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Change and School Improvement

Fullan, Michael (1993). Change Forces: Probing the Depths of Educational Reform

Improving America's Schools: A Newsletter on Issues in School Reform
This 1996 Dept. of Education newsletter "provides an overview of the issues affecting state student assessment systems, include(1) challenges to creating new assessments to reflect state content and student performance standards; (2) assessment requirements under Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1994; (3) the alternatives to traditional forms of assessment; and (4) what the research literature says about student assessment."

Massell, Diane (2000). The district role in building capacity: Four strategies. CPRE Policy Briefs.

Professional Learning Communities: Communities of Continuous Inquiry and Improvement
Written by Dr. Shirley M. Hord
"Through a review of the literature, this paper will explore the concept and operationalization of professional learning communities:

What do professional learning communities look like and how do they function?
Why are such learning communities important for both staff and students?
How are learning communities introduced and developed in schools as a new organizational arrangement?

Entire publication available online at http://www.sedl.org/pubs/change34

Strategies for Change: Implementing a Comprehensive School Reform program
A two-part article on strategies for creating climate to maintain school reform efforts. Illustrated through Case Studies.http://www.sedl.org/csrd/connections

Systemic Reform: Perspectives on Personalizing Education
"The purpose of the 12 projects is to ensure that a knowledge base, sufficient to support sustained implementation of successful reforms, is developed. The projects are expected to produce cumulative findings that can be the basis for local efforts at generating and sustaining reform."http://www.ed.gov/pubs/EdReformStudies/SysReforms/index.html

Ten Critical Qualities of Student Work
http://www.middleweb.com/schlechty.html
Written by Phil Schlechty, head of the Center for Leadership in School Reform.
Presents 10 attributes "to which teachers might attend if they were set on inventing work that is more engaging for students. These qualities could serve as a framework for ongoing collegial discussions in schools as well as for the design of new activities for students. These qualities might also serve as a curriculum framework for staff development."