Comprehensive school reform, or CSR, a currently a popular approach to school
improvement, is intended to foster schoolwide change that affects all aspects of schooling …

In an effort to improve student achievement, thousands of US schools have adopted school
reform models devised externally by universities and other organizations. Such models have …

This article addresses the sustainability of comprehensive school reform (CSR) models in
the face of turbulent district and state contexts. It draws on qualitative data gathered in a …

In this article we summarize major findings from diverse, multiyear studies conducted by the
Systemic and Policy Research team of the Center for Research on the Education of Students …

Educational Change and the Political Process brings together key ideas on both the system
of educational policy and the policy process in the United States. It provides students with a …

Drawing upon qualitative data gathered ina longitudinal study of 13 US elementaryschools
engaged in reform, this articleexamines how comprehensive school reform modelsare …

Background/Context The sustainability of change efforts continues to be an important and
challenging question in educational research. Purpose/Objective/Research Question/Focus …

The aim of this study is to determine factors affecting the sustainability of educational
changes. With this purpose in mind, exploratory sequential mixed methods design was …

Abstract Response-to-Intervention (RtI), a framework for improving academic and behavioral
outcomes for all students, can be viewed as a current example of an educational change …

Organizational change in educational systems' research has provided valuable lessons that
address the improvement of schools. School-improvement programs specifically target …