Improving the Performance of America's Schools -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- CHAPTER 1 Introduction -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 2 Research-Based School Reform: The Clinton Administration's Agenda -- THE CLINTON EDUCATION AGENDA -- Student Aid -- Improving Occupational Opportunities for All Students -- School Reform Focused on Challenging Academic Standards -- Revamping All Major Federal K-12 Education Programs -- SYSTEMIC SCHOOL REFORM -- A Research Base for Reform -- Building on a Decade of Education Reform -- Some Persistent Issues in Education Reform
OBSERVATIONS ON SCHOOL EFFECTIVENESS RESEARCHREFERENCES -- CHAPTER 3 Outcomes, Costs, and Incentives in Schools -- WHY SOCIETY WORRIES ABOUT EDUCATION -- WHAT IS KNOWN ABOUT SCHOOLS -- WHAT MIGHT BE DONE -- Efficiency -- Performance Incentives -- Evaluation and Experimentation -- REFORM PRINCIPLES AND THE CURRENT POLICY DEBATE -- Decentralized Decisions�Past and Future -- Programs “Known� to Be Successful -- Disadvantaged Students -- Goals 2000 -- IMPLEMENTING CHANGE -- REFERENCES
Notes
"Presented at a conference ... held at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C., on October 12, 13, 1994 ..."--Page vii
