The Eight-Year Study Revisited
The Eight-Year Study Revisited

Author: Richard P. Lipka

Publisher:

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 180

ISBN-13:

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This book examines the Eight-Year Study, or "Adventure in American Education," which was a landmark experiment in curriculum reform in 30 American high schools from 1933 to 1939. The study not only investigated the college success of the graduates of the 30 schools that were engaged in revising their curricula, but also attempted to stimulate secondary schools to develop better college preparatory programs. After establishing the context for the study in an introductory chapter, the volume presents a detailed analysis, describing the lessons learned regarding the implementation of change in education. The research methodology and the pioneering work in developing instruments that were used in the study, though frequently overlooked in retrospective works, are examined at length, particularly as they relate to noncognitive components of education. Likewise, the book looks at the graduates of the 30 experimental schools and assesses how they compared in college with their paired control partners. An analysis of the state of secondary education during the 1930s is also provided. The concluding chapter reviews the major findings of the study and puts them into a middle-school perspective. It identifies 12 areas that the Eight-Year Study speaks to and how these relate to the middle-level education-reform effort. (RJM)

Cracking the Code of Education Reform
Cracking the Code of Education Reform

Author: Christopher H. Tienken

Publisher: Corwin

Published: 2019-08-07

Total Pages: 177

ISBN-13: 1544368240

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Reform your evaluation methods to enact education reform policies effectively! Although educational reform is intended for positive change, sometimes it misses the mark. With this indispensable guide, stakeholders focused on improving student outcomes – from parents to policy-makers to school leaders – will learn to evaluate, interpret, and enact policies and proposals to maximize the positives and minimize the negatives of education mandates. In addition to a practical, evidence-based framework for evaluating reform, this book features: • Seven specific creative compliance strategies to maximize student and educator success • Case studies that illustrate how to critique reforms and take action • Reflective questions to guide evaluation and application • Ethical decision-making checklist

Case Studies in Bayesian Statistics
Case Studies in Bayesian Statistics

Author: Constantine Gatsonis

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-12-06

Total Pages: 441

ISBN-13: 1461300355

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The 5th Workshop on Case Studies in Bayesian Statistics was held at the Carnegie Mellon University campus on September 24-25, 1999. As in the past, the workshop featured both invited and contributed case studies. The former were presented and discussed in detail while the latter were presented in poster format. This volume contains the three invited case studies with the accompanying discussion as well as ten contributed pa pers selected by a refereeing process. The majority of case studies in the volume come from biomedical research. However, the reader will also find studies in education and public policy, environmental pollution, agricul ture, and robotics. INVITED PAPERS The three invited cases studies at the workshop discuss problems in ed ucational policy, clinical trials design, and environmental epidemiology, respectively. 1. In School Choice in NY City: A Bayesian Analysis ofan Imperfect Randomized Experiment J. Barnard, C. Frangakis, J. Hill, and D. Rubin report on the analysis of the data from a randomized study conducted to evaluate the New YorkSchool Choice Scholarship Pro gram. The focus ofthe paper is on Bayesian methods for addressing the analytic challenges posed by extensive non-compliance among study participants and substantial levels of missing data. 2. In Adaptive Bayesian Designs for Dose-Ranging Drug Trials D. Berry, P. Mueller, A. Grieve, M. Smith, T. Parke, R. Blazek, N.