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Tables of Contents for New American Schools After Six Years
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
iii
Figures and Tables
ix
Summary
xi
Acknowledgments
xv
Introduction
1
10
The Initiation of New American Schools
2
6
Overview of Report
8
3
The Potential Contribution of School Designs and Design-Based Assistance to Education Reform
11
24
The Nature of New American Schools Designs
15
6
The Character of the Design-Based Assistance New American Schools Design Teams Provide
21
8
Vision Inherent in Design
25
1
Strategies for Implementation
25
2
Assessment of Progress and Adjustment of Implementation Activities
27
1
Resources and Time to Enable School Transformation
28
1
Continued Professional Support for School Staff
28
1
Design-Based Assistance as a Focus for Jurisdictional Reform
29
2
Potential Benefits of Using Design-Based Assistance as a Cornerstone of a Reform Strategy
31
4
Jurisdictional Operating Environments: Lessons Learned During Implementation
35
20
Matching Teams with Schools
37
8
New American Schools and Jurisdiction Responses to Problems with Matching Schools and Design Teams
42
3
Aggregating Investment Resources
45
2
School-Level Authority
47
1
Lack of Alignment of Designs with Jurisdiction Accountability Systems
48
2
Professional Development
50
5
Challenges for Design Teams Seeking Self-Sufficiency
55
16
Evolution of New American Schools Strategy for Supporting Design Teams
56
5
Challenges the Design Teams Faced in Phase 3
61
10
Marketing and Sales
61
2
Setting Prices for Services and Materials
63
2
Building a Staff to Provide Assistance
65
1
Further Development of Products and Services
66
1
New American Schools' Assistance to Teams for Business Planning
67
4
Looking to the Future
71
16
Whole-School Designs
71
2
Design-Based Assistance
73
3
Assistance Strategies
74
1
RAND's Evaluation
75
1
The Operating Environment Provided by School Jurisdictions
76
3
A Concluding Note
79
2
Appendixes
A. Overview of Rand Evaluation for New American Schools
81
2
B. Design Team Descriptions
83
4
References
87