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Title
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Success for all: Improving the Quality of Implementation of Whole-School Change Through the Use of a National Reform Network
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Abstract/Description
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The role and importance of national reform network participation in the implementation of one of the most successful U.S. whole-school reform efforts--Success for ALL (SFA)--is profiled here. The paper explores this educational network beyond professional development and examines the relationship between participation in SFA's national reform network activities and the quality of program implementation. Part 1 briefly describes the SFA model for school change and its major components. Then, after presenting a theoretical framework for understanding educational networks and how they can be used in supporting whole-school change, the analysis turns to how network activities are used to facilitate quality implementation of SFA. Two types of network activities are explored: (1) participation in a national conference; and (2) participation in local support network activities. The findings illuminate key connections between network participation and the quality implementation of whole-school change. It is suggested that national reform network activities play a key role in the development and expansion of whole-school change models. Appended is a list of the variables explored under the headings outcome measures, program structure, and reading curriculum/strategies.
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Date
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1998
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In publication
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Education and Urban Society
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Volume
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30
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Issue
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3
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Pages
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385-408
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Language
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en
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Open access/full-text available
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en
Yes
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Peer reviewed
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en
Yes
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ISSN
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0013-1245
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Citation
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Cooper, R., Slavin, R. E., & Madden, N. A. (1998). Success for all: Improving the Quality of Implementation of Whole-School Change Through the Use of a National Reform Network. Education and Urban Society, 30(3), 385–408. https://doi.org/10.1177/0013124598030003006
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