Here's a look at school reform efforts undertaken at the state level, along with some recommendations for enhancing those efforts.
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Linda Darling-Hammond and Barnett Berry, The Evolution of Teacher Policy (Santa Monica, Calif.: Rand Corporation, 1988); Thomas B. Timar and David Kirp, Managing Educational Excellence (New York: Falmer Press , 1988).
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Chris Pipho , "States Move Reform Closer to Reality," Phi Delta Kappan, December 1986; Pipho, "From the State House to the School House ," NASSP Bulletin, December 1987.
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Also see William Chance, The Education Programs of the United States (Chicago: MacArthur Foundation, 1986); The Condition of Education, 1989, Vol. 1 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1989). Charts 1.29-1.30, pp. 69-71; Table 1.29, p.125.
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Alan C. Ornstein , "National Reform and Instructional Accountability ," High School Journal, 1990. Also see The Condition of Education, 1990, Vol. 1 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1990), Table 1.30, p. 127.
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Wynn M. Egginton , Thomas S. Jeffries, and Dorothy Kidd-Knights, "State Mandated Tests for Principals: A Growing Trend," NASSP Bulletin, April 1988. Also see NASSP Bulletin, January 1987, for a description of these centers.
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Thomas B. Timar and David L. Kirp, "Education Reform in the 1980s: Lessons from the States," Phi Delta Kappan, March 1989.
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Timar and Kirp, Managing Educational Excellence (New York: Falmer Press, 1988).
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Thomas Peters and Robert Waterman, In Search of Excellence: Lessons from America's Best-Run Companies (New York: Harper & Row, 1982).
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Fred Lunenburg and Allan C. Ornstein, Educational Administration: Concepts and Practices (Belmont, Calif.: Wadsworth, 1991 ).
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Allan Odden and David Marsh, " How Comprehensive Reform Legislation Can Improve Secondary Schools," Phi Delta Kappan, April 1988.
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Thomas F. Kelly, "Five Ways To Make Your Schools Effective ," School Administrator, October 1989.
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Michael Fix and Daphne A. Kenyon , Coping with Mandates: What Are the Alternatives ? (Washington, D.C.: Urban Institute , 1990); E. Blaine Liner, A Decade of Devolution: Perspectives on State-Local Relations (Washington, D.C.: Urban Institute, 1989).
