School change efforts under the reform are classifiable as either systemic or unfocused¶
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Evidence · 1 study · associationalr?·q2
Currency · newest study 1989 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person
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q2 i? School change efforts can be classified into two types: systemic or unfocused. → Chicago Elementary School Decentralization Reform: The First Four Years 1989
Evidence¶
Chicago Elementary School Decentralization Reform: The First Four Years 1989¶
Chicago Elementary School Decentralization Reform: The First Four Years. (1989). https://www.amazon.com
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Classification derived from the study's combined case study and survey data on Chicago elementary schools. The authors "classify school change efforts as either systemic or unfocused," a distinction used to link school politics to instructional improvement efforts.
"In addition, they classify school change efforts as either systemic or unfocused."
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Related Claims¶
- The indicator system correctly classifies 96 percent of case-study schools' politics and 92 percent of their improvement approach — related
- The Chicago reform study joins the politics of local control to school change through intertwined narrative and quantitative analysis — a broader claim this one bears on
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School change efforts under the reform are classifiable as either systemic or unfocused |
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School change efforts under the reform are classifiable as either systemic or unfocused |
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1989 |
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