Educational policy implementation in a shifting political climate: the California experience.

Autor/in	Hageman Chrispeels, Janet
Titel	Educational policy implementation in a shifting political climate: the California experience.
Quelle	In: American educational research journal, 34 (1997) 3, S. 453-481Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Literaturangaben 66; Tabellen 4
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0002-8312; 1935-1011
DOI	10.3102/00028312034003453
Schlagwörter	Bildungsreform; Schulreform; Schüler; Schülerleistung; Curriculum; Gemeinde (Kommune); Durchführung; Leistung; Leistungsmessung; Reform; Kalifornien; USA
Abstract	The implementation of new evaluation systems in California to assess students' complex problem-solving and critical-thinking skills aroused political controversy. This study presents a longitudinal and intertextual analysis of policymaking activity over a 10-year period to identify factors that supported local policy implementation in a shifting political climate. Evaluation data from three professional development academies designed to assist teachers and administrators in one region of the state to be leaders for assessment reform were analyzed. By examining the types of policy instruments used, comparing the policy texts, and juxtaposing these to the written and oral texts of educators from this region, the study shows how the enactment of policies over this period created a coherent policy system for California educators, built the capacity of local leaders to shape and interpret these policies, and influenced classroom practices. The analysis made visible how these three factors - coherence, capacity building, and changed practices - sustained local educators in pursuing alternative assessment even when a policy void was created at the state level by the veto of funding for the new assessment system. (DIPF/Abstract übernommen)
Erfasst von	DIPF \| Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsforschung und Bildungsinformation, Frankfurt am Main
Update	1998_(CD)