A Systematic Examination of School Improvement Activities That Include Special Education

Autor/inn/en	Duchnowski, A.J.; Kutash, K.; Oliveira, B.
Titel	A Systematic Examination of School Improvement Activities That Include Special Education
Quelle	In: Remedial and Special Education, 25 (2004) 2, S.117-129 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0741-9325
Schlagwörter	Research Tools; Special Education; School Restructuring; Emotional Disturbances; Educational Change + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Forschungsmittel; Special needs education; Sonderpädagogik; Sonderschulwesen; Schulreformplan; Schulumwandlung; Gefühlsstörung; Bildungsreform
Abstract	Methodological and practical challenges present formidable barriers to conducting empirical evaluations of school reform initiatives. Systematic information about school reform and improvement, and its relationship to special education, is even more difficult to obtain. In this study, the authors developed a reliable and valid method to (a) systematically describe and assess the school improvement process and (b) examine its relationship to special education by including in the investigation programs for students with emotional disturbance. A rigorous case-study design was used with 20 schools that varied in their levels of improvement activity. Results indicated that the School Improvement Index (SII) could reliably and validly discriminate between schools engaging in high levels of school improvement activities and those schools engaging in low levels. The use of the SII as a research tool and an aid to local schools engaged in school improvement is discussed. (Author).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10