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Studies of Education Reform

The findings are in! Researchers have reported on their studies of nearly 100 schools and school districts that have successfully implemented a wide range of education reforms. The effort began in 1991, when Congress requested that the Department investigate education reform. OERI contracted with 12 research groups who identified sites and conducted case studies of those sites to understand the nature of the reforms and how the schools initiated and sustained them. Each study focused on one of 12 topical areas: school-based management, student assessment, early childhood education, students at risk, parent and community involvement, student diversity, curriculum reform, school-to-work transition, systemic reform, professional development, education technology, and the uses of time.

OERI is making those findings available, along with a synthesis that outlines eight lessons for educators. Generally, each study comprises three volumes. Volume I contains a discussion of the study findings, case study summaries of the schools or school districts examined, and recommendations. Volume II contains detailed case studies. Volume III is a technical appendix explaining the study's methodology. All are available from the Educational Resources Information Center at 1-800-LET-ERIC. Volume I for most of the studies is also available from the Government Printing Office (see page 11, "How to Order").

Following is a list of the studies and the synthesis, with ordering information (see page 9 for highlights from the study on Assessment of Student Performance):

Assessment of School-Based Management, Vol. I-ERIC #EA 027 926, GPO #065-000-00921-8 ($11); Vol. II-not available; Vol. III-ERIC #EA 027 927

Assessment of Student Performance, Vol. I-ERIC #EA 027 928, GPO #065-000-00933-9 ($15); Vol. II-ERIC #EA 027 929; Vol. III-ERIC #EA 027 930

Early Childhood Reform in Seven Communities, Vol. I-ERIC #EA 027 934, GPO #065-000-00928-5 ($8); Vol. II-ERIC #EA 027 935; Vol. III-ERIC #EA 027 936

Education Reform and Students At Risk, Vol. I-ERIC #EA 027 937; Vol. II-ERIC #EA 027 938; Vol. III-ERIC #EA 027 939

Parent and Community Involvement in Education, Vol. I-ERIC #EA 027 940, GPO #065-000-00937-4 ($10); Vol. II-ERIC #EA 027 941, Vol. III-ERIC #EA 027 942

School Reform and Student Diversity, Vol. I-ERIC #EA 027 943, GPO #065-000-00935-8 ($16); Vol. II-ERIC #EA 027 944; Vol. III-ERIC #EA 027 945

Study of Curriculum Reform, Vol. I-ERIC #EA 027 931, GPO #065-000-00923-4 ($9); Vol. II-ERIC #EA 027 932; Vol. III-ERIC #EA 027 933

Study of School-to-Work Initiatives, Vol. I-ERIC #EA 027 946, GPO #065-000-00922-6 ($10); Vol. II-ERIC #EA 027 947; Vol. III-ERIC #EA 027 948

Systemic Reform, Vol. I-ERIC #EA 027 949, GPO #065-000-00924-2 ($12); Vol. II-ERIC #EA 027 950; Vol. III-ERIC #EA 027 951

Systemic Reform in the Professionalism of Educators, Vol. I-ERIC #EA 027 952; Vol. II-ERIC #EA 027 953; Vol. III-ERIC #EA 027 954

Technology and Education Reform, Vol. I-ERIC #EA 027 955, GPO # 065-000-00934-0 ($13); Vol. II-ERIC #EA 027 956; Vol. III-ERIC #EA 027 957

The Uses of Time for Teaching and Learning, Vol. I-ERIC #EA 027 958, GPO #065-000-00927-7 ($7); Vol. II-ERIC #EA 027 959; Vol. III-ERIC #EA 027 960 (a fourth volume, A Research Review: The Educational Uses of Time, is also available from this study, ERIC #EA 027 961)

Fitting the Pieces: Education Reform That Works is a 25-page synthesis containing 8 lessons distilled from the Studies of Education Reform (GPO #065-000-00929-3, $5.50).

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