A r c h i v e d  I n f o r m a t i o n

School-Based Reform--Lessons From A National Study-1995

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

We wish to acknowledge the valuable contributions of the members of the Working Group for the Study of Effective Schools Programs:

Celesta Brandon, National Consortium of Chapter 2 State Advisory Committees
Robert W. Covert, University of Virginia, Curry School of Education
Richard F. Elmore, Harvard University Graduate School of Education
Joy A. Frechtling, Westat
Elenore Freedman, consultant
Beverly Caffee Glenn, Howard University School of Education
Anne T. Henderson, National Committee for Citizens in Education
Michael Murphy, State of Idaho, Department of Education
Fred M. Newmann, National Center on Effective Secondary Schools
Joan Shoemaker, State of Connecticut, Department of Education
Thomas A. Teeter, University of Arkansas at Little Rock

In addition, we would like to thank Richard Hardebeck of the Texas Education Agency, Austin, Texas, and the following individuals from the U.S. Department of Education for their helpful comments:

Carol Chelemer
Barbara Coates
Alicia Coro
Thomas Corwin
Terry Dozier
Julie Edmunds
Robert Kastner
Nancy Loy
Theresa Mahoney
Valena Plisko
Valerie Rogers
Zulla Toney

We also wish to thank the members of the panel of practitioners who reviewed the guide:

Mary Cassey-Goldstein, program coordinator, Center for Effective Schools, University of Washington
Steve Chappuis, Central Kitsap School District, administrator and former secondary school principal
Cyndi Curran-Bamburg, special education teacher, Tacoma School District
Jack Dale, assistant superintendent, Edmonds School District
Linda Fisher, elementary school principal, Bellevue School District
Jill Hearne, elementary director, Seattle School District
Wanda Johnson, elementary principal, Bellevue School District
Gene Medina, superintendent, Port Townsend School District
Cinda Morrison, assistant high school principal, South Kitsap School District
Liz Pearson, assistant high school principal, Snoqualmie School District
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