Lessons from New American Schools' scale-up phase : prospects for bringing designs to multiple schools /

Lessons from New American Schools' scale-up phase : prospects for bringing designs to multiple schools /

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New American Schools was established in 1991 to help schools transform themselves into high-performing organizations. This report is a formative assessment of the first two years (1995-1997) of the scale-up phase, during which NAS partnered with 10 jurisdictions to implement design-based programs fo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bodilly, Susan J.
Corporate Authors: New American Schools (Organization), Rand Corporation
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Santa Monica, Calif. : RAND, 1998.
Subjects:
New American Schools (Organization)
School improvement programs > United States > Case studies.
School management and organization > United States > Case studies.
School districts > United States > Case studies.
School environment > United States > Case studies.
Case studies
Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • Figures ix
  • Tables xi
  • Chapter 2 History of NAS and the Scale-Up Strategy 7
  • Chapter 3 Research Approach and Methods 21
  • Chapter 4 Findings on Progress Towards Implementation 35
  • Chapter 5 The Influence of the Selection Process and School Climate 43
  • Chapter 6 Influence of Design and Team Factors 59
  • Chapter 7 Influence of School Structural and Site Factors 79
  • Chapter 8 Influence of Jurisdictional and Institutional Factors 85
  • Chapter 9 Caveats and Conclusions 107
  • Appendix A Backgroound History of New American Schools 115
  • Appendix B Descriptions and Designs 119.

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