A Study of the Fifty States To Determine the Effect of Educational Reform on Seven Educational Improvement Areas.

Autor/inn/en	Cooley, Van E.; Thompson, Jay C., Jr.
Titel	A Study of the Fifty States To Determine the Effect of Educational Reform on Seven Educational Improvement Areas.
Quelle	(1990), (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Educational Change; Educational Finance; Educational Improvement; Educational Policy; Elementary Secondary Education; Geographic Regions; National Surveys; Outcomes of Education; Program Implementation; Remedial Programs; School District Autonomy; School Districts; State Departments of Education; State Programs; Summer Programs; Teacher Qualifications; Testing Programs + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungsreform; Bildungsfonds; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Förderprogramm; School district; School districts; Autonomy; School autonomy; Schulautonomie; Schulbezirk; Kultusministerium; Regierungsprogramm; Sommerkurs; Lehrqualifikation
Abstract	The status and effects of state-initiated educational reform were studied for local school districts in seven areas of educational improvement (EI): (1) state-mandated testing of students; (2) state curricular outcomes; (3) summer remediation; (4) state evaluation of local districts; (5) more stringent teacher requirements; (6) mentoring; and (7) state monies allocated for programs for at-risk students. Study objectives were to determine: the impact of reform on the seven EI measures; geographic differences among the states in the implementation of EI measures; which states have implemented EI measures without reform movement pressures; and the regions most responsive to educational reform pressures. Responses to survey questionnaires were received from educational officers in all 50 states. Reform influenced each of the four geographic areas (East, Midwest, South, and West), but the South was the most influenced by the reform movement. A significant result of educational reform has been increased control by state agencies of local school boards. Pressures from business/industrial leaders have required several state education agencies and/or legislators to develop and require a variety of mandated programs for local school districts. State-mandated programs have taken away control from many local school boards. School districts that have not kept pace with sound educational practices may benefit from the first phase of educational reform. Four tables present study data. (SLD)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC