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The impact of systems change components on special education policy.
(1997)
The field of education continuously experiences changes. Specifically, the field of special education advanced a systems change strategy. The US Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Services promoted the Statewide ...
Voluntary consolidation in rural Oklahoma schools: A descriptive study of the strategies that facilitate the process.
(1997)
Data analysis was performed following Holsti's (1969) four-step procedure for content analysis. The four steps include: (1) selecting a sample of data, (2) selecting content categories, (3) comparing the categories, and ...
School improvement: An analysis of facilitating practices for central office administrators to support decentralized change in public school districts implementing the (I)(D)(E)(A) School Improvement Process.
(1997)
This study examined the perceptions of public school superintendents, central office administrators, principals, and teachers to determine the importance of central office administrator facilitating practices reported in ...
Outsourcing in public higher education in Oklahoma.
(1997)
Five outsourcing case studies were conducted at four public institutions of higher education in Oklahoma. The cases yielded data on nine outsource decisions. Drawing on three theory-based models that can explain ...
An examination of the fiscal adequacy and equity effects of class size mandates embedded in extensive statewide education reform.
(1997)
The simple regression analysis did not show evidence of inadequacy in state general aid funding over the years of implementation. In the multiple regression statistical procedure, the district valuation variable was ...
An examination of superintendent behaviors related to supporting school-based change /
(1997)
The superintendents in this study identified 14 additional behaviors which they considered important for supporting school-based change. They included attending to the ongoing learning needs of board members and inviting ...