Research Complementary to the Effective Schools Process (SM), ESP
Category 5.2.
The items listed here are organized by stakeholder groups (students, teachers, etc.).
5.2.1. Students
Beady, Jr., Charles H., Ph.D. Educating At-Risk Students: Lessons From a Private School. Presentation given at the University Club, Milwaukee, WI., March 1, 1989. Note: This pamphlet contains the text of the talk along with a biographical profile of Dr. Beady and a photograph of him. There is also a letter sent to BOT referring to the talk and marking a particular passage in the text. Not in Worldcat/OCLC. (Original, 2 copies) See also this author's 1982 item in 5.1.2.
Center on Organization and Restructuring of Schools. “Making Small Groups Productive.” Issues in Restructuring Schools No. 2 (Spring 1992): 17pgs. ERIC ED347632 (2 Originals)
Kilgore, Sally B. and William W. Pendleton. “The Organizational Context of Learning: Framework for Understanding the Acquistion of Knowledge.” Sociology of Education Vol. 66 No. 1 (January 1993): 63-87. ERIC EJ473711 (Offprint)
Seal, Kathy. “The Trouble with Talent.” Lear’s (July, 1993): 30-31. (Original)
5.2.2. Teachers
Clark, David L. and Judith M. Meloy. “Recanting Bureaucracy: A Democratic Structure for Leadership in Schools.” October, 1987. Note: No indication of when/if this paper was presented or if this paper was part of a larger report or book. (Photocopy)
Showers, Beverly, et al. “Synthesis of Research on Staff Development: A Framework for Future Study and a State-of-the-Art Analysis.” Educational Leadership Vol. 45 No. 3 (November 1987): 77-87. ERIC EJ367365 (Photocopy)
Porter, Andrew. “Indicators: Objective Data or Political Tool?” Phi Delta Kappan Vol. 69 No. 7(March 1988): 503-505. ERIC EJ368812 (Photocopy)
Davis, Gary A. “Effective Teaching/Effective Schools: You Can’t Have One Without the Other.” Note: No publication data or reference to information for this article other than “This article is adapted from Effective Schools and Effective Teachers by Gary A. Davis and Margaret A. Thomas (Needham Heights, Ma.: Allyn & Bacon, 1989).” (6 Photocopies)
Rosenholtz, Susan J. “Teachers’ Workplace: The Social Organization of Schools.” Research on Teaching Monograph Series. New York: Longman, Inc., 1989. Note: This is a copy of the book cover, title page, table of contents and foreward only. OCLC 243295747 (Photocopy)
Stallings, Jane A. “Findings From the Research on Teaching: What We Have Learned.” July, 1989. Note: There is no indication where this paper was presented or to whom. (Photocopy)
Horsley, Donald. “Essay: Many Roads to Fundamental Reform: Getting Started.” From Restructuring to Promote Learning in America’s Schools, a nine part video teleconference, part 6 “Many Roads to Fundamental Reform: Getting Started.” North Central Regional Educational Laboratory, Elmhurst, IL. and the Public Broadcasting Service, 1990. Note: “Good Essays, a bit redundant to ESP and change as ES knows it. Repetitive to our research. BOT” (Photocopy)
May, John. “Real World Considerations in the Developing of an Effective School Incentive Program.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Boston, Massachusetts, April 1990. (Photocopy)
Porter, Andrew C., et al. “Reforming the curriculum: Will empowerment policies replace control?” Paper prepared for the The Politics of Curriculum and Testing: the 1990 Yearbook of the Politics of Education Association. Ed. Susan Fuhrman and Betty Malen. New York: Falmer Press, 1990. OCLC accession no. 24363693, widely held. (Photocopy of typescript)
Purnell, Susanna and Paul Hill. Time for Reform. Santa Monica, Ca.: Rand Corporation, 1992. ERIC ED354595 (Original)
Prager, Karen. “Collaborative Planning Time for Teachers.” Brief to Principals No. 2 (Winter 1992): 5pgs. ERIC ED342123 (Original)
Maeroff, Gene I. “ Building Teams to Rebuild Schools.” Phi Delta Kappan Vol. 74 No. 7 (March 1993): 512-19. ERIC EJ459406 (Photocopy)
Goertz, Margaret E., et al. “The Bumpy Road to Education Reform.” CPRE Policy Briefs (June 1996): 9pgs. ERIC ED398653 (Original)
Wisconsin Center for Education Research. “Designing Professional Development.” WCER Highlights Vol. 11 No. 1(Spring 1999): 8pgs. (Original)
Wisconsin Center for Education Research. “Professional Development to Improve Schools.” WCER Highlights Vol. 12 No. 1 (Spring 2000): 8pgs. (Original)
“The Teachers’ Handbook” from the John Burroughs School. (Undated) (Original)
Sedlacek, William E. “Teaching Minority Students.” (Undated) Note: There is no indication where this paper was presented or to whom. (Photocopy)
Levine, Daniel U. and Cooper, Eric J. “The Change Process and Its Implications in Teaching Thinking.” 387-410. Note: This is a chapter from a book. The name and publication information about the book is not provided with the copy. (Photocopy)
“Building the Effective School Culture: A Matrix Showing Teacher’s Perception, by Correlate.” Note: This is a chart, no date or author information. (Photocopy)
5.2.3. Principals
Sweeney, James. “Research Synthesis on Effective School Leadership.” Educational Leadership (February 1982): 346-352. (Photocopy)
McCurdy, Jack. “The Role of the Principal in Effective Schools: Problems & Solutions.” AASA Critical Issues Report. American Association of School Administrators, 1983. (Original)
Barnett, Bruce G., et al. "The Principal’s Role : Advancing Knowledge and Knowledge Use." A Symposium for the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, Illinois, April, 1985. (Photocopy)
Barnett, Bruce G. “A Synthesis for Improving Practice.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, Illinois, April, 1985. (Photocopy)
Peterson & Manasse. “Characteristics of Principals’ Work.” Note: No publication information or page numbers, appears to be copied from several works. 1978, 1985. (Photocopy)
Office of Educational Research and Improvement, Information Services. Principal Selection Guide. Washington, DC: US Department of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, 1987, iii, 43 pp. (Photocopy) Widely available as a U.S. govermnment depository item; OCLC accession no. 16000133. Also, ERIC ED 282 358 full text: http://www.eric.ed.gov/PDFS/ED282358.pdf
Holcomb, Edie L. “Beginning Elementary Principals’ Perceptions of Support Provided During Their First Year of Practice.” ERS Spectrum Vol. 7, No. 4, Fall 1989: 10-16. (Photocopy)
Hussey, Nancy L. “The Elementary Principal as Manager and Facilitator.” Journal of Staff Development Vol. 10 No.1(Winter 1989): 22-24. Note:There is also a copy of the cover of the journal on top of the article. ERIC EJ409573 (Photocopy)
Peterson, Kent W. "Effective School Principals." In Boyd, W. (ed.). International Encyclopedia of Education: Research and Studies (Supplementary Volume 2). Oxford, U.K.: Pergamon Press, 1989.
Holcomb, Edie L. “Entering the Principalship: Help Others, Help Yourself.” Streamlined Seminar Vol. 8, No. 3, (January 1990). (Original)
Deal, Terrence and Kent W. Peterson. The Principal’s Role in Shaping School Culture. Washington, DC: U.S. Dept. of Education, 1990, ix, 110 pp. (Original) Pages 97-110 are bibliographic references. OCLC accession no. 22480287. ERIC ED 322 618 full text at http://www.eric.ed.gov/PDFS/ED322618.pdf
Harvard Graduate School of Education, The Principals' Center. Summer Institutes 1991. (Program catalog with listings of faculty, curriculum for sessions, etc, with application forms; Original)
Hanson, Cynthia. "Working Smart: Leadership Requires the Ability to Bring Vision to Reality," Chicago Tribune, Sunday, May 29, 1994, Section 6, 9. (Original)
Taylor, Barbara O. “Systemic Effects: Who’s on First?” Paper presented at the Tenth International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement, Memphis, Tennessee, January 6, 1997. (Photocopy)
Robbins, Pam and Franco, James. “The Friday Afternoon Club: A Training and Support Group for School Leadership.” Note: No publication information or page numbers.) (Photocopy of page proofs of article, unpaginated, sent by Kent Peterson to BOT, Aug. 28, 1985.)
Far West Laboratory. “Instruction Management Program.” Note: Three page order sheet of materials that have been/will be presented or published. No publication information.
5.2.4. Schools
Chubb, John E. “The Dilemma of Public School Improvement.” Paper prepared for presentation in the Spoor Dialogues on Leadership Program at Dartmouth College, May 4, 1987. (Photocopy)
Hymel, Glenn M. “A Macromodel of Effective, Outcome-Based, Mastery Learning School Variables: An Expanded View.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA., April 1988.
David, Jane L. “Results in Education: Restructuring in Progress: Lessons From Pioneering Districts.” Washington D.C.: National Governor’s Association,1989. ERIC ED306633 (Original)
Drucker, Peter F. “How Schools Must Change.” Psychology Today (May 1989): 18-20. (Photocopy)
Teddlie, Charles, et al. “Effective Versus Ineffective Schools: Observable Differences in the Classroom.” American Journal of Education Vol. 97 No. 3 (May 1989) ERIC EJ391558 (Photocopy)
Iverson, Merv. “Human Technology: Recognizing and Managing the Real Barriers to School Effectiveness.” Talk presented at the Effective Schools Symposium, Farmington, Connecticut, July 17, 1989. (Photocopy)
Snider, William. “Survey Confirms Rapid Spread of ‘Effective Schools’.” Education Week (September 27, 1989): 4. (Photocopy)
Louis, Karen Seashore and Matthew B. Miles. “Part III Leadership and Management: What Makes for Success?” In Improving the Urban High School: What Works and Why by Karen Seashore Louis and Matthew B. Miles, 1990. Lake Forest College Library LC5131 .L64 1990 (Photocopy)
Carlson, Robert V. “Planning for School Effectiveness in a Rural Context.” Paper presented at the 3rd International Congress for School Effectiveness, Jerusalem, Israel, January 3-5, 1990. (4 Photocopies)
Education Commission of the States. “A Roadmap for Restructuring Schools.” Education Week (March 28, 1990): No page number. Note: There are 4 pages of handwritten notes addressing various topics written by BOT. (Photocopy)
Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory. “Effective Schooling Practices: A Research Synthesis 1990 Update.” Portland, OR. April 1990. 53pgs. (Original)
Center on Organization and Restructuring of Schools. “Does Restructuring Make a Difference? National Center Searches for Research Sites.” November 12, 1990. Note: BOT made notation at top of page regarding Mallory School in West Haven. (Original)
Peterson, Kent K. and Lezotte, Lawrence W. “New Directions in the Effective Schools Movement.” In Rethinking Effective Schools: Research and Practice. Edited by James R. Bliss, et al., 128-137 Englewood Cliffs, NJ.: Prentice Hall,1991. Note: The cover and title page are also included. OCLC 22279310 (Photocopy)
U.S. Dept. of Education. The National LEADership Network. School Improvement Programs: A Reference Guide to Selected Program Models, 1st ed., Washington, D.C.: The Institute for Educational Leadership, Inc., 1st ed., 1991, 47 pp. (Original)
Taylor, Barbara O. and Levine, Daniel U. “Effective Schools Projects and School-Based Management.” Phi Delta Kappan (January 1991): 394-397.
(2 Photocopies)
Kilgore, Sally B. “The Organizational Context of Tracking in Schools.” American Sociological Review Vol. 56 No. 2 (April 1991): 189-203. ERIC EJ427939 (Offprint)
McLaughlin, Milbrey W. and Joan E. Talbert. “School Change: Lessons from the Field.” Review of Improving the Urban High School: What Works and Why, by Karen Seashore Louis and Matthew B. Miles. Educational Researcher, April 1991. (Original)
Newmann, Fred M. and William H. Clune. “When School Restructuring Meets Systemic Curriculum Reform.” Brief to Policymakers No. 3 (Summer 1992): 7pgs. ERIC ED348711 (Original)
Rossmiller, Ronald A. and Edie L. Holcomb. “The Effective Schools Process for Continuous School Improvement.” Paper prepared at the National Center for Effective Schools Research and Development, Madison, Wisconsin, July 1992. (Photocopy)
Center on Organization and Restructuring of Schools. “Estimating the Extent of School Restructuring.” Brief to Policymakers No. 4 (Fall 1992): 7pgs. ERIC ED352714 (Original)
Sergiovanni, Thomas J. “The Virtuous School.” In Moral Leadership: Getting to the Heart of School Improvement, 99-118. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Inc., 1992. ERIC ED 364965 OCLC 24285088 (2 Photocopies)
Rossmiller, Ronald A. and Edie L. Holcomb. “Training and Technology: Essential Tools for Successful School Improvement.” Paper prepared at the National Center for Effective Schools, Madison, Wisconsin, May 12, 1993. (Drafts) (2 Photocopies)
Corbett, Dickson and Blum, Robert. “Thinking Backwards to Move Forward.” Phi Delta Kappan Vol. 74 No. 9 (May 1993): 690-94. ERIC EJ463871 (Photocopy)
Newmann, Fred M. “School-Wide Professional Community.” Issues in Restructuring Schools No. 6 (Spring 1994): 19pgs. ERIC ED370214 (Original)
Quellmalz, Edys, et al. “School Based Reform: Lessons From a National Study, a Guide for School Reform Teams.” Menlo Park, CA.: SRI International, 1995. ERIC ED395384 (Original)
Shields, Patrick M., et al. “Improving Schools from the Bottom Up: From Effective Schools to Restructuring.” Menlo Park, CA.: SRI International, 1995. ERIC ED384991 (Original)
Rouse, Cecilia Elena. “Accounting for Schools: Econometric Issues in Measuring School Quality.” Prepared for the ETS conference Measuring and Research Issues in a New Accountability Era, September 5, 2003. (Photocopy)
North Central Regional Educational Laboratory. “Restructuring to Promote Learning in America’s Schools.” Note: This is a single sheet referring to the video series titled above. (Undated) (Photocopy)
“New Directions in the Effective Schools Movement” (a chapter out of a book or periodical with a hand-written note by Dr. Barbara O. Taylor on the top about “MISES/SBIL integration: Curric. Allignment” (Undated) (Photocopy)
Psychological Assessment Resources, Inc. Assess and Improve Your School’s Effectiveness with the Effective Schools Battery. Pamphlet advertising a test to gauge effectiveness within a school. (Undated original; not in Worldcat)
Taylor, Barbara O. and Joan Shoemaker. “Charting the Course of Change.” Note: This is an outline listing different points related to gauging the success of schools using the effective schools method. No date or publication information is included. (Photocopy)
Taylor, Barbara O. “Indicators for MIS.” Note: This is a handwritten rough draft of 5 pages from BOT. This is undated. (Original)
“The School Improvement Team.” Note: Handwritten copy of notes referring to the School Improvement Team process. This is undated. (Photocopy)
5.2.5. School Boards
Chichura, Elaine Marie. “The Role of the Board of Education in the Process of Resource Allocation for Public Schools.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, March 27-31, 1989. (Photocopy)
Banach, William J. “Pull Together: These eleven traits are the hallmarks of winning school board teams.” The American School Board Journal (October, 1989): 23-26. (Photocopy)
5.2.6. Parents
Bray, Rosemary L. “Parents Face Timeless Reality.” Educ (undated): 32-33. (Original)
Wells, Amy Stuart. “In the Market For a Public School?” Educ (undated): 28-29. (Original)
San Diego County Office of Education. Parents Can Make a Difference! Note: Pamphlet put out by the San Diego County Office of Education to spur parental involvement in their child’s education. (undated) (Original)
5.2.7. Federal Government Operations
Mills, Geoffrey E. (for the U.S. Dept. of Education). A Consumer’s Guide to School Improvement. Trends and Issues Series, Number 4. 1990. ISBN 0-86552-101-8 ERIC ED313800 (Reprint Copy from ERIC); Worldcat/OCLC 26208459.
Kirst, Michael W. “View on America 2000—New American Schools Component of President Bush’s Education Strategy.” Educational Researcher Vol. 20 No. 7 (October 1991): 27-28. ERIC EJ435211 (Original)
Sroufe, Gerald E. “New American Schools Development Corporation: Open for Business.” Educational Researcher Vol. 20 No. 7 (October 1991): 26-27. ERIC EJ435210 (Original and Photocopy of page 27)
U.S. General Accounting Office. “Systemwide Education Reform: Federal Leadership Could Facilitate District-Level Efforts.” GAO/HRD-93-97 B-250041 April 1993 (Reprint of a GAO Report) (2 Copies)
5.2.8. Federal Government, Governance and National Level Studies
Henderson, Anne and Lawrence Lezotte. “School-Based Improvement and Effective Schools: A Perfect Match.” Community Education Today Vol. 15 No. 3 (March 1988): 4-5. (Photocopy)
Knapp, Michael S. and Brenda J. Turnbull. “Better Schooling for the Children of Poverty: Alternatives to Conventional Wisdom.” Study of Academic Instruction for Disadvantaged Students Vo. 1: Summary. Menlo Park, CA.: SRI International (January 1990): 40pgs. ERIC ED314548 (Photocopy)
Porter, Andrew C. “Assessing National Goals: Some Measurement Dilemmas.” Paper prepared for the Educational Testing Service Invitational Conference, “The Assessment of National Education Goals”, New York City, October 27, 1990. ERIC ED341714 (Note: paper plus references) (Photocopy)
Allen, Jeanne A. “Xerox Chairman: A Choice Pick For Education Job.” The Wall Street Journal, March 26, 1991. (Photocopy)
Turnball, Brenda J. “Research Knowledge and School Improvement: Can This Marriage Be Saved?” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, California, April 1992. ERIC ED347658 (Photocopy)
Fuhrman, Susan H. “The Politics of Coherence.” In the forthcoming book Designing Coherent Policy: Improving the System edited by Susan Fuhrman, 1-34. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1993. Note: This is an uncorrected proof of the first chapter. (Photocopy)
Hatano, Akiyu and Kevin Kirkwood. “Who’s Behind Middle School Reform? A Directory of National Organizations.” Program for Disadvantaged Youth, Edna McConnell Clark Foundation (July 1993): 94pgs. ERIC ED362579 (Original)
Bodilly, Susan, et al. Lessons From New American Schools Development Corporation’s Demonstration Phase. Santa Monica: RAND, 1996. ERIC ED396377 (Original)
Consortium for Policy Research in Education. “Public Policy and School Reform: A Research Summary.” Philadelphia, PA., 1996. 20pgs. ERIC ED399625 (Original)
Schneider, Jeff (?). NEA research report on mathematics and American Education, undated but references in the report place it around the late 1980’s. Also, there is no author cited, but Jeff Schneider’s name is handwritten at the top of the page. There is also a note by BOT on the side of the paper. 26 pages. (Photocopy)
Walker, Sherry Freeland. “A Guide to Systems Change Initiatives.” State Education Leader Newsletter 5pgs. Note: No date or issue number listed on copy. Appears to be taken from the middle of a newsletter. (Photocopy)
5.2.9. State/Regional Research
Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory, goal Based Education Program. Onward to Excellence: Making Schools More Effective. Effective Schooling Practices: A Research Synthesis. Portland, Oregon, April 1984, 20 pp., bibliographical references, pp. 14-20. Worldcat/OCLC 11937468.
Blum, Robert E. and Butler, Jocelyn A. “Onward to Excellence: Teaching Schools to Use Effective Schooling and Implementation Research to Improve Student Performance.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Washington D.C., April, 1987.
Hill, Paul T., et al. Educational Progress: Cities Mobilize to Improve Their Schools. Santa Monica, CA.: Rand Corp., January 1989, 46 pp. ERIC 306321 (Original) Worldcat/OCLC 19816726; report is available online from the Rand Corp. as well OCLC 317921728.
Plank, David N. and Adams, Don. “Death, Taxes, and School Reform: Educational Policy Change in Comparative Perspective.” Administrator’s Notebook Vol. XXXIII No. 1 (1989): 1-4. ERIC EJ390491 (Photocopy)
Shujaa, Mwalimu J. and Richards, Craig E. “Designing State Accountability Systems to Improve School-Based Organizational Learning.” Administrator’s Notebook Vol. XXXIII No. 2 (1989): 1-4. ERIC EJ390492 (Photocopy)
Murphy, Joseph. “Effects of Educational Reform on Programs of School Administration in Illinois.” Administrator’s Notebook Vol. XXXIII No. 3 (1989): 1-4. ERIC EJ390493 (Photocopy)
Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory. Onward Toward Excellence: Effective Schooling Practices: A Research Synthesis 1990 Update. Portland, Oregon, April 1990. (Original) Not in Worldcat/OCLC.
O’Day, Jennifer A. and Marshall S. Smith. “Systemic Reform and Educational Opportunity.” in the forthcoming book Designing Coherent Policy: Improving the System, edited by Susan Fuhrman, 250-312. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1993. Note: This is an uncorrected proof of chapter 8 of the book that was published at a later date. (Photocopy)
Miles, Karen Hawley and Linda Darling-Hammond. “Rethinking the Allocation of Teaching Resources: Some Lessons From High-Performing Schools.” Educational and Policy Analysis Vol. 20 No. 1 (Spring 1998): 9-29. ERIC EJ569571 (Photocopy)
Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory. Onward to Excellence: Making Schools More Effective. Development of Onward to Excellence Training and Technical Assistance Capacity. Portland, Oregon, (Undated) (Photocopy) Not in Worldcat/OCLC.
5.2.10. Local Government
5.2.11. Misc.
Mace-Matluck, Betty. The Effective Schools Movement: Its History and Context. SEDL Monograph series. Austin, Texas: Southwest Educational Development laboratory, 1987, 20 pp. ERIC ED304781; Worldcat/OCLC 18795837 (Photocopy)
Shanker, Albert. “A Brief for Our Nation’s Children: A Step Toward “Social Literacy”.” Education Week (April 20,1988). Note: There is a handwritten notation at the top of the page referring to the publication name and date. There is no information regarding the page number. (Photocopy)
Teddlie, Charles and Roberts, Sharon Pol. “More Clearly Defining the Field: A Survey of Subtopics in School Effects Research.” Paper presented at the annual AERA meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, April 14, 1993. (Photopcopy)
Organized by
Arthur H. Miller, Tammy Cfrisanti, and Steve Vignocchi, June 29, 2010.