12480463.
• catalog contributor b12480464.
• catalog contributor b12480465.
• catalog created "2002.".
• catalog date "2002".
• catalog date "2002.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "2002.".
• catalog description "About a decade ago, New American Schools (NAS) set out to address theperceived lagging performance of American students and the lacklusterresults of school reform efforts. As a private nonprofit organization, NAS's mission was-and is-to help schools and districts raise studentachievement levels by using whole-school designs and design team assistanceduring implementation. Since its inception, NAS has engaged in adevelopment phase (1992-1993), a demonstration phase (1993-1995), and ascale-up phase (1995-present). Over the last ten years, RAND has been monitoring the progress of the NASinitiative. This book is a retrospective on NAS and draws together thefindings from RAND research. The book underscores the significantcontributions made by NAS to comprehensive school reform but also highlightsthe challenges of trying to reform schools through whole-school designs. Divided into sections on each research phase, the book concludes with anafterword by NAS updating its own strategy for the future. This book willinterest those who want to better understand comprehensive school reform andits effects on teaching and learning within high-stakes accountabilityenvironments.".
• catalog description "An Overview of NAS -- RAND's Purpose and Analytic Tasks -- Conceptual Framework for Understanding Implementation and Performance in NAS Schools -- External Change Agents and School Improvement -- RAND's Conceptual Framework -- RAND's Program of Studies of New American Schools -- Development and Demonstration Phase -- Scale-Up Phase -- Ongoing Research -- Caveats and Limitations -- Organization of This Study -- The Development of New American Schools -- NAS's Whole-School Design Concept -- Request for Proposals -- NAS Design Team Selections -- Development Phase and the Decision to Reduce the Number of Teams -- The Demonstration Phase and Further Reduction in the Teams -- Lessons and the Strategy for Scale-Up -- Selection of Scale-Up Partners -- Scale-Up Experiences, 1995-1998 -- Comprehensive School Reform and the New NAS -- The New NAS -- Changes in NAS Designs -- General View of Why Education Interventions Change Over Time -- Findings -- Intervening Experiences -- Summary and Policy Implications -- Implementation of NAS Designs During the Scale-Up Phase -- An Overview of NAS Schools -- Studies of Implementation: Research Questions, Methodology, and Limitations -- Limitations of the Study -- Implementation Levels in NAS Schools -- Measuring Implementation in the Case Study Analysis -- Constructing a Core Implementation Index -- Findings -- Factors Affecting Implementation in NAS Schools -- Designs and Design-Based Assistance -- School Capacity -- School Context -- Selection Process -- District Context.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references.".
• catalog extent "xliv, 222 p. :".
• catalog hasFormat "Facing the challenges of whole-school reform.".
• catalog identifier "0833031333".
• catalog isFormatOf "Facing the challenges of whole-school reform.".
• catalog issued "2002".
• catalog issued "2002.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Santa Monica, CA : Rand,".
• catalog relation "Facing the challenges of whole-school reform.".
• catalog spatial "United States.".
• catalog subject "371.2/00973 21".
• catalog subject "LB2822.82 .B455 2002".
• catalog subject "New American Schools (Organization)".
• catalog subject "School improvement programs United States.".
• catalog tableOfContents "An Overview of NAS -- RAND's Purpose and Analytic Tasks -- Conceptual Framework for Understanding Implementation and Performance in NAS Schools -- External Change Agents and School Improvement -- RAND's Conceptual Framework -- RAND's Program of Studies of New American Schools -- Development and Demonstration Phase -- Scale-Up Phase -- Ongoing Research -- Caveats and Limitations -- Organization of This Study -- The Development of New American Schools -- NAS's Whole-School Design Concept -- Request for Proposals -- NAS Design Team Selections -- Development Phase and the Decision to Reduce the Number of Teams -- The Demonstration Phase and Further Reduction in the Teams -- Lessons and the Strategy for Scale-Up -- Selection of Scale-Up Partners -- Scale-Up Experiences, 1995-1998 -- Comprehensive School Reform and the New NAS -- The New NAS -- Changes in NAS Designs -- General View of Why Education Interventions Change Over Time -- Findings -- Intervening Experiences -- Summary and Policy Implications -- Implementation of NAS Designs During the Scale-Up Phase -- An Overview of NAS Schools -- Studies of Implementation: Research Questions, Methodology, and Limitations -- Limitations of the Study -- Implementation Levels in NAS Schools -- Measuring Implementation in the Case Study Analysis -- Constructing a Core Implementation Index -- Findings -- Factors Affecting Implementation in NAS Schools -- Designs and Design-Based Assistance -- School Capacity -- School Context -- Selection Process -- District Context.".
• catalog title "Facing the challenges of whole-school reform : New American Schools after a decade / Mark Berends, Susan J. Bodilly, Sheila Kirby.".
• catalog type "text".