The Role of Districts in Fostering Instructional Improvement: Lessons from Three Urban Districts Partnered with the Institute for Learning

Item

Title

The Role of Districts in Fostering Instructional Improvement: Lessons from Three Urban Districts Partnered with the Institute for Learning

Abstract/Description

Analyzes three urban districts’ efforts to improve the instructional quality and performance of their schools and assesses the contribution to those efforts made by an intermediary organization, the Institute for Learning. The authors identify constraints and enablers of district success, assess the nature and effect of district-intermediary partnerships, and make recommendations for districts undertaking similar instructional reforms.

Author/creator

Marsh, Julie A.

Kerr, Kerri A.

Ikemoto, Gina Schuyler

Darilek, Hilary

Booth, Marika

Zimmer, Ron

Barney, Heather

Date

2005

Publisher

RAND Corporation

Resource type

en Research/Scholarly Media

Resource status/form

en Published Text

Scholarship genre

en Empirical

Keywords

academic achievement

education administration

education reform

See all items with this valueNo Child Left Behind Act of 2001

Language

en

Open access/full-text available

en Yes

Peer reviewed

en No

URL

Open Access Report (RAND)

Citation

Marsh, J. A., Kerr, K. A., Ikemoto, G. S., Darilek, H., Booth, M., Zimmer, R., & Barney, H. (2005). The Role of Districts in Fostering Instructional Improvement: Lessons from Three Urban Districts Partnered with the Institute for Learning. RAND Corporation. https://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG361.html

Cited in

Coherent Instructional Systems at the School and School System Levels in the United States

Item sets

OB Citations - Coherent Instructional Systems at the School and School System Levels in the United States

• Email