Title | Enhancing Educational Excellence, Equity and Efficiency [electronic resource] : Evidence from evaluations of systems and schools in change / edited by Roel J. Bosker, Bert P. M. Creemers, Sam Stringfield |
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Imprint | Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 1999 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4253-3 |
Descript | XI, 259 p. online resource |
1. Enduring Problems and Changing Conceptions -- 1.1 Enduring problems -- 1.2 A changing conception of steering -- 1.3 A changing conception of the effective school -- 1.4 A changing conception of evaluation -- 1.5 About this book -- 1.6 References -- 2. Changing Relationships between Centre and Locality in Education -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Deregulation -- 2.3 Privatization -- 2.4 Decentralization -- 2.5 A comparison of differences between areas -- 2.6 References -- 3. The Enhancement of Educational Opportunities of Disadvantaged Children -- 3.1 Prologue -- 3.2 The educational priority policy -- 3.3 The evaluation of the EPP -- 3.4 Recent developments -- 3.5 Epilogue -- 3.6 References -- 4. Integration Policy and Practice -- 4.1 Special education: current situation and main problems -- 4.2 Dutch policymaking concerning integration -- 4.3 The evaluation of the integration policy in The Netherlands -- 4.4 Evaluation -- 4.5 Reflections -- 4.6 References -- 5. The forthcoming Class Size Reduction Initiative -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Context -- 5.3 Conceptual issues -- 5.4 Studies on class size effects -- 5.5 The missing link between class size and achievement -- 5.6 Discussion and implications for future research -- 5.7 References -- 6. Quality and Opportunities in Secondary Education: Implementation and Effects of the Common Core Curriculum -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Theoretical background -- 6.3 Design of the evaluation -- 6.4 Results -- 6.5 Conclusions -- 6.6 References -- 7. Evaluating the Impact of a Raising School Standards Initiative -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 The external evaluation of the project -- 7.3 Action planning: developing action plans -- 7.4 The impact of MBW: Raising School Standards -- 7.5 Conclusions and implications for other standards initiatives -- 7.6 References -- 8. Systemic, Whole-school Reform of the Middle Years of Schooling -- 8.1 The need for reform -- 8.2 Characteristics and needs of young adolescents -- 8.3 Responsive forms of schooling -- 8.4 Strategic intentions -- 8.5 General design elements of a comprehensive school reform model -- 8.6 Translating strategic intentions into action at the school level -- 8.7 References -- 9. Review and Prospects of Educational Effectiveness Research in The Netherlands -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Research reviews -- 9.3 Prospects and new directions -- 9.4 Conclusions -- 9.5 References -- 10. The Future Agenda of Studies into the Effectiveness of Schools -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 The current criticisms of school effectiveness research -- 10.3 โCutting edgeโ areas -- 10.4 Conclusions: the end of the beginning -- 10.5 References