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Tables of Contents for Implementation in a Longitudinal Sample of New American Schools
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
iii
Figures
ix
Tables
xi
Summary
xiii
Acknowledgments
xix
An Overview of New American Schools and Purpose of Current Report
1
8
Longitudinal Evaluation of Scale-Up of NAS Designs
3
3
Purpose of Current Report
6
1
Limitations of the Study
7
1
Organization of the Report
8
1
Conceptual Framework for Analyzing Implementation in New American Schools
9
12
Core Elements of Designs
9
1
Factors Affecting Implementation
10
11
Teacher Background
11
2
School Characteristics
13
2
District Factors
15
2
External Assistance by Design Teams
17
1
Other Factors
18
3
Longitudinal Sample of New American Schools
21
6
Defining the Analysis Sample
21
4
The Longitudinal Sample for the Current Study
23
1
Teacher Sample
24
1
Overview of NAS Schools in the 1999 Analysis
25
2
Status of Implementation
27
18
Research Questions
27
1
Organization of the Chapter
28
1
Constructing a Core Implementation Index
29
1
Measuring Implementation Within and Across Designs: Some Caveats
30
3
Results: Differences in Implementation by Jurisdiction, and Design Team
33
3
Differences in Implementation by Jurisdiction, 1999
33
1
Differences in Implementation by Design Team, 1999
34
2
Results: Changes over Time in Levels of Implementation
36
8
Changes in Mean Level of Implementation, 1997-1999
36
1
Changes in Implementation Across Jurisdictions and Design
37
2
Changes in Implementation by Years of Implementation
39
3
Changes in the Components of the Core Implementation Index
42
1
Changes in Between-School Variance of Implementation
43
1
Summary
44
1
Factors Affecting Implementation
45
22
Variation in Implementation: Multilevel Analysis
45
3
Individual Teacher Model (Level 1)
46
1
School Context Model (Level 2)
46
1
Caveat
47
1
Operationalizing the Variables Affecting Implementation
48
4
Teacher Characteristics
48
1
School Characteristics
49
1
Designs and Design Team Assistance
50
1
District Support
51
1
The Analysis Sample
52
3
Teacher Characteristics
52
2
School Characteristics
54
1
Multivariate Results
55
11
Variance Components of the Dependent Variable
56
1
Multivariate Results
57
1
Teacher-Level Effects
58
3
School-Level Effects
61
4
Goodness of Fit
65
1
Summary
66
1
Evidence from the Exit Interviews with Schools that Discontinued Relationships with NAS Designs
67
4
Factors that Contributed to the Decision to Drop the Design
68
3
Conclusions and Policy Implications
71
18
Implementation in NAS Schools
71
1
Factors Affecting Implementation in NAS Schools
72
5
Schools
72
1
Teachers
73
1
Design Teams
74
1
Districts
75
2
Appendix
A. Core Components of the Designs
77
4
B. Defining the Longitudinal Sample of NAS Schools
81
6
C. Table of Standard Deviations for the Core Implementation Index and Its Components
87
2
References
89
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