http://www.epicpolicy.org/taxonomy/term/136 The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en http://www.epicpolicy.org/publication/defining-reality-applying-double-description-and-chaos-theory-practice-practice <p>Publisher&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Educational Theory, 44(3)<br /> Page Numbers &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 277-299<br /> Summary &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; This article addresses two themes. The first involves efforts to understand the processes of directed reform and unanticipated change in school districts. The second theme involves the development of a theoretical framework for understanding and portraying the very complex course of these reform efforts.</p> LeCompte, Margaret D. EPIC/EPRU EPRU Research and Writing School Reform 1994 Mon, 06 Aug 2007 16:10:19 -0600 epicpolicy 178 at http://www.epicpolicy.org http://www.epicpolicy.org/publication/grade-repeating <p>Publisher&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Oxford: Pergamon Press</p> EPIC/EPRU EPRU Research and Writing Grade Retention 1994 Fri, 27 Jul 2007 13:02:21 -0600 epicpolicy 88 at http://www.epicpolicy.org http://www.epicpolicy.org/publication/standards-assessment-and-equality-educational-opportunity <p>Publisher&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Educational Researcher, 23(8)<br /> Page Numbers &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 27-33<br /> Summary &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Testing has recently occupied a central role in proposals for school reform: It is variously touted as the key to improving student and teacher performance, the curriculum, and economic competitiveness. But ample research evidence demonstrates that educational testing works to the disadvantage of various minority groups, as well as girls and women. That certain groups are &quot;disadvantaged&quot; by educational testing, however, in the sense that they receive different opportunities as a result of it, provides only a prima facie case against educational testing. There may be ways of justifying the decisions made on the basis of differential test performance that are consistent with the requirements of equality. This article critically examines this general proposition, particularly the claims for testing incorporated into educational reform proposals over approximately the last 10 years. This discussion is framed largely in terms of the principle of equality of educational opportunity. It begins with a few remarks about the position this principle occupies within the broader terrain of social justice.</p> EPIC/EPRU EPRU Research and Writing Standards-based Reform 1994 Wed, 08 Aug 2007 11:14:29 -0600 epicpolicy 206 at http://www.epicpolicy.org