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Title
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Designing Inter-Organizational Networks to Implement Education Reform: An Analysis of State Race to the Top Applications
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Abstract/Description
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This study sought to understand the opportunities and challenges associated with the implementation of state designed Race to the Top (RttT) funded reform networks. Drawing on a conceptual framework developed from the networked governance literature, we analyzed the 12 state RttT grantees’ applications. Our analysis revealed that states designed large implementation networks with potential to bring a wide range of resources to bear on reform efforts, particularly through participation of numerous nonsystem actors. However, coordinating large and diverse networks places state education agencies (SEAs) in a new and challenging role. The extent to which networks extend state capacity to support educational improvement or further complicate the work of SEAs remains an open question. We propose a model including a set of theoretical propositions to guide future research.
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Date
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2015
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In publication
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Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis
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Volume
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37
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Issue
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1
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Pages
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92-112
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IRE Approach/Concept
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Education Reform
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Networked Governance
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Policy Implementation
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Social Network Analysis
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Inter-Organizational Network
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Organizational Theory
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Featured case/project
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Race to the Top (RttP)
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Language
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en
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Open access/full-text available
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en
No
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Peer reviewed
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en
Yes
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ISSN
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0162-3737, 1935-1062
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Citation
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Russell, J. L., Meredith, J., Childs, J., Stein, M. K., & Prine, D. W. (2015). Designing Inter-Organizational Networks to Implement Education Reform: An Analysis of State Race to the Top Applications. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 37(1), 92–112. https://doi.org/10.3102/0162373714527341
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Abbreviation
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Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis
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