Deep Change : Cases and Commentary on Reform in High Stakes States (Hc)

Gerald Ponder

ISBN 10: 1593111908 / ISBN 13: 9781593111908

Published by Information Age Publishing, 2005

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nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - This book is about deep change. In a series of research reports andcommentaries, it mainly features case studies of powerful reform for themost part in local districts and in individual schools. They are set withinthe constraints of obvious political realities, essentially the recently legislatedand bureaucratically enforced dimensions of high-stakes accountability.In this book, educational practice does not flow only from theory;neither does theory evolve only from educational practice. Rather, practiceand theory fruitfully interact, not just some of the time, but most ofthe time. These accounts of deep change, moreover, are written gracefullyin understandable prose, and largely absent the barnacles of breathlessadvocacy. To be sure, the accounts are uneven, not as a function oftheir quality which uncommonly is high, but as a function of their foci andperceived attractiveness.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Deep Change : Cases and Commentary on Reform in High Stakes States (Hc)
• Publisher: Information Age Publishing
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1593111908
• ISBN 13: 9781593111908
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 240W x 161H x 25D millimeters 240 millimeters width by 161 millimeters height by 25 millimeters depth
• Weight: 728 grams

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Synopsis

This book presents cases of schools (Part One) and programs at the district level and beyond (Part Two) in which reform, while driven by high-stakes accountability, became larger and deeper through data-driven dialogue, culture change, organizational learning, and other elements of high performing cultures. Commentaries on cross-case patterns by Ann Lieberman and Michael Fullan and a chapter on "now what?" first steps provide implications for initiating deep change that results in improved student learning outcomes even in challenging activity settings.