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Reconsidering Replication: New Perspectives on Large-Scale School Improvement

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Reconsidering Replication: New Perspectives on Large-Scale School Improvement
Abstract/Description
The purpose of this analysis is to reconsider organizational replication as a strategy for large-scale school improvement: a strategy that features a “hub” organization collaborating with “outlet” schools to enact school-wide designs for improvement. To do so, we synthesize a leading line of research on commercial replication to construct a “knowledge-based logic” focused on the production, use, improvement, and retention of effective practices in large numbers of schools. Drawing on findings from a longitudinal case study, we then use the knowledge-based logic to structure an interpretation of Success for All, a leading comprehensive school reform program. In contrast to common assumptions of organizational replication as a strategy that yields rapid results at the expense of local and professional control, we argue that organizational replication can be understood as a long-term enterprise in which program providers and schools collaborate to produce, use, improve, and retain practical knowledge. Capitalizing on this potential, however, is contingent on both proponents and critics re-examining common assumptions about organizational replication and recognizing value in replication enterprises that they would otherwise miss.
Author/creator
Peurach, Donald J.
Glazer, Joshua L.
Date
2012
In publication
Journal of Educational Change
Volume
13
Issue
2
Pages
155-190
Resource type
en Research/Scholarly Media
Resource status/form
en Published Text
Scholarship genre
en Empirical
Keywords
best practice
educational reform
innovation
knowledge production
organizational learning
replication
scale
school turnaround
sustainability
Language
en
Open access/full-text available
en No
Peer reviewed
en Yes
ISSN
1573-1812
DOI
10.1007/s10833-011-9177-7
URL
Official Publisher's Webpage (Springer Link)
Citation
Peurach, D. J., & Glazer, J. L. (2012). Reconsidering Replication: New Perspectives on Large-Scale School Improvement. Journal of Educational Change, 13(2), 155–190. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10833-011-9177-7
Cited in
Scale and Sustainability of Education Innovation and Improvement
Abbreviation
J Educ Change
Item sets
Handbook Chapter 8 Citations
OB Citations - Scale and Sustainability of Education Innovation and Improvement

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