Are Local Policies Supporting Instruction Becoming Standardized?

Autor/inn/en	Duke, Daniel L.; Tucker, Pamela D.; Higgins, Jennifer; Lanphear, Lesley; Levy, Melissa K.; Salmonowicz, Michael J.
Titel	Are Local Policies Supporting Instruction Becoming Standardized?
Quelle	In: Leadership and Policy in Schools, 7 (2008) 1, S.1-29 (29 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1570-0763
Schlagwörter	State Standards; Accountability; Standard Setting; School Districts; Educational Policy; Policy Analysis; National Standards; Federal Regulation; State Regulation; Compliance (Legal); Instructional Effectiveness; Multivariate Analysis; State Surveys; Virginia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Verantwortung; Standardisierung; School district; Schulbezirk; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Politikfeldanalyse; Bundeskompetenz; Staatliche Lenkung; Unterrichtserfolg; Multivariate Analyse
Abstract	This study examined whether instructional policies at the local level are becoming standardized as a result of state and federal accountability initiatives. A stratified random sample of 21 Virginia school districts was used, and the policies reviewed covered seven topics: class size, student grouping, homework, remedial instruction programs, school-year programs for students who fail state tests, summer school programs, and retaking state tests. The authors found that the majority of the 21 districts adopted or amended policies in the wake of accountability initiatives instituted since 1995. Both similarities and differences were found in the districts' policies, but the differences did not appear to be substantial. (Contains 3 tables and 1 footnote.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10