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This directory of organizations in educationalmanagement is designed to guide users to sources of information onthe management of elementary and secondary schools. It includes bothorganizations engaged in research and development and those providingservice to the educational management profession. Organizationsinclude federally funded research centers and laboratories,professional associations, policy research and analysis centers,school study councils, university research and service bureaus, and avariety of independent organizations. The 163 organizations can belocated by any one of three ways: (1) by title in the alphabeticallisting; (2) by their subject areas and publication topics throughuse of the subject index; and (3) by their service areas through useof the geographic index. The introduction provides a sample entry andexplanation of its use. (LMI)

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DIRECTORY

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MANAGEMENT

Stuart C. Smith

Meta S. Bruner

1994

ERICERIC Clearinghouse on Educational ManagementCollege of Education University of Oregon Eugene

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MISSION OF ERIC AND THECLEARINGHOUSE

The Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) is a national information system operatedby the U.S. Department of Education. ERIC serves the educational community by disseminatingresearch results and other resource information that can be used in developing more effective educa-tional programs.

The ERIC Clearinghouse on Educational Management, one of several such units in the system,was established at the University of Oregon in 1966. The Clearinghouse and its companion unitsprocess research reports and journal articles for announcement in ERIC's index and abstact bulletins.

Research reports are announced in Resources in Education (RIE), available in many libraries andby subscription from the United States Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402-9371.

Most of the documents listed in RIE can be purchased through the ERIC Document Reproduc-tion Service, operated by Cincinnati Bell Information Systems. Call EDRS at (800) 443-ERIC.

Journal articles are announced in Current Index to Journals in Education. CIJE is also availablein many libraries and can be ordered from Oryx Press, 4041 North Central Avenue at Indian School,Suite 700, Phoenix, Arizona 85012. Semiannual cumulations can be ordered separately.

Besides processing documents and journal articles, the Clearinghouse prepares bibliographies,literature reviews, monographs, and other interpretive research studies on topics in its educationalarea.

This publication was prepared in part with funding from the Office of Educational Research and Improvement, U.S.Department of Education, under contract no. OERI RR93002006. The opinions expressed in this report do not necessarilyreflect the positions or policies of the Department of Education.

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Contents

Preface v

Introduction 1

Alphabetic Listing 2

Organizational Entries 4

Subject Index 49

Geographic Index 70

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PrefaceAs in past editions, educational management includes all aspects of the leadership, administration,

and structure of public and private educational organizationsat the elementary and secondary levelsand the provision of facilities for their operation. The Directory does not cover administradon of highereducation, career education, and health education.

The Directory is designed to guide users to sources of information on management of elementaryand secondary schools. For this reason it indicates each organization's policy for supplying informationin response to requests and, wherever applicable, publications that can be obtained by writing to it.

Also in keeping with this purpose, the Directory includes both organizations engaged in researchand development and those providing service to the educational management profession ora segmentof it. Service is defined generally to include disseminating information, providing consultation,promoting exchange of ideas, conducting workshops, and so forth.

Organizations that meet these criteria and are listed in the following pages include federally fundedresearch centers and laboratories, professional associations, policy research and analysis centers,school study councils, university research and service bureaus, and a variety of independentorganizations. Agencies specializing in information retrieval are excluded, as are organizationsoperating for profit.

Organizations may focus only indirectly or secondarily on educational management and still qualifyfor the Directory. In such cases, only the subject areas and publications pertaining directly toeducational management are listed.

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IntroductionOrganizations can be easily located in the Directory in any one of three ways: (1) by their titles in

the alphabetic listing, (2) by their subject areas and publication topics through use of the subject index,and (3) by their service areas through use of the geographic index. Indexes refer to the organization'sentry numbers, not to page numbers. Following is a sample entry and an explanation of its use.

Chief executiveofficer

General purposeor mission

71. Institute for IndependentEducation, Inc.Joan Davis Ratteray, President1313 North Capitol Street, N.E.Washington, D.C. 20002

Tel: (202) 745-0500Fax: (202) 745-9298

Purpose: To provide ttchnical assistance to inde-pendent schools that serve African-American, His-panic-American, American Indian, and Asian-Ameri-can youth and to conduct research and prepare policystudies on issues affecting independent education.Subject areas: Training teachers and administratorsTopics of publications in all areas of classroom management, school opera-

available from tions, and curriculum development, especially asorganization those issues affect minorities.

Publication topics: Self-study manuals on adminis-tration, program content and instructional practice.assessment practices (catalog of publications).

Geographical area Periodical: American Choices, quarterly.to which services Services: Annual convention, seminars, workshops,are provided policy research.

Service area: Nation (primarily for independent neigh-borhood schools).

Subjects in which theorganization specializes

Indicates availability ofcatalog of publications

Periodical and frequencyof issue

Services availableto anyone

With few exceptions, only subjects that relate to educational management (see Preface) have beenlisted in the organizations' subject areas. Listed terms are therefore not necessarily the only subjectsin which the organizations specialize.

If publication topics are listed, copies of the publications are usually available to anyone. Manypublications must be purchased.

Another category of informationperiodicalscites titles of periodicals thatcover subjects relatedto educational management and their frequency of issue.

Each organization has indicated the services it provides; if services are listed, they are understoodas available to anyone. Services restricted to members or other categories of users are not listed. Manyorganizations provide services only within a specified geographical area. This geographical service areais also indicated.

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Alphabetic Listing

1. American Association of School Administrators2. American Association of School Personnel

Administrators3. American Educational Research Association4. American Institutes for Research5. Annenberg Institute for School Reform6. Appalachia Educational Laboratory, Inc.7. Arkansas School Study Council8. Association for Supervision and Curriculum

Development9. Association of School Business Officials

International10. Australian Council for Educational Research11. Bureau of School Services12. California School Leadership Academy13. Canadian Society for the Study of Eclucation14. Capital Area School Development Association15. Center for Advanced Study of Educational

Leadership16. Center for Collaborative Education17. Center for Creative Leadership18. Center for Educational Field Services19. Center for Educational Leadership, Colorado20. Center for Educational Leadership, Texas21. Center for Educational Leadership (of New York

Urban Coalition)22. Center for Educational Renewal23. Center for Evaluation, Development, and Research24. Center for Law and Education25. Center for Leadership Development26. Center for Leadership in School Reform27. Center for Leadership Services28. Center for Research in Educational Policy29. Center for Research on Educational Accoutability

and Teacher Evaluation30. Center for Research on the Context of Secondary

School Teaching31. Center for School Change32. Center for Social Organization of Schools33. Center for the Study of Educational Finance34. Center for the Study of Evaluation (CSE) and

Center for Research on Evaluation Standards andStudent Testing (CRESST)

35. Center for the Study of Parent Involvement36. Center on Families, Communities, Schools and

Children's Learning37. Center on Organization and Restructuring of

Schools

38. Central Minnesota Educational CooperativeService Unit

39. Christian Educators Association International40. Collegial Assoc for the Development and Renewal

of Educators41. Commonwealth Council for Educational

Administration42. Consortium for Educational Equity43. Consortium for Policy Research in Education-The

Finance Center44. Consortium for Policy Research in Education-The

Policy Center45. Council for American Private Education46. Council for Educational Development and

Research47. Council of Administrators of Special Education48. Council of Chief State School Officers49. Council of Educational Facility Planners,

International50. Council of the Great City Schools51. Cross Timbers School Development Council52. Designs for Change53. Division of Education Policy Research54. East Texas School Study Council55. Education Commission of the States56. Educational Freedom Foundation57. Educational Products Information Exchange

Institute58. Educational Research Service59. The Efficacy Institute, Inc.60. ERIC Clearinghouse on Educational Management61. Far West Laboratory for Educational Research and

Development62. Florida Educational Research Council, Inc.63. Friends Council on Education64. General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists65. The High Success Network, Inc.66. Indiana Education Policy Center67. Indiana Public School Study Council, Inc.68. Institute for Development of Educational Activities,

Inc. /I/DIE/A/69. Institute for Educational Leadership70. Institute for Educational Research71. Institute for Independent Education, Inc.72. Institute for Justice73. Institute for Public Policy and Management74. Institute for Responsive Education75. Institute for School Executives

76. Institute of Government77. International Development Research Centre78. The Mega Skills Education Center of the Home and

School Institute79. Merrimack Education Center80. Mid-Atlantic Center for Community Education81. Mid-Continent Regional Educational Laboratory82. Midwest Administration Center83. Morrison Insitute for Public Policy84. National Alliance for Restructuring Education85. National Alliance of Black School Educators86. National Association for Core Curriculum, Inc.87. National Association for Industry-Education

Cooperation88. National Association for Year-Round Education89. National Association of Educational Office

Professionals90. National Association of Elementary School

Principals91. National Association of Federal Education Program

Administrators92. National Association of Independent Schools93. National Association of Partners in Education, Inc.94. National Association of Secondary School

Principals95. National Association of State Boards of Education96. National Center for the Accelerated Schools Project97. National Center for Outcome Based Education98. National Center for Restructuring Education,

Schools, and Teaching99. National Center on Education and the Economy

100. National Center on Education in the Inner Cities101. National Center on the Educational Quality of the

Workforce

102. National Center to Save our Schools103. National Coalition for Sex Equity in Education104. National Coalition of Advocates for Students105. National Community Education Association106. National Conference of State Legislatures107. National Diffusion Network108. National Dissemination Association109. National Dropout Prevention Center110. National Education Policy Network of the National

School Boards Association111. National Educational Service Foundation112. National Foundation for the Improvement of

Education113. National Governors' Association Education

Program114. National Home Study Council115. National Middle School Association116, National Organization on Legal Problems of

Education117. National Policy Board for Educational

Administration

118. National Research Center on Student Learning119. National Resource Center for Middle Grades/High

School Education120. National Resource Center for Paraprofessionals in

Education and Related Services121. National Schooi Boards Association122. National School Public Relations Association123. National School Safety Center124. National School Transportation Association125. The NETWORK, Inc.126. New England School Development Council127. New Mexico Research and Study Council128. North Central Regional Educational Laboratory129. Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory130. Office of Professional Development131. Oregon School Study Council132. Pacific Regional Educational Laboratory133. Parent Knowledge Network134. Parents Union for Public Schools in Philadelphia,

Inc.

135. Partners for Quality Learning136. Pennsylvania School Boards Association137. Pennsylvania School Study Council, Inc.138. Phi Delta Kappa, Inc.139. Policy Analysis Center for California Education140. Policy Analysis Center for Kentucky Education141. Policy Research for Ohio Based Education142. The Principals' Center143. Program on Reinventing Public Education144. Public Education Fund Network145. Reason Foundation146. The Regional Laboratory for Educational

Improvement of the Northeast and Islands147. Research and Information Services for Education148. Research for Better Schools149. Restructuring Support Service150. School Information and Research Service151. School Management Study Group152. Society for Applied Learning Technology

153. South Carolina Center for the Advancement ofTeaching and School Leadership

154. South Ca, Ana Educational Policy Center155. SouthEastern Regional Vision for Education156. SRI International157. UCEA (University Council for Educational

Administration) Center on OrganizationalDevelopment in Schools

158. University Council for Educational Administration159. Upper Wabash Valley School Study Council160. Utah Education Policy Center161. Vanderbilt Institute for Public Policy Studies162. Virginia Education Policy Analysis Center163. Yale Child Study Center

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Organizational Entries

1. American Association of SchoolAdministratorsPaul D. Houston, Executive Director1801 North Moore StreetArlington, Virginia 22209

Tel: (703) 528-0700Fax: (703) 528-2146

Purpose: To strive for the development of highlyqualified leaders and support excellence in educa-tional administration; to initiate and support laws,policies, research, and practice that will improveeducation; to promote programs and activities thatfocus on leadership; and to cultivate a climate inwhich quality education can thrive.

Subject areas: School readiness; morale and motiva-tion; evaluation of programs; professional develop-ment; evaluation of personnel; effective instructionalmanagement; teacher competency; student disci-pline; school budgeting; violence and vandalism; en-ergy; competency movement; saving school dollars;community education; declining enrollment; closingschools; deferred maintenance of school facilities;women in administration; collective bargaining; meritpay.

Publication topics: Restructuring; working with thenews media; speaking and presentation skills; how todeal with community criticism of school change;renewing our commitment to education; home/school/community involvement; continuous quality improve-ment; creating quality schools; leadership styles; therole of the principal in effective schools; professionalstandards for the superintendency; improving stu-dent achievement; testing and assessment; womenand minority representation in school administra-tion; grantseeking; quality management in educa-tion; overcoming barriers to educational restructur-ing; quality and educationcritical linkages; totalquality improvement tools for K-12 education; stu-dents at risk (catalog of publications).

Periodicals: The School Administrator (magazine), 11issues yearly; Leadership News (newspaper), 20 is-sues yearly.

Services: For members only.

Service area: Internatiunal.

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2. American Association of SchoolPersonnel AdministratorsHerb Salinger, Executive Director2330 Alhambra Boulevard, #15Sacramento, California 95817-1123

Tel: (916) 736-2000Fax: (916) 736-3322

Purpose: To provide leadership in promoting effectivehuman-resource practices within education throughprofessional-development activities and a resource-based network.Subject tieas: School personnel administration; fed-eral and state laws and regulations; evaluation tech-niques; collective bargaining; recruitment, hiring,assigning, and separation of employees; employeeassistance; sexual harassment; minority recruitment.Publication topics: Overview of collective bargainingin public schools; sexual harassmenta compilationof information for school districts; data-processingtechniques for personnel administrators; programsfor recruitment of minority teachers and teachers inshortage fields; minority educator recruitment; em-ployee recognition programs; response to the nationaleducation goals; ADA-sensitive job descriptions forschool districts (catalog of publications).Periodical: Report, monthly (except July).Services: For members only.Service area: International.

3. American Educational ResearchAssociationWilliam Russell, Director1230 Seventeenth Street, N.W.Washington, D.C. 20036

Tel: (202) 223-9485Fax: (202) 775-1824

Purpose: To improve the educational process byencouraging scholarly inquiry related to educationand by promoting the dissemination 'and practicalapplication of research results.Subject areas: Research in all areas of education.Periodicals: American Educational Research Journal,quarterly; Educational Evaluation and Policy Analy-sis, quarterly; Educational Researcher, issues yearly;Journal of Educational Statistics, quarterly; Review of

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Educational Research, quarterly; Review of Researchin Education, annually.Services: For members only.Service area: Nation.

4. American Institutes for ResearchDavid Goslin, PresidentWashington Research Center3333 K Street, N.W.Washington, D.C. 20007-3605

Tel: (202) 342-5000Fax: (202) 342-5033

Purpose: To conduct basic and applied research inthe behavioral sciences and to provide technicalsupport and management services to governmentagencies, not-for-profit organizations, and privatecompanies.

Subject areas: School finance; restructuring ofschools; teacher supply and demand; school organi-zation; school leadership; educational reform.Publication topics: School finance; restructuring ofschools; teacher supply and demand; school organi-zation; school leadership; educational reform.Services: Contract research, policy research, con-sulting.Service area: Nation.

Palo Alto OfficeGeorge W. Bohrnstedt, Vice President

and Director1791 Arastradero RoadP.O. Box 1113Palo Alto, California 94302-1337

Tel: (415) 493-3550Fax: (415) 858-0958

Subject areas: Evaluation of the effectiveness andimplementation of educational programs; test valida-tion; development of tests and curriculum materials;student extracurricular and health-related surveys;materials and audiovisual aids that encourage andprepare women to seek administrative positions ineducation.

Services: Seminars, consulting, contract research.Service area: Nation.

5. Annenberg Institute for SchoolReformTheodore R. Sizer, Executive DirectorThe Am:enberg InstituteBrown UniversityBox 1969Providence, Rhode Island 02912

Tel: (401) 863-3384Fax: (401) 863-2045

Purpose: To reestablish, by building on the ten-yearnational experience of the Coalition of EssentialSchools and forging a wide range of alliances withkindred efforts, abroad range of public schools acrossthe country from which students will graduate withdemonstrated competence and high achievement.Subject areas: School reform; school and teacherchange; personalized teaching and learning; profes-sional development; school/community development;student exhibitions (performance-based assessments);student mastery of a limited number of essentialskills and areas of knowledge.Publication topics: (All following publications arepublished by the Coalition of Essential Schools:)Advisory groupswhat they do, how they work; teach-ers coaching teachers; breaking the barriers to change;behavior in a thoughtful schoolthe principle ofdecency; creating a climate for changeessentialschools in Louisville; taking stock of essential schools;essential schools and state systemshow the climateis changing; universal goals of essential schools;changing role of the principal in a changing school;lessons from essential school reform; managing thechange process; integrating the curriculum in essen-tial schools; essential collaboratorsparents, school,and community; rethinking standards; radical sug-gestions for reform; student exhibitions; school eth-nography to document results of reform efforts (cata-log of publications).

Periodical: Horace, 5 issues yearly.Services: Open resource center, national electroniclibrary, referrals to other sources, workshops, semi-nars, policy research, consulting.Service area: Nation.

6. Appalachia EducationalLaboratory, Inc.Terry L. Eiden, Executive DirectorP.O. Box 13481031 Quarrier StreetCharleston, West Virginia 25325-1438

Tel: (304) 347-0400Fax: (304) 347-0487

Purpose: To work with educators of its region and thenation by providing information, technical assis-tance, and training; sponsoilng applied research; andproviding evaluation, needs assessment, and plan-ning services in an ongoing R & D-based effort toimprove education and educational opportunity.Subject areas: Rural schools; school-family-commu-nity connections; professional development; state-local policy; teaching and learning. (The Laboratory

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operates the ERIC Clearinghouse on Rural Educationand Small Schools, and an Eisenhower Consortiumon Math/Science Education.)Publication topics: Administrator role; alternativeassessment; drug abuse programs; education reform;educational policy; educational technology; educa-tional leadership; middle schools; parent involve-ment; rural education; school effectiveness; school-family connections; school improvement councils;state department reorganization; site-based decisionmaking; systemic reform; teacher attitudes; teachercertification; teacher time; ungraded primary; year-round education.Periodical: The Link, quarterly.Services: Information searches, open resource cen-ter, referrals to other sources, seminars, workshops,contract research, electronic network, video and au-dio tapes. policy research, consulting.Service area: Nation (primarily Kentucky, Tennes-see. Virginia, and West Virginia).

7. Arkansas School Study CouncilMartin W. Schoppmeyer, Executive

Secretary255 Graduate Education BuildingUniversity of ArkansasFayetteville, Arkansas 72701

Tel: (501) 575-4207Fax: (501) 575-4681

Purpose: To conduct and disseminate research onproblems of importance to Arkansas schools.Subject areas: School finance, school law, testing.education curriculum.Periodical: Newsletter, monthly during school year.Services: For members only.Service area: Nation (primarily Arkansas).

8. Association for Supervision andCurriculum DevelopmentGene R. Carter, Executive Director1250 North Piti StreetAlexandria, Virginia 22314-1453

Tel: (703) 549-9110Fax: (703) 549-3891, (703) 836-7921

Purpose: To seek balanced instrucdonal programsfor ensuring equal and quality educational opportu-nities for students.Subject areas: Curriculum; supervision; leadership;teaching and learning; school and society; multicul-tural education; middle school; high school; evalu-ation.Publication topics: Guide to alternative assessment;expanding student assessment; performance assess-

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ment; planning integrated curriculum; teaching withdimensions of learning; guide to bilingual education;students at risk; total quality management; restruc-turing schools; how to change to a nongraded school;how to untrack your school; using curriculum frame-works for systemic reform; the middle school; leader-ship for tomorrow's schty. :13; cooperative learning andthe collaborative school; how to conduct collaborativeaction research; how to deal with community criti-cism of school change; challenges and achievementsof American education; the self-renewing school; howto organize for school-based management; supervi-sion in transition; how to mentor in the midst ofchange; how to help beginning teachers succeed; howto plan and implement a peer coaching program;changing school culture through staff development(catalog of publications).Periodicals: Educational Leadership, 8 issues yearly;ASCD Update, 8 issues yearly; ASCD CurriculumUpdate; Journal of Curriculum and Supervision..Services: Information searches, referrals to othersources, annual convention, seminars, workshops.srs*ellite broadcast training, teleconferences, elec-tronic network, video and audio tapes.Service area: International.

9. Association of School BusinessOfficials InternationalDon I. Tharpe, Executive Director11401 North Shore DriveReston, Virginia 22090-4232

Tel: (703) 478-0405Fax: (703) 478-0205

Purpose: To provide programs and services to pro-mote the highest standards of school businepn man-agement practices. professional growth, and the ef-fective use of educational resources.Subject areas: Business management in public andprivate schools, including data processing, federalprograms. internal auditing, student activities, legalaspects, maintenance and operations, managementtechniques, negotiations, office management, per-sonnel management, professional development, prop-erty management, pupil transportation, purchasingand supply management, risk management, schoolaccounting, school facilities, school finance, schoolfood and nutrition management.Publication topics: Administrative uses of micro-computers in schools; educational facilities planning;guidelines for buying supplies and equipment; Lotustemplates for the school business administrator; schoolbusiness management in the twenty-first century;site-based management and the school administra-tor; grants and contracts handbook; how publicschools are financed.

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Periodicals: School Business Affairs (journal),monthly; ASBO Accents (newspaper), monthly.Services: Annual convention, certificate of excellencein financial reporting by school systems, seminars,workshops, peer consulting, continuing educationprograms.Service area: Nation.

10. Australian Council forEducational ResearchBarry McGaw, Director19 ProFpf.r.t. Hill RoadCamberwell, Victoria 3124, Australia

Tel: 61-3-277-5555Fax: 61-3-277-5500

Purpose: To promote research and development ineducation in Australia.Subject areas: Educational research.Periodicals: Austrtdian Journal of Education, 3 issuesyearly; Australian Education Index, quarterly; News-letter, 3 issues yearly; Bibliography of EducationalTheses in Australia, annually; Research Informationfor Teachers, biannually; Australian Thesaurus ofEducation Descriptors, annually.

Services: Consultations, contract research, evalu-ations.Service area: Australia.

11. Bureau of School ServicesAlex C. Moody, DirectorSchool of Education, Room 1202Indiana State UniversityTerre Haute, Indiana 47809

Tel: (812) 237-3804Fax: (812) 237-8041

Purpose: To provide consultant services to publicschool systems.

Subject areas: Feasibility studies relative to schoolconstruction; demographic studies including schoolattendance boundaries; studies of the finance and taximpact of school construction; studies related tocurricular or programmic issues.Publication topics: Cooperative studies of variousschool districts; one school district's elementaryboundaries and elementary building capacities; fi-nancial impact of a proposed elementary school addi-tion.

Services: Contract research, consulting.Service area: Indiana and other Midwest states.

12. California School LeadershipAcademy (CSLA)

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Karen M. Kearney, Executive Director660 J Street, Suite 390Sacramento, California 95814

Tel: (916) 448-2752Fax: (916) 441-2458

Purpose: To help practicing administrators and teach-ers in leadership positions strengthen their instruc-tional leadership skills and focus their actions on theissues and strategies critical to increasing the achieve-ment of all students in California.Subject areas: Instructional leadership; school cul-ture; principles of powerful learning; the thinking,meaning-centered curriculum; accountability andassessment; student diversity; connecting studentsto the school community; professional development;limited-English-proficient students; successful changeefforts; specific subject-matter content modules.Services: Annual convention, seminars, workshops.(Services limited to California educators in leadershippositions.)Service area: California.

13. Canadian Society for the Study ofEd icationTim G. Howard, AdministratorSuite 205, One Stewart StreetOttawa, Ontario, Canada KIN 6H7

Tel: (613) 230-3532Fax: (613) 230-2746

Purpose: To promote the advancement of research ineducation throughout Canada.Subject areas: Educational administration is thefocus of one of eight associations in the federatedsociety; topics of particular concern are leadership,power, decision-making, policy development, and thesoclal and political context of schooling.Perioi,:cal: Canadian Journal of Education, quar-terly.

Servicom: For members only.Service area: Nation.

14. Capital Area School DevelopmentAssociationRichard Bamberger. Executive Director135 Western AvenueHusted Hall 211State University of New York at AlbanyAlbany, New York 12222

Tel: (518) 442-3796Fax: (518) 442-3746

Purpose: To serve as a cooperative planning, re-search, and development unit through which affili-ated schools and educational agencies may more

effectively define and fulfill their pu:poses and func-tions in serving the educational needs of their com-munities. CASDA also strives to promote cooperativeinteraction between The University at Albany and theaffiliated school districts.Subject areas: Leadership. governance, and struc-ture of public and private educational organizationsat the elementary and secondary levels; curriculumdevelopment; finance; professional and staff develop-ment for school administrators, school board mem-bers, school business managers, teachers, and sup-port staff.Publication topics: Teacher evaluation; multicul-tural education; preparation of school administra-tors.Services: For members only.Service areas: Nation (primarily the Northeast).

15. Center for Advanced Study ofEducational LeadershipPhilip Hallinger, DirectorPeabody CollegeVanderbilt UniversityNashville, Tennessee 37203

Tel: (615) 343-7092Fax: (615) 343-7094

Purpose: To support research and development ac-tivities designed to improve the practice of educa-tional leadership. (Supported, in part, through fundsprovided to Vanderbilt University by the U.S. Depart-ment of Education for its role with Harvard Universityand the University of Chicago in the National Centerfor Educational Leadership.)Subject areas: School improvement; school-basedmanagement; leadership; school culture; school re-form and restructuring; problem-solving.Services: Onsite assistance to practicing administra-tors; annual executive development institutes forprincipals and school board chairpersons; annualconvention; seminars; workshops; lists of speakers;video and audio tapes; policy research; consulting;grantwriting.Service areas: International.

16. Center for Collaborative EducationHeather Lewis and Priscilla Ellington,

Executive Codirectors1573 Marlison Avenue, Room 201New York, New York 10029

Tel: (212) 348-7821Fax: (212) 348-7850

Purpose: As an affiliate of the Coalition of EssentialSchools, the Center is a network of New York Citypublic schools committed to advancing the reform

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efforts of public schools in New York City and through-out the nation. By enhancing the visibility of itsschools and assisting others who want to create orredesign schools, the Center aims to build a networkof public schools that teach children to use theirminds critically and purposefully, and ultimately toinspire others to do the same.Subject areas: Schools as people-centered commu-nitiessmall and personalized in size; unified courseof study for all students; indepth, intradisciplinarycurriculum; active learning with student-as-worker,student-as-citizen, and teacher-as-coach; studentevaluation by performance-based assessment meth-ods; family involvement, trust, and respect; collabo-rative decision-making and governance; choice; ra-cial, ethnic, economic, and intellectual diversity; bud-get allocations targeting time for collective planning.Publication topics: Quality education in theinnercitythe story of the Central Park East Schools.Periodical: CCE Connections, 3 issues yearly.Services: Information searches, open resource cen-ter, document repository, annual convention, work-shops.Service area: Nation.

17. Center for Creative LeadershipMelodie H. Croonenberghs, DirectorOne Leadership PlaceP.O. Box 263003859 Battleground Avenue, Suite 105/

103Greensboro, North Carolina 27438-

6300Tel: (910) 288-7210Fax: (910) 288-3999

Purpose: To encourage and develop creative leader-ship and effective management for the good of societyoverall. The center accomplishes its mission throughresearch, training, and publicationswith emphasison the widespread, innovative applications of thebehavioral sciences to the challenges facing the lead-ers of 'oday and tomorrow.Subject areas: Leadership development; innovationprograms; quality; entrepreneurial leadership;downsizing issues; assessment-for-development in-struments.Publication topics: Leadership; executive and man-agement development; individual and organizationalcreativity; human resource systems; using biographi-cal methods to understand managerial behavior andpersonality; traps and pitfalls in the judgment ofexecutive potential; why managers can't empoweradevelopment perspective; leadership as the making ofmeaning in collective experience; executive selection;developing diversity in organizations; guidelines on

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leadership diversity in America; effective school prin-cipalscompetencies for meeting the demands ofeducational reform; the realities of managerial deci-sion-making; impact of leadership; helping today'smanager understand and utilize the innovation pro-cess; a framework for teaching leadership; leadershipand creativity; measures of leadership; leadershipand the quest for quality; the challenge of assessingleadership characteristics (catalog of publications).Periodical: Issues &Observations, quarterly; CenterUPDATE, monthly.

Services: Seminars, workshops, video and audiotapes.Service area: Nation.

18. Center for Educational FieldServicesRichard H. Goodman, DirectorMorrill HallUniversity of New HampshireDurham, New Hampshire 03824

Tel: (603) 862-1384Fax: (603)862-1084

Purpose:To conduct research and development stud-ies for public education in New Hampshire and todevelop long-range plans for school districts.Subject areas: School finance; New Hampshire taxpolicy; taxes and revenues; evaluation of program andfacilities.

Publication topics: Public school taxes; New Hamp-shire taxes and revenues; reports for school districts;preschoolers' readiness to learn.Services: Information searches (manual and com-puter), consulting, seminars, workshops, long-rangeplans.Service area: New Hampshire and New England.

19. Center for Educational LeadershipJohn C. Daresh, DirectorRoom 418 McKeeUniversity of Northern ColoradoGreeley, Colorado 80639

Tel: (303) 351-1645Fax: (303) 351-2312

Purpose: To provide inservice education opportuni-ties for school leaders.Subject areas: Research. development, and trainingactivities associated with induction and ongoinginservice education for educational leaders.Publication topics: Mentoring manual for educa-tional administrators; annotated bibliography onmentoring for eaucational leaders.

Services: Referrals to other sources, seminars, work-shops, administrator searchers, consulting.Service area: Nation.

20. Center for Educational LeadershipJohn H. Moore, DirectorTrinity University715 Stadium DriveSan Antonio, Texas 78212-7200

Tel: (210) 736-7582Fax: (210) 736-7592

Purpose: To form a comprehensive university-publicschool collaborative combining the resources of 16school districts, community service agencies, busi-ness and corporate sponsors, municipal government.and Trinity University, directed toward improvingschools in our community; and to provide a cross-district and university-school forum directed at study-ing the issues affecting quality education and engag-ing in cross-district improvement projects.

Subject areas: School improvement; professionaldevelopment for principals; nontraditional governance;performance-based assessment; staff development;core curriculum.

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Periodical: The PrinciparsCenterNewsletter, monthly.

Services: Document repository, referrals to othersources, annual convention, seminars, workshops,lists of speakers, administrator searchers, electronicnetwork, consulting.

Service area: Nation.

21. Center for Educational Leadership(of New York Urban Coalition)Augusta Mann, Director99 Hudson Street, 9th FloorNew York, New York 10013

Tel: (212) 219-4500Fax: (212) 274-8441

Purpose: To improve public schools through theenhancement of professional development and schoolleadership.

Subject areas: School-based planning, manage-ment, and shared decision-mrking; creating newsmall schools; systemic school change and organiza-tional development; instructional leadership and staffdevelopment; tailored programs of administrative andstaff development.

Services: Seminars, workshops, administrator as-sessments, consulting.

Service area: Nation (primarily New York City).

22. Center for Educational RenewalJohn I. Good lad, DirectorCollege of Education, DQ-12University of WashingtonSeattle, Washington 98195

Tel: (206) 543-6230Fax: (206) 543-8439

Purpose: To improve the organization and conduct ofeducation in public schools; to improve the educationof educators in schools, colleges, and departments ofeducation; and to stimulate the relationships be-tween schools and universities.Subject areas: Renewal of public school organiza-tion; preparation of teachers and administrators;partnerships between schools and universities.Publication topics: Financing and governance ofprofessional development or partner schools; school-university partnerships; building a school/commu-nity ecology; educative communities; the school-fam-ily health relationship (catalog of publications).Periodical: Center Correspondent, quarterly.Services: For members only.Service area: Nation.

23. Center for Evaluation,Development, and ResearchLarry W. Barber, DirectorPhi Delta KappaP.O. Box 789Bloomington, Indiana 47402

Tel: (812) 339-1156Fax: (812) 339-0018

Purpose: To disseminate research information and toimprove our understanding of the processes of re-search and evaluation. CEDR places special empha-sis on the practical applications of research, espe-cially those findings that help teachers and adminis-trators improve their skiils.Subject areas: Teacher recruitment; multiculturaland bilingual education; evaluation; curriculum; lead-ership; elementary, middle, and high schools; organi-zation; development; reform.Publication topics: Survival guide for school boardmembers; administrator evaluation; restructuringthrough curriculum innovation; recruiting people ofcolor for teacher education; sexual harassment in theeducational environment; women as school adminis-trators; alternatives to retention in grade; teachingeffective learning strategies; teenage alcohol abuse;alternative schools; raising the standards of child-care programs; parent involvement in the schools;bilingual education; year-round schools; the role ofthe assistant principal; AIDS education; students at

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risk; learning to failcase studies of students at risk(catalog of publications).Services: Information searches, electronic network.Service area: Nation.

24. Center for Law and EducationKathleen B. Boundy and Paul

Weckstein, Codireetors955 Massachusetts AvenueCambridge, Massachusetts 02139

Tel: (617) 876-6611Fax: (617) 876-0203

Purpose: To provide assistance to legal services law-yers, pro bono attorneys, and other advocates repre-senting low-income students on education issues.Subject areas: The rights of students to the followingeducational benefits or programs: special education,procedural protections when facing discipline, voca-tional education. Chapter 1 programs (compensatoryeducation), nondiscrimination in class placement,testing, and so forth; rights of homeless children tr ineducation; rights and needs of limited-English pmil-cient children.Publication topics: Legal requirements for earlyintervention; protecting parents' rights to privacy inearly intervention; procedural due process rights instudent discipline; state law challenges to schooldiscipline; outline of case law on racially disparateschool discipline; abusive school discipline and otheroffensive conduct against students; educational rightsof children with disabilities; promoting inclusion forall students; guide to designing standards and mea-sures for evaluating the performance of vocationaleducation programs; utilizing content standards andparticipatory planning to improve educational qual-ity; case law on ability/achievement grouping; budgetcuts in education programs; recent challenges tostate systems of financing public schools; Massachu-setts education reform and children in poverty; Chap-ter 1 advocacy handbook; legal overview of Chapter 1;advocates manual on special education; advocatesmanual on school discipline and student rights;guidelines for parent involvement in Chapter 1 pro-grams; bilingual education; early intervention; home-less students; vocational education (catalog of publi-cations).

Periodicals: Newsnotes, quarterly.Services: Services only for lawyers and other advo-cates representing low-income people.Service area: Nation.

25. Center for LeadershipDevelopmentWestern Offices:

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Wayne Burnette, President12522 Moorpark Street, Suite 111Studio City, California 91604

Tel: (818) 980-5711Fax: (818) 769 -9438

Clark Rex, Dix ector51 South Oak StreetVentura, California 93001

Tel: (805) 643-9053Fax: (805) 643-3546

Eastern office:Kent Lloyd, Director4350 North Fairfax Drive, Suite 740Arlington, Virginia 22203

Tel: (703) 521-3535Fax: (703) 522-4143

Purpose: To improve management productivity in thepublic schools, police departments, and other publicagencies.Subject areas: Organizational design, performance,and accountability; application of the newest per-spectives from the behavioral, organizational, andpolicy sciences to practical work settings; time man-agement; management teams; identifying missionand goals and decision-making strategies; policy for-mation process; planning and performance evalu-ation systems; organizational information and pro-gram evaluation systems; managing intergroup con-flict; reducing organization costs; interpersonal man-agement effectiveness; building community coali-tions.Services: Information searches (manual), consult-ing, seminars, workshops, surveys, planning confer-ences, research and research evaluation.Service area: Nation (primarily California, the west-ern states, and Washington, D.C.).

26. The Center for Leadership inSchool ReformPhillip C. Schlechty, PresIdent950 Breckenridge Lane, Suite 200Louisville, Kentucky 40207

Tel: (502) 895-1942Fax: (502) 895-7901

Purpose: To provide support services, leadershipdevelopment, and consultation to school districts andother educational agencies involved in restructuringschools; to provide educators with specific tools toenhance a district's capacity to change; and to provideeducational leaders with a national support networkthat allows them to see the scope of restructuringnationally.

Subject areas: Beliefs self-assessment; effective deci-sion-making; strategic thinking and planning; creat-

ing and articulating a shared vision; results-orientedmanagement; participatory leadership.Services: Long-term consultation, workshops, semi-nars, keynote addresses, district and school-houseassessments, strategic planning.Service area: Nation.

27. Center for Leademhip ServicesMichael Martin, DirectorEducation 106University of ColoradoDenver, Colorado 80217

Tel: (303) 556-4857Fax: (303) 556-4479

Purpose: To provide services to educational agenciesand schools that enhance leadership development inplanning, evaluation, research training, and develop-ment.Subject areas: Management planning and develop-ment; program and personnel evaluation; cooperativeresearch; administrative renewal; staff development;leadership selection and placement.Services: Open resource center, consulting, semi-nars, workshops, policy studies.Service area: Nation.

28. Center for Research inEducational PolicyE. Dean Butler, Director of ResearchEducation Annex 1Memphis State UniversityMemphis, Tennessee 38152

Tel: (901) 678-2310Fax: (901) 678-4778

Purpose: To plan and implement a research agendathat has primary emphasis on the resolution of issuesassociated with educational policies and practices inthe public schools.Subject areas: Urban studies; professional studiesand educational assessment; performance; data-baseddecision making and planning; development and useof educational indicator systems; effective schoolcharacteristics; site-based decision-making and plan-ning; models of school productivity.Publication topics: Educational environments inTennessee schools; improving schools through data-based decision-making and planning; restructuringschool management through shared decision-mak-ing; changing teacher roles and relationshipsthereality of restructuring schools through shared deci-sion-making; total teamwork skills necessary for suc-cessful shared decision-making; getting schools readyfor young childrencomprehensive schc.ol improve-

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ment models; helping at-risk learners to succeedevaluation of the Success for All Children model indiverse school contexts; the relationship betweenleadership, decision-making team development, andschool climate; school system simulation an effec-tive model for educational leaders; a new principalpreparation programemploying flexible options in arigid environment; total quality management as aphilosophical and organizational framework to achieveoutcomes-based education and effective schools (cata-log of publications).Periodicals: Newsletter, 3 issues yearly; Policy/prac-tice Briefs, 10-12 issues yearly.Services: Document repository, administrator as-sessments, contract research, policy research, con-sulting.Service area: Nation.

29. Center for Research onEducational Accountability andTeacher Evaluation (CREATE)Daniel L. Stufflebeam, DirectorThe Evaluation CenterWestern Michigan UniversityKalamazoo, Michigan 49008-5178

Tel: (616) 387-5895Fax: (616) 387-5923

Purpose: To be the focal point for U.S. efforts toimprove measurement criteria, instruments, and pro-cedures for evaluating the performance of teachers,administrators, support personnel, and programs inboth public and private schools, as well as for evalu-ating the schools themselves. Consistent with thisintent, CREATE has a strong field orientation.Subject areas: Evaluation of school personnel (teach-ers and administrators); support personnel evalua-tion; evaluation of schools as a whole; evaluationtools.

Publication topics: Abstracts of selected literatureon teacher evaluation; teacher evaluation glossary;foundations of educational accountability; a model ofteacher self-assessment; beginning teachers and self-assessment; consumer report on school evaluationmodels; analysis of school report cards; nationalsurvey on evaluation of professional support person-nel; practical model for evaluating nonteaching pro-fessionals; model for guiding evaluations of educa-tional administrators (catalog of publications).

Periodical: Evaluation Perspectives, 3 issues yearly.Services: Document repository, annual convention,workshops, contract research, electronic network,consulting.


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30. Center for Research on theContext of Secondary SchoolTeaching (CRC)Milbrey McLaughlin, DirectorCERAS BuildingStanford UniversityStanford, California 94305-3084

Tel: (415) 723-4972Fax: (415) 723-7578

Purpose: To conduct longitudinal research combin-ing intensive case studies of public and independentschools and teachers with analyses of national surveydata to assess factors that either constrain or enablethe best work of teachers and students.Subject areas: Organizational, policy, and social-cultural conditions of the embedded context of theclassroom, the subject department, the school, thelocal community, and the school district. (The CRC isdeveloping grounded theory on how context condi-tions affect high school teaching and framing policyrecommendations for improving secondary educa-tion.)

Publication topics: Contexts that matter for teach-ing and learning (summary briefing booklet of CRCresearch).Services: Longitudinal research.Service area: Nation.

31. Center for School ChangeJoe Nathan, DirectorHubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public

AffairsUniversity of Minnesota301 19th Avenue, SouthMinneapolis, Minnesota 55455

Tel: (612) 626-1834Fax: (612) 625-6351

Purpose: To work with communities to help producesignificantly higher student achievement, increasethe graduation rate, improve student attitudes to-ward learning and their schools, and build strongerworking relationships among educators, parents, andother community members. The Center seeks to be acatalyst for changing attitudes, influencing policy,and stimulating new public school models.Subject areas: School reform and transformation;shared facilities; choice among schools; charteredpublic schools; preparation of school administrators;school and district size.Publication topics: Schools and communities work-ing together and sharing facilities; students as entre-preneursbuilding academic skills and strengthen-ing local economies; an outline of major perspectiveson school and district size, cost, and quality;

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sourcebook on school and district size, cost, andquality; parent-educator partnerships; experiencesof Mirmesota students in four statewide school choiceprograms; Minnesota's school choice program (cata-log of publications).

Periodical: Fine Print, quarterly.Services: Seminars, workshops, video and audiotapes, policy research, consulting.Service area: Nation.

32. Center for Social Organization ofSchoolsJames McPartland, DirectorJohns Hopkins University3505 North Charles StreetBaltimore, Maryland 21218-2498

Tel: (410) 516-0370Fax: (410) 516-6370

Purpose: To study how changes in the social organi-zation of schools can make them more effective for allstudents in promoting academic achievement, devel-opment of potential, and later-iife career success. Theemphasis on social organization is based on soundtheorythat changes in the structure of an environ-ment will produce ch<mges in the attitudes, behav-iors, and accomplishments of the people in thatenvironment. Thus schools can be made more effec-tive though changes m the organization of the class-room, school, and district.Subject areas: Instructional processes to improvestudent achievement and race relations; effectiveways to measure schools' progress toward schoolimprovement; processes that provide interactive home-work experiences for children and parents; organiza-tional development process for adopting innovationsand building capacity for self-improvement; elemen-tary restructuring program to improve schooling ofdisadvantaged children; development of learning en-vironments that minimize student apathy or disrup-tion and maximize student comznitment, satisfaction,and learning; organization of educational experiencesthat foster the learning of students with differentinterests and needs; successful transition from edu-cation to work; structuring of educational programsto provide fair access to educational and occupationalopportunities.Publication topics: Tracking; schoolwide restruc-turing; preventing early school failure; effects of par-ent involvement on their children's schoolwork; ef-fects of various classroom instructional processes onstudent learning and development; effects of studentparticipation in school decision-making; effects ofschool desegregation on minority achievement andlater-life education and employment; how schoolorganization affects inschool peer relationships;multicultural education; limited-English-proficient

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children; school, family, and community connec-tions; middle-grades education; integrated humanservices in the school (catalog of publications).Periodicals: CDS Report, semiannually (Center forResearch on Effective Schooling for DisadvantagedStudents); Research & Development Report, semian-nually (Center on Families, Communities, Schoolsand Children's Learning).Services: Referrals to other sources, workshops, listsof speakers, contract research, video and audio tapes,policy research, consulting.Service area: Nation.

33. Center for the Study ofEducational FinanceG. Alan Hickrod, Director340 DeGarmo HallIllinois State UniversityNormal, Illinois 61761

Tel: (309) 438-5405Fax: (309) 438-8683

Purpose: To organize and support research on educa-tional finance, particularly research with legislativeimplications (emphasis on research useful to theGeneral Assembly of Illinois).

Subject areas: Educational finance at all levels ofeducation, specializing in educational finance legisla-tion.Publication topics: Equity, adequacy, and efficiencyin Illinois school finance; politics of school finance inIllinois; litigation pertaining to constitutional chal-lenges to school finance.Services: Open resource center, referrals to othersources, seminars, workshops, consulting, policy re-search, document repository, special consulting tothe Illinois General Assembly committees and com-missions.Service area: Nation (primarily Illinois).

34. Center for the Study ofEvaluation (CSE) and Center forResearch on Evaluation, Standardsand Student Testing (CRESST)Eva L. Baker, Director405 Hilgard AvenueLos Angeles, California 90024-1522

Tel: (310) 206-1532Fax: (310) 825-3883

Purpose: To conduct research, training, and develop-ment in the field of educational evaluation.Subject areas: Educational evaluation; program evalu-ation; assessment policy; use of assessment data;strategies to promote change in assessment policies

and practices; creation of new prototypes for assess-ing student performance; effects of various alterna-tive assessments on students, teachers, administra-tors, parents, and policy-makers; use of new informa-tion technologies for assessment.Publication topics: Accountability and alternativeassessment; discovering what schools really teachdesigning improved indicators; multilevel factor analy-sis of class and student achievement components;alternative assessmentstate activity, interest, andconcerns; estimating the costs and benefits of large-scale assessment; principals' use of formal and infor-mal data; political and practical issues in improvingschool board use of evaluation data; performanceassessment handbook (catalog of publications sharedby both CSE and CRESST).Periodicals: Evaluation Comment, semiannually;CRESST Line, quarterly.

Services: Referrals to other sources, annual conven-tion, contract research, video and audio tapes, con-sulting (limited).


35. Center for the Study of ParentInvolvementDaniel Safran, DirectorJohn F. Kennedy University370 Camino PabloOrinda, California 94563

Tel: (510) 254-0110Fax: (510) 254-4870

Purpose: To conduct research, provide training andconsultation, and disseminate information on therelationship between families and schools; and toelevate the study of family-school roles and relation-ships to its proper place among the factors that affecteducation.Subject areas: Home-school communications; schoolbased management and governance; conflict resolu-tion; teacher education and professional develop-ment; appreciating cultural and linguistic diversity.Services: Document repository, referrals to othersources, annual convention, workshops, contractresearch, electronic network, consulting.Service area: Nation (on-site consultation primarilyin Northern California).

36. Center on Families, Communities,Schools and Children's LearningDon Davies, CodirectorBoston UniversitySchool of Education605 Commonwealth Avenue

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Boston, Massachusetts 02215Tel: (617) 353-3309Fax: (617) 353-8444

Joyce L. Epstein, CodirectorThe Johns Hopkins University3505 North Charles StreetBaltimore, Maryland 21218

Tel: (410) 516-0370Purpose: To conduct research, evaluations, policyanalyses, and dissemination to produce new anduseful knowledge about how families, schools, andcommunities influence student motivation, learning,and development, as well as to improve the connec-tions between and among these major social institu-tions.Subject areas: Parent and community involvementin education.Publication topics: Educational levels of adolescentchildbearers at first and second births; effects onstudent achievement of teacher practices of parentinvolvement; family education and training for low-income mothers; implementation and effects of sum-mer home learning packets in the middle grades;improving school and family partnerships in urbanelementary and middle schools; the Puerto Ricancommunity and natural support systemsimplica-tions for the education of children; review of theliterature on Puerto Rican families and school achieve-ment in the United States; Irish-American achieve-ment; school and family partnerships; coaching incommunity settings; school programs and teacherpractices of parent involvement in innercity elemen-tary and middle schools; strategies for informingfamilies about school choice; survey on practices andpolicies of family-community-school collaboration;understanding Chinese-American educationalachievement; what federal and state governments aredoing to promote family-school-community partner-sill is (catalog of publications).Periodical: Center on Families Newsletter, semian-nually.Services: Referrals to other sources, workshops,video and audio tapes, policy research, consulting.Service area: Nation.

37. Center on Organization andRestructuring of SchoolsFred M. Newmann, Director1025 West Johnson StreetUniversity of WisconsinMadison, Wisconsin 53706

Tel: (608) 263-7575Fax: (608) 263-6448

Purpose: A five-year research program funded by theU.S. Department of Education to study how organiza-

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tional features of schools can be changed to increasethe intellectual and social competence of students.Subject areas: School restructuring in four areas: (1)the experiences of students in school; (2) the profes-sional life of teachers; (3) the governance, manage-ment. and leadership of schools; and (4) the coordina-tion of community resources to better serve educa-tionally disadvantaged students. The effects of schoolrestructuring on six valued outcomes are empha-sized: authentic student achievement, equity, em-powerment, sense of school community, reflectivedialogue, and accountability.Publication topic: Bibliography on school restruc-turing.Periodicals: Issues inRestructuring Schools, semian-nually; Briefs, 3 issues yearly.Services: Information searches (selective), referralsto other sources, contract research.Service area: Nation.

38. Central Minnesota EducationalCooperative Service UnitRobert C. Cavanna, Executive Director3335 West Street GermainP.O. Box 1576St. Cloud, Minnesota 56302

Tel: (612) 255-3236Fax: (612) 255-2998

Purpose: To provide professional development sup-port, resources, special needs programs, and train-ing/consultation in a wide arena of items such asenvironmental/health safety, curriculum assistance,insurance products, and the recognition of quality inindividuals and schools.Subject areas: School law; leadership skills; teambuilding; finance management; fringe benefits; retire-ment laws; multicultural education; violence preven-tion; teaching and learning.Publication topics: Learners at-risk resource direc-tory; taking control manual; technology-assistedcontingency training materials.Periodical: ECSU Review, 5 issues yearly.Services: Open resource center, referrals to othersources, seminars, workshops, superintendents' fo-rums, video and audio tapes, consulting.Service area: Nation (primarily central Minnesota).

39. Christian Educators AssociationInternationalForrest L. Turpen, Executive DirectorP.O. Box 50025Pasadena, California 91115

Tel: (818) 798-1124Fax: (818) 798-7895

Purpose: To serve as a professional organization forChristians serving in the realm of public education,and to encourage them to live a life of faith accordingto Judeo/Christian values, in accordance with theLaw.

Subject areas: Application of Christian principles toeffective teaching and administration.Publication topics: Legal issues; the courts and theschools; great thoughts of great people; separate butequal.Periodical: Vision, monthly.Services: Referrals to other sources, annual conven-tion, seminars, workshops, lists of speakers, videoand audio tapes. legal services (referrals), consulting,liability insurance.Service area: Nation.

40. Collegial Association for theDevelopment and Renewal ofEducators (CADRE)Cece Logan, Executive Director1125 Moline StreetAurora, Colorado 80010

Tel: (303) 361-6429Fax: (303) 341-0683

Purpose: To conduct self and school renewal activi-ties emerging from both school problems and oppor-tunities for improved school service.

Subject areas: School climate improvement, leader-ship development, classroom discipline.Publication topics: School climate improvementleadership and process, handbook for conductingschool climate improvement projects (catalog of pub-lications).

Periodical: School Climate and Leadership: TheCADRE JournaL

Services: Annual seminar, workshops.Service area: Nation.

41. Commonwealth Council forEducational AdministrationBernadette Taylor, Executive DirectorUniversity of New EnglandArmidale, New South Wales 2351,

AustraliaTel: (067) 73-2543Fax: (067) 73-3363

Purpose: To foster a high standard in the practice andstudy of educational administration in Common-wealth countries.

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Subject areas: All areas of educational administra-tion, including the preparation of educational admin-istrators.Publication topics: School leadership; planning andfinancing rural education in Africa.Periodicals: International Direction in Education, 3issues yearly; CCEA Newsletter, semiannually; CCEAStudies in Educational Administration, semiannually.Services: Workshops, list of speakers. consulting,services to Third World education ministries.Service area: International.

42. Consortium for Educational EquityRebecca L. Lubetkin, DirectorRutgers University4090 Livingston CampusNew Brunswick, New Jersey 08903

Tel: (908) 932-2071Fax: (908) 932-0027

Purpose: To assist schools in implementing systemicreform to promote the full achievement of all studentsthrough teacher training and program development.The Consortium targets the concerns and effects ofgender, race, national origin, language, culture, so-cioeconomic status, and disability.Subject areas: Sexual harassment; alternatives totracking; parental involvement; school reform; coop-erative learning; multicultural education; reducingethnic/racial tensions; equity in mathematics, sci-ence, and technology.Publication topics: Equity in science and math-ematics.Periodical: Dwight D. Eisenhower National Math-ematics and Science Newsletter, 4 issues yearly.Services: Seminars, workshops, video and audiotapes, consulting.Service area: Nation.

43. Consortium for Policy Research inEducationThe Finance CenterAllan R. Odden, CodirectorUniversity of Wisconsin-MadisonWisconsin Center for Education

Research1025 West Johnson StreetMadison, Wisconsin 53706-1796

Tel: (608) 263-4260Fax: (608) 263-6448

Purpose: To discover ways to create new financepolicies that help improve the quality of educationand student achievement.

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Subject areas: Trends in education finance policy;school finance reform; secondary and postsecondaryeducation and the labor market; cost-effectiveness,productivity, and decentralization; microanalysis ofproductivity.Publication topics: Education finance reform; broad-ening impact aid's view of school finance equalization;national initiatives and state education policy; therole of agenda setting in the politics of school finance;the effects of state control on school finance in Cali-fornia; the allocation and use of school district re-sources; school-based management and teachersstrategies for reform; rethinking school-based man-agement policy and research; school-based decision-making; applying employee involvement in schools;teachers, working contexts, and educational produc-tivity; education-productivity researchassessmentof its role in education finance reform; cost anddelivery tradeoffs in providing educational servicesfor students with profound disabilities; decentraliza-tion strategiesa review of effective-schools litera-ture; charter schools; Texas school finance; Califor-nia school finance; Minnesota school finance; schoolfinance reform and systemic school change in Ken-tucky; funding schools and universitiesimprovingproductivity and equity; school finance and programequity. (The Finance Center and the Policy Centershare the same publications list.)Periodical: CPRE Finance Briefs. 4-6 issues yearly.Services: Referrals to other sources, seminars, work-shops. contract research, policy research, consult-ing.


44. Consortium for Policy Research inEducationThe Policy CenterSusan H. Fuhrman, DirectorCarriage House at the Eagleton Institute

of PoliticsRutgers University86 Clifton AvenueNew Brunswick, New Jersey 08901-

1568Tel: (908) 932-1331Fax: (908) 932-1551

Purpose: To understand how education policy influ-ences student learning; to discover ways to designpolicies that lead to improved student achievement;and to document ways that policymaking can beresponsive to the diverse needs of students, schools,communities, and states'.Subject areas: Designing coherent policy; state policyand local diversity; school incentives and teachermotivation; instructional policy; classroom practiceand student achievement; upgrading math instruc-tion in low-income high schools.

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Publication topics: Trends in education reform;systemic school reform; state takeover and deregula-tion of schools; the development of, support for, andimplementation of education reform in WashingtonState; working models of choice in public education;the development, implementation, and operation ofstate-financed, privately operated "educational clin-ics" for at-risk youth aged 16 to 19; building schoolcapacity for effective teacher empowerment; teacherempowerment and professional knowledge; decen-tralization and policy design; repeating grades inschoolcurrent practice and research evideme; roleof the courts in school-finance reform; school-basedmanagementstrategies for success; lessons aboutregulation and schooling; equality in education;changes in high school course taking. (The FinanceCenter and the Policy Center share the same publica-tions list.)

Periodical: CPRE Policy Briefs, 4-6 issues yearly.

Services: Referrals to other sources, seminars, work-shops, contract research, policy research, consult-ing.


45. Council for American PrivateEducationJoyce G. Mc Cray, Executive Director1726 M Street, N.W., Suite 1102Washington, D.C. 20036-4502

Tel: (202) 659-0016Fax: (202) 659-0018

Purpose: To serve as spokesman for American privaterchools (K-12, nonprofit, racially nondiscriminatory)in all appropriate arenasgovernment, professions,research, media, public.Subject areas: All aspects of educational manage-ment (including attention to women, minorities, handi-capped , and teachers) relevant to private schools (K-12).

Periodical: Outlook, 10 issues yearly.Services: For members only.Service area: Nation.

46. Council for EducationalDevelopment and ResearchDena G. Stoner, Executive Director2000 L Street, N.W.Washington, D.C. 20036

Tel: (202) 223-1593Fax: (202) 785-3849

Purpose: To offer coordination, information, andother membership services to nonprofit educationalresearch and development laboratories and centers.Subject areas: All aspects of educational manage-ment in which the council's member laboratories andcenters conduct research and development.Publication topics: Rural schools on the road toreform; surveying the landscape of state educationalassessment programs.Periodical: R&D Preview, 6 issues yearly.Services: For members only.Service area: Nation.

47. Council of Administrators ofSpecial EducationJo Thomason, Executive Director615 Sixteenth Street, N.W.Albuquerque, New Mexico 87104

Tel: (505) 243-7622Fax: (505) 247-4822

Purpose: As a division of the Council for ExceptionalChildren, to promote professional leadership, provideopportunity for study of problems common to itsmembers, and communicate through discussion andpublications information that will develop improvedservices for exceptional children.Subject area: Administration of programs for stu-dents who have disabilities or are gifted.Publication topics: CASE future agenda for specialeducationcreating a unified education system; is-sues and options in restructuring schools and specialeducation; CASE rm.zarch issues and policy options;collaboration between regular- and special-educationteachers; effective schoolsimplications for programsserving high school students with moderate andsevere handicaps; an effective interface between regu-lar and special education; position responsibilitiesand relationships in the evaluation of district-levelspecial-education administrators; quantitative vs.qualitative approaches to quality special-educationprogram evaluation; effectiveness indicators for spe-cial education; principal as the special-educationinstructional leader; the principal's blue book onspecial education; collaborative leadership develop-ment in special educationan instructional tool forthe professional development of school principals;managing the behavior of disruptive students (catalogof publications).

Periodicals: CASE Newsletter, 5 issues yearly; CASEin Point, 2 issues yearly; The Principal Letters, quar-terly; The Special Education Leadership REVIEW, an-nually.

Services: For members only.Service area: Nation and Canada.

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48. Council of Chief State SchoolOfficersGordon M. Ambach, Executive DirectorOne Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., Suite 700

Washington, D.C. 20001Tel: (202) 408-5505Fax: (202) 408-8072

Purpose: To provide leadership for a variety of policyconcerns at the state and federal levels and to serve asa voice for CCSSO's members, the fifty-seven publicofficials who head departments of elementary andsecondary education in each state and extrastatejurisdiction.

Service areas: Educational equity, at-risk students;student assessment, educational indicators, infor-mation management; humanities education; interna-tional education; community education; school-col-lege collaboration; teacher education, teacher re-cruitment and retention; citizenship education; stateand federal relations; financial support of education;staff development.

Publication topics: Restructuring schoolspoten-tial for at-risk students; voices from successful schools;connecting school and employment; improving stu-dent performance through learning technologies;summary of recommendations for improving the as-sessment and monitoring of students with limitedEnglish proficiency; systemic operations for improvedstudent results; directory of state education agencies;state initiatives for school and the workplace; analy-sis of state education indicators; building a system toconnect school and employment; developing a systemof selecting, implementing, and reporting indicators;joint enterprise with America's families to ensurestudent success; guide to parent involvement re-sources; model standards for beginning teacher li-censing and development; community servicelearn-ing by doing; community service learning in ruralareas; community service learning planning and re-source guide; student success through collaboration;using youth apprenticeship to improve the transitionto workan evaluation of system development ineight states (catalog of publications).

Periodicals: CONCERNS, quarterly; Chiejline (elec-tronic newsletter), twice-weekly; Community Educa-tion Bulletin Board (electronic newsletter), weekly; HillNotes (electronic newsletter), weekly; AIDS EducationBulletin Board (electronic newsletter), biweekly.

Services: Information searches, referrals, annualconvention, seminars, workshops, lists of speakers,consulting, electronic network.


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49. Council of Educational FacilityPlanners, InternationalTony J. Wall, Executive Director8687 East Via de Ventura, Suite 311Scottsdale, Arizona 85258-3347

Tel: (602) 948-2337Fax: (602) 948-4420

Purpose: To promote creative and responsible plan-ning, design, and construction and/or renovation offacilities that will provide the best possible learningenvironment for all students.Subject areas: All phases of facility planning fromearly childhood through university level.Publication topics: Guide for planning educationalfacilities, computer facilities guide; guide for schoolfacility appraisal; CEFPI consultants directory.Periodicals: The Educational Facility Planner, bi-monthly; CEFPI Communicator, bimonthly.Services: For members only.Service area: International.

50. Council of the Great City SchoolsMichael D. Casserly, Executive Director1301 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite

702Washington, D.C. 20004

Tel: (202) 393-CGCSFax: (202) 393-2400

Purpose: A coalition of forty-seven of the largesturban public school districts in the U.S., the councilpromotes the improvement of education through re-search. legislation, advocacy, and special projects.Subject areas: School finance; school facilities; fed-eral legislation; urban studies; curriculum develop-ment; administrator preparation; school-communityrelations.Publication topics: National urban education goalsbaseline indicators; achieving the goalsprojects ofpartners in the 1991 Urban Education Summit; strat-egies for achieving the six national urban educationgoals; profiles of AIDS education and HIV preventionprograms in the Great City schools.Periodicals: Urban Education, monthly; LegislativeActivity Report, biweekly; Urban Indicator, monthly.Services: For members only.Service area: Nation.

51. Cross Timbers SchoolDevelopment CouncilJohn H. Holcomb, Executive DirectorTarleton State University

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P.O. Box T-399Stephenville, Texas 76402

Tel: (817) 968-9099Fax: (817) 968-9525

Purpose: To provide training for educators, boardmembers, and legislators in matters related to publicschools, and to conduct surveys for member districts.Subject areas: Leadership training; school boardtraining; grant training.Services: Annual convention, seminars, workshops,contract research, consulting, assistance with grantwriting.

Service area: 181 member-area districts located innorth-central Texas.

52. Designs for ChangeDonald R. Moore, Executive DirectorSix North Michigan Avenue, Suite 1600Chicago, Illinois 60602

Tel: (312) 857-9292Fax: (312) 857-9299

Purpose: Through research and advocacy, to improveurban public schools, particularly those that servelow-income, minority, and handicapped students.Subject areas: Parent and community involvement;effective schools concept; school financial decision-making; dropout rates; principal's role as educationalleader; public policy and enforcement concerningeducation of students with handicaps; student clas-sification practices.Publication topics: The case for parent and commu-nity involvement; Chicago School Reform Act; re-sources for Chicago school improvement; facts aboutChicago school reform; Chicago school reformthenature and origin of basic assumptions; Chicagoprincipals (catalog of publications).Periodical: Closer Look, 2-3 issues yearly.Services: Open resource center, referrals, workshops,consulting, video and audio tapes, electronic net-work.

Service area: Nation (primarily Chicago and Illinois).

53. Division of Education PolicyResearchRuth Ekstrom, Acting Executive DirectorEducational Testing ServiceRosedale RoadPrinceton, New Jersey 08541

Tel: (609) 734-1345Fax: (609) 734-1755

Purpose: To analyze data and educational situationsat federal, state, and local levels to produce informa-tion that will be of use to parents, teachers, adminis-

trators, state and federal officials, and other educa-tion decision-makers. The work is carried out through(1) the Special Populations Research Group, (2) theSocial and Psychological Context of Education Re-search Group, and (3) the Policy Information Center.Subject areas: (1) Educational issues that affectspecial populations (racial/ethnic minorities, girlsand women, people with limited proficiency in En-glish, and people with disabilities), especially charac-teristics of the learner, institutional and programpolicies and practices, assessment, and instructionalpractices; (2) school improvement, including the de-sign and evaluation of educational programs, devel-opment, and studies of school and classroom organi-zation.Publication topics: Training to be competitivedeveloping the skills and knowledge of the work force;America's smallest schoolthe family; the state ofinequality; performance of top students; the educa-tion reform decade; transition from school to work;linking local, state, and national educational assess-ments; national standards for education; consider-ations for national examinations; information needsfor setting education goals; the skills employers need;choice (magnet school) in Montuair, New Jersey(catalog of publications).Periodicals: EIS Policy Notes (newsletter), 3 issuesyearly; Policy Information Reports, 1-2 issues yearly.

Services: Referrals to other sources, contract re-searth, policy research, consulting.Service area: Nation.

54. East Texas School Study CouncilAnita Pankake, DirectorEducational AdministrationEast Texas State UniversityCommerce, Texas 75429

Tel: (903) 886-5521Fax: (903) 886-5507

Purpose: To foster collaboration and cooperationamong educators in member schools.Subject areas: Educational administration; instruc-tion; curriculum; and any other areas of generaleducational concern.Periodicals: Catalyst for Change, 3 issues yearly;ETSSC Newsletter, semiannually.Services: For members onlyService area: Northeast Texas.

55. Education Commission of theStatesFrank Newman, President707 17th Street, Suite 2700

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Denver, Colorado 80202-3427Tel: (303) 299-3600Fax: (303) 296-8332

Purpose: To help state leadership develop and carryout policies that promote improved performance ofthe education system, as reflected in increased learn-ing by all citizens.

Subject areas: Minority achievement; school/com-munity involvement in education; school financeexpenditure patterns (K-12); teacher education; schoolreform.

Publication topics: Building private-sector and com-munity support for schools; creating visions andstandards to support them; bringing coherence tostate policy; a consumers guide on restructuring;communicating about restructuring; what reformersare saying about school restructuring; exploring policyoptions to restructure education; the politics of lit-eracy in shaping thinking in the classroom; essentialquestions on public-school choice; case studies fromseven states on state policy about the schoolprincipalship; confidentiality rules in interagencycollaboration; linking teacher education to schoolreform; new strategies for producing minority teach-ers (plans, programs, and technical report); renewingpublic dialogue on the education agenda; primer onschool finance; historical summary of school financelitigation; the allocation of money and its impact oneducation (catalog of publications).Periodicals: State Education Leader, 3 issues yearly.Services: Open resource center, referrals to othersources, annual convention, workshops, video andaudio tapes.Service area: Nation.

56. Educational Freedom FoundationDaniel D. McGarry, Executive Director110 East RoseSt. Louis, Missouri 63119

Tel: (314) 963-9170Purpose: To research and discuss the importance ofeducational freedom and means of attaining it; and toprovide defense of educational freedom in courts.Subject areas: Elementary and secondary educa-tion; fund-raising and distribution; regulation; man-agement.Publication topics: Teaching of religion in publicschools; the case for government fundlni of indepen-dent schools.Periodical: Educational Freedom, semiannually.Services: Information searches, open resource cen-ter, annual convention, seminars, workshops, lists ofspeakers, legal services, policy research.Service area: Nation.

57. Educational Products InformationExchange (EPIE) InstituteP. Kenneth Komoski, President and

Executive Director103-3 West Montauk HighwayHampton Bays, New York 11946

Tel: (516) 728-9100Fax: (516) 728-9228

Purpose: To provide K-12 educators with information(unbiased and independently researched) about edu-cational products for instruction.Subject areas: Curriculum analysis; educationalsoftware selection and use; educational materialsand technology.Publication topics: Educational software selection.Periodicals: EPIEgram, monthly.Services: Information searches.Service area: Nation.

58. Educational Research ServiceGlen E. Robinson, President2000 Clarendon BoulevardArlington, Virginia 22201

Tel: (703) 243-2100Fax: (703) 243-1985

Purpose: To serve the research and informationalneeds of the nation's school systems, their adminis-trative staff, school boards, and the public.Subject areas: K-12 administration and manage-ment problems.Publications topics: Funds allocated to school ad-ministration; evaluation of superintendents and schoolboards; school staffing ratios; educator opinion polls;demographic influences onAmerican education; prob-lems in calculating and comparing dropout rates;outline guide to educational reform initiatives; pre-vention and early intervention in elementary schools;longitudinal study of students attending a fundamen-tal school; culturally sensitive instruction and stu-dent learning; cooperative learning; surveys of sala-ries and wages in public schools; indicator of changesin salaries and wages in public school; extra pay forextra duties of teachers; survey of fringe benefits inpublic schools; methods of scheduling salaries forteachers; methods of scheduling salaries for princi-pals; effects of state-run lotteries on school funding;Reading Recoverya cost-effectiveness and educa-tional outcomes analysis; misperceptions about edu-cation; school officials and the courts; site-basedmanagement (catalog of publications).Periodicals: ERS Bulletin, monthly; ERS Spectrum,quarterly.Services: On-call information service available toadministrators and board members of subscribing

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districts and related agencies.Service area: Nation.

59. The Efficacy Institute, Inc.Jeffrey P. Howard, PresidentVerna Ford, Executive Director128 Spring StreetLexington, Massachusetts 02173

Tel: (617) 862-4390Fax: (617) 862-2580

Purpose: To advance efficacy as a method foroperationalizing the notion that all children can learnand that committed adults can learn to teach themby means of a set of concrete approaches and strate-gies that educators, parents, and human-serviceprofessionals can employ in their encounters withchildren.Subject areas: The efficacy conceptthat intellec-tual development is a learnable, teachable processthat administrators, as well as teachers, are respon-sible for managing; professional development.

Publications topics: Developing black children forthe 21st century.Services: Training programs, curricula, seminars,workshops, lists of speakers, consulting.Service area: Nation.

60. ERIC Clearinghouse onEducational ManagementPhilip K. Pie le, DirectorCollege of Education1787 Agate Street5207 University of OregonEugene, Oregon 97403-5207

Tel: (503) 346-5043Fax: (503) 346-2334

Purpose: To acquire, evaluate, index, and abstractliterature on educational management and to preparea variety of publications that interpret the results ofresearch for educational practitioners, policy-mak-ers, and researchers.Subject areas: Leadership, organization, and ad-ministration of K-12 educational programs; federal,state, and local policy-making about education; plan-ning, design, construction, and maintenance of edu-cational facilities at the elementary and secondaryschool levels.

Publication topics: School restructuring; schoolculture and climate; partnership between at-riskfamilies and schools; problem-based learning foradministrators; how to train, recruit, select, induct,and evaluate principals; state pension systems andschool district early retirement incentives; collabora-

tion between schools and social services on youthsuicide, child abuse, substance abuse, and atten-dance services; year-round education; school choice;school leadership and student motivation; transfor-mational leadership; total quality management; non-graded primary education; sexual harassment; finan-cial equity; planning staff development; principalpreparation; school discipline; peer and cross-agetutoring; substance abuse policy; standards for stu-dent performance; deteriorating school facilities andstudent learning; poverty and learning; the changingrole of school boards; outcomes-based education(catalog of publications).

Periodical: ERIC/GEM Information, 2 issues yearly.

Services: Information searches (manual and com-puter), open resource center, referrals, workshops,electronic network.


61. Far West Laboratory forEducational Research andDevelopmentDean F. Nafziger, Executive Director730 Harrison StreetSan Francisco, California 94107-1242

Tel: (415) 565-3000Fax: (415) 565-3012

Purpose: To improve the quality of education byhelping policy-makers and practitioners apply thebest available knowledge from research, develop-ment, and practice.Subject areas: Policy support and coordination; earlychildhood and comprehensive family support; im-proving schools for students at risk: improving smallrural schools; effective instruction; developing indi-cators of successful practice in metropolitan districts;information tools for site-based management in low-achieving schools; improving programs of schoolsserving culturally and linguistically diverse schoolpopulations and building teachers' success in teach-ing ethnolinguistically diverse school populations;professional development; perrfolio assessment; indi-cators of system perfw=ance; casebook develop-ment; educational technology.Publication topics: Diversity in the classroom; stu-dent portfolios; middle-school reform; interagencycollaboration for students at risk; charter schools;site-based management; restructuring; urban edu-cation (catalog of publications).

Periodicals: Far West Focus, quarterly; Toward aCommunity of Learners, quarterly.

Services: Information searches, consulting, semi-nars, workshops, training, video tapes, policy re-search.

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Service area: International (priority given to region:California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona).

62. Florida Educational ResearchCouncil, Inc.Charlie T. Council, Executive DirectorP.O. Box 506Sanibel, Florida 33957

Tel: (813) 472-4397Purpose: To bridge the gap between practice in ele-mentary and secondary schools and the fmdings ofeducational research.Subject areas: Administration; citizens advisory com-mittees; surveys and legal implications; learning cen-ters.Periodical: F'ERC Research Bulletin, quarterly.Services: For members only.Service area: Nation.

63, Friends Council on EducationKay Edstene, Executive Director1507 Cherry StreetPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania 19102

Tel: (215) 241-7245Purpose: To act as an integrating force in Quakereducation in an advisory and consultative capacity. Itis a coordinating service and source of nurture forQuaker nursery, elementary, and secondary schoolsin the United States and Canada.Subject areas: Administration of Friends Councilschools; recruitment and selection of new heads orprincipals; planning of new schools.Publication topics: Friends Schools philosophy andmission (catalog of publications).Services: Biannual convention, job clearinghouse,consulting, seminars, workshops, electronic network(all services for members only except workshops andseminars which are open).Service area: Nation.

64. General Conference ofSeventh-day AdventistsNorth American Division, Office of

EducationG. L. Plubell, Director of Education, K-1212501 Old Columbia PikeSilver Spring, Maryland 20904-6600

Tel: (301) 680-6440Fax: (301) 680-6464

Purpose: To provide counsel and guidance to theSeventh-day Adventist Church's system of schools inthe United States and Canada.

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Subject areas: Education working policy; curriculumplanning: accreditation policies; certification require-ments; textbook production.Publication topics: Criteria for school evaluations;education working policies: certification requirementsfor educational personnel; principal's andsuperintendent's handbooks; curriculum-devel-opment handbook.Periodicals: Journal of Adventist Education, bi-monthly; Dialogue, bimonthly.Services: Information searches, seminars, workshops.inservice.

Service area: Nation (primarily for SDA schools).

65. The High Success Network, Inc.William Spady, DirectorP.O. Box 1630Eagle, Colorado 81631

Tel: (303) 328-1688Fax: (303) 328-1698

Purpose: To transfer the world of learning by provid-ing assistance to educators, schools, school districts,and educational organizations in restructuring andmanaging schools to ensure success for all students.Subject areas: School restructuring; managingschools so all students succeed.Periodical: The High Success Connection.Services: Referrals to other sources, annual conven-tion, seminars, workshops, lists of speakers, videoand audio tapes, consulting.Service area: Nation.

66. Indiana Education Policy CenterBarry Bull and Robert Lehnen,

CodirectorsSchool of Education OfficeSmith Research Center, Suite 170Indiana UniversityBloomington, Indiana 47408-2698

Tel: (812) 855-1240Fax: (812) 855-0420

Purpose: To provide nonpartisan information, re-search, and communication on education issues toIndiana policy-makers and other education stake-holders to improve education.Subject areas: National study of state educationgovernance structures; local school governance struc-tures in Indiana; history of education governance inIndiana; nature and practice of school restructuringnationally; high-stakes testing nationwide; status ofeducation in Indiana; economic implications of school-choice programs.

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Publication topics: Administrator competency test-ing; challenges to the curriculum in Indiana's publicschools; charter schools; constraints on teachers'classroom effectiveness; educational choice; homeschooling and the law; performance assessment;private-sector coalitions and state-level educationreform; professional malpractice; recent developmentsin school finance litigation.Services: Information searches, open resource cen-ter. referrals to other sources, contract research,policy research, consulting.Service area: Nation (primarily Indiana).

67. Indiana Public School StudyCouncil, Inc.Theodore J. Kowalski, Executive DirectorDepartment of Educational LeadershipBall State UniversityMuncie, Indiana 47306

Tel: (317) 285-1528Fax: (317) 285-2166

Purpose: To improve education in member schoolsystems and in the state and nation through coopera-tive study of common problems, diffusion of effectivepractices, and stimulation of planning activities byschool boards, administrators, teachers, pupils, andlaymen.Subject areas: Administrative procedures; curricu-lum; instruction; evaluation; research; organizationaldevelopment; policy development; human relations.Services: For members only.Service area: Nation (primarily Indiana).

68. Institute for Development ofEducational Activities, Inc./I/D/E/A/John Bahner, President259 Regency RidgeDayton, Ohio 45459

Tel: (513) 434-6969Fax: (513) 434-5203

Purpose: To design and test new approaches forimproving elementary and secondary schools and tocreate arrangements for widespread application ofthese approaches.Subject areas: Instructional and continuous im-provement processes relating to education; planning,training, implementing, and monitoring processes forschool and community improvement projects; clini-cal and peer supervision processes; administratorinservice; educational policy planning.Periodical: Newsletter, biannually.

Services: Consulting contracts, seminars, workshops,lists of speakers, audio and video tapes (of speakersfrom conferences).Service area: Nation.

69. Institute for EducationalLeadershipMichael D. Usdan, President1001 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Suite 310Washington, D.C. 20016

Tel: (202) 822-8405Fax: (202) 872-4050

Purpose: To develop and support leaders who worktogether to improve educational opportunities andresults for all youth; to promote more effective leader-ship and encourage enlightened policy-making; todesign, implement, and facilitate multisector collabo-rations at the national, state, and local levels; and toidentify, analyze, and disseminate information onemerging issues and trends.Subject areas: All levels of educational policy andmanagement; governance of public schools; indica-tors of school board effectiveness; role of the superin-tendent as a facilitator of board action; education anddevelopment of leaders; coalitions between schoolsand the business community; restructuring schools;identification of trends and issues through changingdemographics.Publication topics: Crossing the boundaries be-tween health and education (catalog of publications).Periodicals: Network News, annually; Demographicsfor Education Newsletter, quarterly.Services: Seminars, workshops, administratorsearches, contract research, policy research, consult-ing.


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70. Institute for Educational ResearchRobert D. Marshall, Executive Director793 North Main StreetGlen Ellyn, Illinois 60137-3999

Tel: (708) 858-8060Fax: (708) 858-5802

Purpose: To serve as a national consortium of mem-ber school organizations dedlcated to excellence inteaching, educational research, and staff develop-ment.Subject areas: Customized and collaborative research;school improvement process; student assessment;program evaluation and audits; educational facilitiesaudits; total quality management; staff developmentand training.

Publication topics: Parent guides on homework,self-esteem, self-responsibility, test-taking skills, andreading (catalog of publications).Periodicals: ...teacher today, 5 issues yearly; Re-search Update. 6 issues yearly; Newsletter, 4 issuesyearly; ggg Bulletin and Survey, 4 issues yearly.Services: Information searches, seminars, workshops,consulting.Service area: Nation

71. Institute for IndependentEducation, Inc.Joan Davis Ratteray, President1313 North Capitol Street, N.E.Washington, D.C. 20002

Tel: (202) 745-0500Fax: (202) 745-9298

Purpose: To provide technical assistance to inde-pendent schools that serve African-American, His-panic-American, American Indian, and Asian-Ameri-can youth and to conduct research and prepare policystudies on issues affecting independent education.Subject areas: Training teachers and administratorsin all areas of classroom management, school opera-tions, and curriculum development, especially asthose issues affect minorities.Publication topics: Self-study manuals on adminis-tration, program content, and instructional practice;assessment practices (catalog of publications).Periodical: American Choices, quarterly.Services: Annual convention, seminars, workshops,policy research.Service area: Nation (primarily for independent neigh-borhood schools).

72. Institute for JusticeWilliam H. Mellor, President and General

Counsel1001 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite

200 SouthWashington, D .0 . 20004

Tel: (202) 457-4240Fax: (202) 457-8574

Purpose: To secure for individuals the opportunity tocontrol their own destinies as free and responsiblemembers of society. Through a strategic program oflitigation and education, it seeks greater protection ofproductive livelihoods, school choice, private prop-erty, and the free exchange of ideas.Subject areas: Litigation on behalf of low-incomeinnercity parents to secure school choice.Periodical: Liberty & Law, quarterly.

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Services: Seminars, workshops, legal services.Service area: Nation.

73. Institute.for Public Policy andManagementBetty Jane Narver, DirectorUniversity of Washington DC-14Seattle, Washington 98195

Tel: (206) 543-0190Fax: (206) 543-1096

Purpose: To conduct research and service focusingon issues of public policy.Subject areas: Wide range of areas dealing with thecommon schools ofWashington State, including schoolfinance, school facilities use, management of schoolsand school districts, measures of educational effec-tiveness, and program evaluation.Periodical: WashingtonPolicy Choices, 3 issues yearly.

Services: Referrals, seminars, workshops, consult-ing.

Service area: Washington State.

74. Institute for ResponsiveEducationDon Davies, President605 Commonwealth AvenueBoston, Massachusetts 02215

Tel: (617) 353-3309Fax: (617) 353-8444

Purpose: To promote parent and citizen involvementin education with special emphasis on equity issues.Through research, policy development, technical as-sistance, and advocacy projects, IRE works to encour-age citizen participation as an essential ingredient inschool improvement.Subject areas: Parent and community involvement ineducation.Publication topics: Improving family-school rela-tionshipsteacher action research; organizationalstructures and interpersonal relations; involving par-ents in the schools; case studies of Schools ReachingOut and Success for All Children; parent involvementand success for all children; building parent-teacherpartnerships; principals' views of parent involvement(catalog of publications).Periodical: Equity and Choice, 3 issues yearly; Centeron Families Newsletter, semiannually.Services: Referrals, workshops, video and audio tapes,policy research, consulting.Services area: Nation.

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75. Institute for School ExecutivesGlen Easterday, Director491 Lindquist Center, NorthThe University of IowaIowa City, Iowa 52242-1529

Tel: (319) 335-5350Fax: (319) 335-5386

Purpose: To promote through a variety of programsand activities the professional development of schoolexecutives responsible for providing educational lead-ership.Subject areas: Staff development; administrator char-acteristics; school effectiveness; school-communityrelations; instructional leadership; superintendency;management uses of computers; school finance; re-duction in force; classroom discipline; school law;evaluation and testing; educational planning; teacherempowerment; personnel selection; curriculum; chil-dren at risk.Services: For members only.Service area: Iowa and Illinois.

76. Institute of GovernmentMichael R. Smith, DirectorCB# 3330, Knapp BuildingThe University of North Carolina at

Chapel HillChapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-3330

Tel: (919) 966-4107Fax: (919) 962-0654

Purpose: To help state and local officials improvegovernmental administration and policy-makingthrough research, teaching, writing, and consulta-tion in public law and government.Subject areas: Legal and management issues ineducation; policy-making.

Publication topics: School lawcases and materi-als, education law in North Carolina.Periodical: School Law Bulletin, quarterly.Services: Open resource center, consulting.Service area: North Carolina.

77. International DevelopmentResearch CentreIvan L. Head, PresidentP.O. Box 8500Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1G 3H9

Tel: (613) 236-6163Fax: (613) 238-7230

Purpose: To financially support research projects,including educational research, identified and car-ried out by researchers affiliated with research insti-

tutions in the developing countries, sometimes incooperation with a Canadian counterpart.Subject areas: Education and employment in devel-oping countries; primary education; school environ-ment; teacher-student relationships, teaching meth-ods, learning, teaching aids; educational systems;educational costs; educational planning.Publication topics: An empirical perspective on pri-mary school teaching and learning strategies inLesotho; strengthening the foundation for educa-tional research in Latin America; case study of educa-tional change in Indonesia; qualitative and quantita-tive policy studies of primary education in Thailand;a qualitative survey of preschool education in theWest Bank.Periodicals: The IDRC Reports, quarterly.Services: Open resource center, referrals.Service areas: International.

78. The MegaSkills Education Centerof the Home and School InstituteHarriett Stonehill, Director1500 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W.Washington, D.C. 20005

Tel: (202) 466-3633Fax: (202) 833-1400

Purpose: To develop a working educational partner-ship between families and institutional support sys-tems in the community through training programs forfamilies, school personnel, and community agencies,with special emphasis on the leadership roles ofadministrators in schools and agencies to build thispartnership.Subject areas: Teacher training; professional devel-opment; teaching MegaSkills essentials in the class-room (a concept consisting of ten basic attitudeschildren need to learn in order to succeed: confi-dence, effort, responsibility, motivation, initiative,perseverance, caring, teamwork, common sense, prob-lem-solving); MegaSkills leader training for parentworkshops; MegaSkills school training system; par-ent/family/community involvement in education; at-risk students.Publication topics: MegaSkills; bright idea;MegaSkills parent handbook; MegaSkills English/Spanish parent handbook; special solution; job suc-cess begins at home.Services: Seminars, workshops, audio tapes, con-sulting.Service area: Nation.

79, Merrimack Education CenterJohn B. Barranco, Director

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101 Mill RoadChelmsford, Massachusetts 01824

Tel: (508) 256-3985Fax: (508) 256-6890

Purpose: To assist local school districts and interme-diate education service agencies with better utiliza-tion of resources for improved educational services.Subject areas: Computer technology, computer liter-acy, computer-assisted and computer-managed in-struction, software and hardware selection, staff de-velopment. energy use in school buildings.Periodical: MEConnect Newsletter, quarterly.Service area: New England.

80. Mid-Atlantic Center farCommunity EducationLarry E. Decker, Director405 Emmet Street, Ruffner HallUniversity of VirginiaCharlottesville, Virginia 22903

Tel: (804) 924-0866Fax: (804) 924-0888

Purpose: To provide technical assistance and train-ing in community education and school-communityrelations in the Mid-Atlantic region.Subject areas: Administration and policy-making incommunity education and school-community rela-tions; state planning for community education andcommunity involvement; school-community volun-teer programs; community planning.Publication topics: Educational restructuring andthe community-education process; community edu-cation across America; grantseeking.Services: Open resource center, referrals, seminars,workshops, consulting.Service area: Nation.

81. Mid-Continent RegionalEducational Laboratory (McREL)Colorado Office:C.L. Hutchins, Executive Director2550 South Parker Road, Suite 500Aurora, Colorado 80014

Tel: (303) 337-0990Fax: (303) 337-3005

Missouri Office:3100 Broadway, Suite 209Kansas City, Missouri 64111-2413

Tel: (816) 756-2401Fax: (816) 753-4565

Purpose: To develop products and define processesthat help people and institutions increase learning

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and support growth. The goal is to help schools andother clients improve learning that contributes to thedevelopment of the individual and the society. Theachieve this goal, the Laboratory works indepen-dently and in partnership with states, schools, com-munities, and other organizations.Subject areas: School and district organization andmanagement; curriculum, instruction, and assess-ment; strategic planning; systemic change/changeprocess and management; program evaluation;shared/collaborative decision-making; conflict man-agement; motivation; rural education; urban educa-tion; community/parent involvement; state policy/reform; educational equity; leadership; use of tech-nology.

Publication topics: School administrator's primeron distance learning; nurturing adult-youth relation-ships in the family and school; assessing studentoutcomes; clusteringworking together for betterschools; parent guide to site-based decision-making(in English and Spanish); rural schools on the road toreform.Periodicals: Changing Schools (newsletter), 5 issuesyearly; Research Roundup (abstracts of research-based publications and programs from McREL andother regional educational laboratories and researchcenters), 5-6 issues yearly; Noteworthy (journal), an-nually.Services: Information searches, resource center, re-ferrals to other sources, seminars, workshops, elec-tronic networks, video tapes, policy research, techni-cal assistance, long-term organizational-developmentassistance, program evaluation, process facilitation.Service area: International (primarily Colorado,Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, SouthDakota, and Wyoming).

82. Midwest Administration CenterDan C. Lortie, Director5835 Kimbark AvenueUniversity of ChicagoChicago, Illinois 60637

Tel: (312) 702-1566Fax: (312) 702-0248

Subject areas: Educational administration (policy-making, research, and theory); decision-making; pro-fessionalism in school administration; school finance;education and politics; study of educational organiza-tion.

Periodical: Administrator's Notebook, 9 issues yearly.Service area: Nation.

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Rob Melnick, DirectorLouann Bierlein. Assistant Director of

Education and Social Policy StudiesSchool of Public AffairsArizona State UniversityTempe, Arizona 85287-4405

Tel: (602) 965-4525Fax: (602) 965-9219

Purpose: As a nonpartisan unit associated with theSchool of Public Affairs, to help make ASU's resourcesaccessible by bridging the gap between the worlds ofscholarship and public policy. The Institute's re-search agenda involves a large variety of topics in-cluding education and social-policy issues.Subject areas: New organizational structures forschooling; ways to support at-risk children and fami-lies; the use of technology; education reform policyissues; equalization of education funding; creatingchoices for teachers, parents, and students.Publication topics: Community service and servicelearning in Arizona; promising practices for at-riskyouth; usefulness of standardized tests/scores;Arizona's legislative initiatives to support at-risk stu-dents; the cost of failing students; Arizona's at-riskstudents; at-risk programs for K-3 students; at-riskprograms for 7- 12 students; retention analysis for theArizona at-risk pilot project; progress and problemsin retrieving dropouts; linking community service andat-risk education; charter schools; Arizona HeadStartpublic school transition project; evaluatingbusiness partnership programs in education; na-tional review of open-enrollment/choice programs;Arizona's legislative initiative to restructure educa-tion; school restructuring; barriers to school restruc-turing; reforming education in Arizona; choice ineducation; comprehensive services and the publicschools; participatory management emphasizing qual-ity; external evaluation of outcomes; study of anArizona elementary school.Services: Contract research, policy research.Service area: Nation.

84. National Alliance for RestructuringEducationVicki Phillips, Director700 Eleventh Street, N.W., Suite 750Washington, D.C. 20005

Tel: (202) 783-3668Fax: (202) 783-3672

Purpose: The National Alliance for RestructuringEducation is a unique partnership of states, schooldistricts, corporations, foundations, and not-for-profitcorporations that are committed to the kind of sys-temic changes that will produce much higher levels of

learning for all children. (The Alliance is operated bythe National Center on Education and the Economy.)Subject areas: School restructuring; standards andassessment; learning environments; community ser-vices and supports; high performance managementand public engagement; citizen participation; educa-tion improvement; management teams; social ser-vices; technology.Periodical: The Alliance Newsletter. quarterly.Services: Seminars, workshops, conferences, out-reach. education services, technical assistance, con-sulting.Service area: Nation.

85. National Alliance of Black SchoolEducatorsSantee C. Ruffin, Jr., Director2816 Georgia Avenue, N.W.Washington, D.C. 20001

Tel: (202) 483-1549Fax: (202) 483-8323

Purpose: To analyze and apply shared knowledge tothe eradication of problems that stand as obstruc-tions to quality education for all children and particu-larly African-American children.Subject areas: Educational issues related to pre-Kthrough postsecondary.Publication topics: Saving the African-Americanchild; blueprint for leadership.Periodical: NABSE News Briefs, quarterly.Services: For members only.Service area: International.

86. National Association for CoreCurriculum, Inc.Gordon F. Vars, Executive SecretarySuite #51100 East Summit StreetKent, Ohio 44240

Tel: (216) 677-5008Fax: (216) 677-5008

Purpose: To promote the development of generaleducation programs, variously known as core, com-mon learnings, block-time, unified studies, and soforth, at elementary, secondary, and college levels.Subject areas: Interdisciplinary programs; humani-ties; core curriculum; integrative curriculum.Publication topics: Current concepts of core cur-riculum; bibliography of research on the effectivenessof block-time, core, and interdisciplinary team teach-ing programs (catalog of publications).

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Periodical: The Core Teacher, quarterly.Services: Information searches (manual), open re-source center, referrals, consulting, seminars, work-shops, lists of speakers, audiovisual materials.Service area: Nation.

87. National Association for Industry-Education CooperationDonald M. Clark, President and Chief

Executive Officer235 Hendricks BoulevardBuffalo, New York 14226-3304

Tel: (716) 834-7047Fax: (716) 834-7047

Purpose: To foster industry-education cooperation/partnerships in school improvement, work force prepa-ration, and economic development; and to promoteindustry's central role in helping education reshapeits total academic and vocational program in a coher-ent, systematic manner so that it is more responsiveto the needs of both students (youth and adults) andemployers.

Subject areas: Industry involvement in education;economic development; staff development; careereducation; curriculum development; improvement ofmanagement skills; industry/business organizationassistance to school personnel in improving educa-tional productivity and effectiveness through the ap-plication of business-management techniques.Periodical: NAIEC Newsletter, bimonthly.

Services: Open resource center, referrals, annualconvention, seminars, workshops, lists of speakers,consulting, clearinghouse.Service area: Nation, Canada, Great Britain, andother countries.

88. National Association for Year-Round EducationCharles Ballinger, Executive DirectorP.O. Box 711386San Diego, California 92171-1386

Tel: (619) 292-5296Fax: (619) 571-5754

Purpose: To advocate improved K-12 educationthrough the implementation of year-round educationto provide continuous learning. This implementationcan occur through either the reorganized or extendedschool year.Subject areas: Year-round education for qualityeducation and optimum economic efficiency of theschool enterprise.

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Publication topics: Explanation of year-round edu-cation for parents; historical perspective on the Na-tional Association for Year-Round Education; refer-ence directory of year-round education programs;school-by-school listing of year-round education pro-grams; comparative study of multitrack year-roundeducation and the use of relocatables.Periodical: The Year-Rounder, quarterly.Services: Information searches, open resource cen-ter, referrals to other sources, consulting, seminars,workshops, lists of speakers, annual conference.Service area: Nation.

89. National Association ofEducational Office ProfessionalsKay Blair, Executive DirectorP.O. Box 12619Wichita, Kansas 67277-2619

Tel: (316) 942-4822Fax: (316) 942-7100

Purpose: To provide professional growth opportuni-ties for its members and to continue to work towardincreased recognition for educationa: office personnelas partners on the educational team.Subject areas: Leadership, office management; timemanagement; goal setting; human relations; publicrelations; records management; team work.Publication topics: A winning team; filing; guide toorganizing an association; professional g; owth; shortcuts for working professionals.

Periodicals: TheNatiorialEducational Secretary, quar-terly; The BEAM, quarterly.

Services: Annual convention, seminars, workshops.lists of speakers.Service area: Nation.

90. National Association ofElementary School PrincipalsSamuel G. Sava, Executive Director1615 Duke StreetAlexandria, Virginia 22314-3483

Tel: (703) 684-3345Fax: (703) 548-6021

Purpose: To exert national leadership on behalf ofchildren and to enhance the effectiveness of elemen-tary and middle school principals as the key toeffective learning.

Subject areas: Elementary and middle school educa-tion and administration; legislative issues affectingeducation; social issues affecting children's successin the classroom.

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Publication topics: Performance-based inventory ofleadership skills and abilities; preparation of princi-pals; the principal's guide to grant success; promot-ing change in schools; proficiencies for principals;standards for quality elementary and middle schools(catalog of publications).Periodicals: Principal, 5 issues yearly; Communica-tor, 10 issues yearly.Services: For members only.Service area: Nation.

91. National Association of FederalEducation ProgramAdministratorsStanley J. McFarland, Executive Director1801 North Moore StreetArlington, Virginia 22209

Tel: (703) 875-0729Fax: (703) 528-2146

Purpose: To foster effective administration of federaleducational programs and to promote the perspectiveof the local administrators of those programs. (In-cludes twenty-two state affiliates and directly serves5,000 program administrators through member andState affiliation.)Subject areas: Implementation and administrationof federal educational programs in schools.Periodical: Update, quarterly.Services: For members only.Service area: Nation.

92. National Association ofIndependent SchoolsPeter D. Relic, President1620 L Street, N.W.Washington, D.C. 20036-5605

Tel: (202) 973-9700Fax: (202) 973-9790

Purpose: To assist and strengthen independentschools in the United States and similar schoolselsewhere and to aid them to serve effectively the freesociety from which they derive their independence.Subject areas: Gender equity and access to educa-tion; multicultural education; professional develop-ment; tracking and interpreting new tax laws. IRS andenvironmental regulations; financial aid processing;pricing and affordability; marketing independent edu-cation.Publication topics: Access and affordabilitystrate-gic financial perspectives for independent schools;independent school planning; paths to new curricu-lum; marketing handbook for independent schools;search handbook for selecting school leaders; re-

source book on gender for educators (catalog ofpublications).Periodical: Independent School Magazine, 3-4 issuesyearly.Services: Information searches, annua I convention,seminars, workshops, job clearinghou e.Service area: International.

93. National Association of Partnersin Education, Inc.Daniel W. Merenda, President and Chief

Executive Officer209 Madison Street, Suite 401Alexandria, Virginia 22314

Tel: (703) 836-4880Fax: (703) 836-6941

Purpose: To provide leadership in the formation andgrowth of effective partnerships that ensure successfor all students. Joining in partnership to supportschool improvement and reform are schools, parentorganizations, businesses, health care agencies, uni-versities, the media, labor organizations, communityclubs and organizations, foundations, and govern-ments.Subject areas: Collaboratives; partnerships in schoolreform and restructuring; coalition building; schoolvolunteer programs; evaluation; leadership training;parent and family involvement; work force prepara-tion; youth service.Publication topics: Grantseeking; crcating and man-aging a business/education partnership; organizingeffective school-based mentoring programs; involvingyouth in the community; creating successful ruralschool/community/business partnerships to enhanceeducation for special-needs students; partnershipevaluation (catalog of publications).Periodical: Partners in Education, 10 issues yearly.Services: Information searches, open resource cen-ter, referrals to other sources, annual convention,workshops, contract research, electronic network,video and audio tapes, consulting.Service area: Nation.

94. National Association of SecondarySchool PrincipalsTimothy J. Dyer, Executive Director1904 Association DriveReston, Virginia 22091

Tel: (703) 860-0200Fax: (703) 476-5432

Purpose: To support and improve the secondaryschools by providing services in such areas as re-search on and development of innovative programs,

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legislation for education, and inservice training foradministrators.Subject areas: All areas of secondary education.Publication topics: Achieving excellence throughthe middle-level curriculum; developing leaders forrestructuring schools; performance-based prepara-tion of principals; education for the new century; theeffective middle-level teacher; instructional leader-ship handbook; international education for a globalage; national survey of middle-level leaders andschools; successful implementation of middle-levelreorganization; preventative discipline for effectiveteaching and learning; restructuring for an interdis-ciplinary curriculum; supervision of instruction; cur-riculum development; school-based management;teacher selection and induction; teaching styles; learn-ing styles; comprehensive assessment of school envi-ronment; learning and study skills; role of the careerassistant principal; administrator's guide to writing(catalog of publications).

Periodicals: The NASSP Bulletin, 9 issues yearly;NASSP NewsLeocler, 9 issues yearly; Curriculum Re-port, bimonthly; Legal Memorandum, bimonthly; Stu-dent Advocate, 9 issues yearly; The Practitioner, quar-terly; New Technology, quarterly; Schools in the Mid die,quarterly; The High School Magazine, quarterly.Services: For members only.Service area: Nation.

95. National Association of StateBoards of EducationBrenda Welburn, Interim Executive

Director1012 Cameron StreetAlexandria, Virginia 22314

Tel: (703) 684-4000Fax: (703) 836-2313

Purpose: To strengthen state boards of education byserving and representing them in their efforts toensure quality education for all children.Subject arc as: HIV education/healthy schools;teacher licensure and development; early childhoodeducation; special education reform; educational tech-nology; general education reform; state policy; multi-cultural education.Publication topics: School readiness; adolescenthealth; guide for health professionals who seek towork with schools to improve health education; poli-cies on teaching; inclusive schools; policy guide onmulticultural education; math/science education;policy reform; special education reform; improvingthe teaching force; urban education; policy-makers'guide to HIV education in urban schools; state poli-cies for HIV education and school health; youth andresiliency; state finance for schools (catalog of pub-lications).

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Periodical: The State Board Connection, quarterly.Services: For members and state departments ofeducation.Service area: Nation.

96. National Center for theAccelerated Schools ProjectHenry M. Levin, DirectorSchool of EducationCERAS 109Stanford UniversityStanford, California 94305-3084

Tel: (415) 725-1676Fax: (415) 723-7578

Purpose: To increase the achievement of childrensignificantly at risk of academic failure and bringthese students into the academic mainstream. (Ac-celerated schools enrich the learning of all childrenthrough stimulating curricula, powerful instructionaltechniques, and creative school organization meth-ods.)

Subject areas: Whole school reform in elementaryand middle schools.Publication topics: Whole school reform; culturalchange; building capacity; role of the administrator inan accelerated school; accelerated middle schools;teacher empowerment; curriculum, instruction; as-sessing the progress of an accelerated school; effect ofaccelerated-schools process on teachers' decision-making and instructional strategies; resource guidefor accelerated schools.Periodical: Accelerated Schools, 3 issues yearly.Services: For members only (information packetsavailable for interested parties).Service area: Nation.

97. National Center for OutcomeBased EducationJohn R. Champlin, Executive Director10115 East Bella Vista DriveScottsdale, Arizona 85258

Tel: (800) 416-2623Fax: (800) 475-HELP

Purpose: To enhance the quality of learning andprofessional activity in every school and district byrenewing the excitement of teaching and regeneratingthe spirit of the organization.

Subject areas: Outcome-based education; model forcomprehensive school improvement; practical lead-ership; professional development; district training;vision building and implementation; instructionalalignment.

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Periodical: Quality Outcomes-DrivenEducation, quar-terly.Services: Referrals to other sources, annual conven-tion, seminars, workshops, consulting.Service area: Nation.

98. National Center for RestructuringEducation, Schools, and Teaching(NCREST)Linda Darling-Hammond and Ami

Lieberman, CodirectorsBox 110Teachers CollegeColumbia UniversityNew York, New York 10027

Tel: (212) 678-3432Fax: (212) 678-4170

Purpose: To document school restructuring efforts;to translate lessons learned into policy and profes-sional-development initiatives; to organize confer-ences, workshops, and meetings that connect schoolreformers; and to manage an electronic networklinking practitioners and researchers.Subject areas: Authentic assessment; accountabil-ity; professional development; elementary, middle,and secondary schools; curriculum; policy; restruc-turing; values, standards, and assessment; urbaneducation.Publication topics: Identifying and assessingchildren's talents; exploring values and standardsimplications for assessment; standards of practice forlearner-centered schools; creating accountability inbig-city school systems; obstacles to restructuring insix middle-grades schools; creating learner-centeredaccountability; building learner-centered schools;teachers' professional development in a climate ofeducational reform; professional development andrestructuring; restructuring in policy and practice;an equity agenda for school restructuring; makers ofmeaning in a learning-centered school; early lessonsin restructuring schools (catalog of publications).Periodical: Resowtes for Restructuring, quarterly.Services: For members only.Service area: Nation.

99. National Center on Education andthe EconomyMarc Tucker, PresidentMain Office:39 State Street, Suite 500Rochester, New York 14614

Tel: (716) 546-7620Fax: (716) 546-3145

Washington Office:700 Eleventh Street, N.W., Suite 750Washington, D.C. 20005

Tel: (202) 783-3668Fax: (202) 783-3672

Purpose: To develop proposals for building the world-class education and training system the U.S. musthave if it is to have a world-class economy; and toengage in policy analysis and development and towork collaboratively with others at local, state, andnational levels to advance proposals in the policyarena.Subject areas: Student achievement; education im-provement; education research; program implemen-tation; standards.Publication topics: America's choicehigh skills orlow wages; human resources development plan forthe U.S.; redesigning America's schools; trainingAmericastrategies for the nation; federal role ineducationstrategies for the 1990s; a new role forfederal education and training dollars.Services: Technical assistance, publication produc-tion/dissemination.Service area: Nation.

100. National Center on Education inthe Inner CitiesMargaret C. Wang, DirectorTemple University Center for Research in

Human Development and Education933 Ritter Hall Annex13th Street and Cecil B. Moore AvenuePhiladelphia, Pennsylvania 19122

Tel: (215) 204-3000Fax: (215) 204-5130

Purpose: To conduct a long-term program of researchand innovative school developments that take boldsteps to improve the capacity for education in thisnation's innercities.Subject areas: Collaborative school-linked children/family services; community involvement; family in-volvement; inclusive education; instructional leader-ship development; instructional teaming; policy analy-sis; school restructuring; small unit organization.Publication topics: Adaptive learning environments;categorical programs; coordination of school-linkedchildren services; effective school responses to stu-dent diversity; effective urban schools; familial/pa-rental involvement; fostering resilience in innercityyouth; inclusive education; small-unit schools; stu-dents with special needs and/or in risk circum-stances (catalog of publications)Periodical: The CEIC Review, biannually.

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Services: Document repository, seminars, workshops,contract research,, video and audio tapes, policy re-search, consulting.Service area: Nation.

101. National Center on EducationQuality of the WorkforceRobert Zemsky and Peter Cappelli,

CodirectorsUniversity of Pennsylvania4200 Pine Street, Suite 5APhiladelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-4090

Tel: (215) 89874585Fax: (215) 898-9876

Purpose: To conduct basic and applied research onthe educational requirements of occupational clus-ters to determine the short- and long-term effects ofschool and college achievement on labor-market out-comes; and to disseminate infonnation to educatorsand business representatives.Subject areas: School-to-work transition; appren-ticeships; technical information on technical crafts.Publication topics: Review of studies that linkedschool characteristics and labor market performance(catalog of publications).Periodical: Egiv Issues. 4-6 issues yearly.Services: Referrals to other sources, seminars, listsof speakers, policy research.Service area: Nation.

102. National Center to Save OurSchoolsJames Lewis, Jr., Executive DirectorP.O. Box 948Westbury, New York 11590

Tel: (516) 997-1777Fax: (516) 997-9555

Purpose: To catalyze implementation of change in ournation's public schools by producing and distributingmaterials relating to administrative reform.Subject areas: Total quality management; site-basedmanagement.Publication topics: Implementing total quality ineducation to produce great schools; restructuringschools through teacher empowerment; the peakperformance school; implementing school-basedmanagement; conducting productive school-basedmanagement council meetings; achieving excellencein schools; making change in education; school-based management guide for principals (catalog ofpublications).Periodicals: Total Quality and Site-Based Manage-ment Journal, bimonthly.

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Services: Workshops, video tapes, seminars, con-sulting, conferences, training manuals.Service area: Nation.

103. National Coalition for Sex Equityin Education (NCSEE)Theodora Martin, Business ManagerOne Redwood DriveClinton, New Jersey 08809

Tel: (908) 735-5045Fax: (908) 735-9674

Purpose: To provide leadership in the identificationand infusion of sex equity in all educational programsand processes and within parallel equity concerns,including, but not limited to, age, disability, nationalorigin, race, religion, and sexual orientation.Subject areas: Early childhood; health, physical edu-cation, and athletics; male issues; multicultural gen-der issues; international issues; religion in education;sexual harassment prevention; sexual orientation;staff development; technology; vocational education;young adolescent gender issues; linguistic issues.Publication topics: Religion and equity; male genderissues; censorship; equity and teacher preparation;equity as policy; sexual harassment; restructuringand gender equity; computers and equity.Periodicals: NCSEE News, quarterly.Services: Annual conference.Service area: Nation.

104. National Coalition of Advocatesfor StudentsJoan First and Richard Gray,

Codirectors100 Boylston Street, Suite 737Boston, Massachusetts 02116

Tel: (617) 357-8507Fax: (617) 357-9549

Purpose: To advocate for those students least likely tobe served well by public schools: poor, minority,immigrant, and/or with special needs.Subject areas: School restructuring; immigrants andrefugees; multicultural education; parent participa-tion; AIDS education; intergroup relations in schools/school climate.

Publication topics: Making the vision for the goodcommon school work for all children; barriers toexcellence for children at risk; how communities andschools can improve education for immigrant stu-dents; immigrant students' legal right of access topublic schools; guidelines for student support ser-vices for HIV/AIDS; criteria for evaluating an AIDS

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curriculum; steps to help schools set up an AIDSeducation program (catalog of publications).Periodicals: New Voices (newsletter), quarterly; Se-lected Readings from CHIME (Clearinghouse for Im-migrant Education).Services: Information searches, referrals to othersources, workshops, policy research, advocacy.Service area: Nation.

105. National Community EducationAssociationStarla Jewell-Kelly, Executive Director3929 Old Lee Highway, Suite 91Fairfax, Virginia 22030

Tel: (703) 359-8973Fax: (703) 359-0972

Purpose: To promote community involvement in pub-lic education, learning opportunities for communityresidents of all ages and educational backgrounds.and interagency cooperation to address community-identified problems and concerns.Subject areas: Administration of the communityschool, community and adult education programs,and community use of public education resources;facilitation of dialogue and projects of communityadvisory councils and interagency work groups.Publication topics: Building learning communities;community education across America; educationalrestructuring and the community education process;marketing community education; the communityeducation resource catalogue (1980-90); grantseeking(catalog of publications).Periodicals: Community Education Journal, quar-terly; Community Education Today, 10 issues yearly.Services: Information, referrals, training institutes,annual conference, technical assistance.Service area: Nation.

106. National Conference of StateLegislaturesAaron Bell, Committee Director444 North Capitol Street N.W., Suite 515Washington, D . C. 20001

Tel: (202) 624-5400Fax: (202) 737-1069

Purpose: To provide informational resources andcapacity enhancing services for state legislatures,legislators, and legislative staff; advocating state in-terests in Washington. D.C..Subject areas: All matters of elementary and second-ary education policy, administrative, instructional,and otherwise, under authority of state legislatures.Publication topics: Education for a changing future;

the private sector and learning readiness; state poli-cies for school restructuring; accountability in educa-tion; parent enabling policies for states: family sup-port and educationa holistic approach to schoolreadiness; distance learning new technology andnew potential; lessons in school funding; voters andschool financethe impact of public opinion (catalogof publications).Periodicals: State Legislature, monthly; Federal. Up-dnte; Mandate Watch lists.Services: Information searches, referrals to othersources, annual convention, seminars, contract re-search. electronic network, video and audio tapes,policy research.Service area: Nation.

107. National Diffusion NetworkU.S. Department of EducationOffice of Educational Research and

Improvement555 New Jersey Avenue, N.W.Washington, D.C. 20208

Tel: (202) 219-2134Fax: (202) 219-1407

Purpose: To help public and private schools, colleges,and other educational institutions improve by shar-ing successful education programs, products, andprocesses. The NDN assists schools in implementingprojects by providing training, follow up assistance.onsite visits, and evaluation.Subject areas: Effective schools and teaching; class-room organization and management; organizationalreform; needs assessments; evaluation; decision-maldng and problem-solving; action research; cur-riculum development; leadership; supervision;multidisciplinary/cognitive skills; parental involve-ment.Publication topics: Education programs that work;evidence of program effectiveness in schools andclassroomsServices: Referrals to other sources, annual conven-tion, workshops.Service area: Nation.

108. National DisseminationAssociationMax McConkey, Executive Director4732 North Oracle Road, Suite 217Tucson, Arizona 85705

Tel: (602) 888-2838Fax: (602) 888-2621

Purpose: To promote improvement of American edu-cation through the identification, transfer, and imple-mentation of proven educational systems, practices,and products.

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Subject areas: All areas in education.Periodical: The Update, monthly.Services: For members only.Service area: Nation.

109, National Dropout PreventionCenterJay Smink, Executive Director205 Martin StreetClemson UniversityClemson, South Carolina 29634-5111

Tel: (803) 656-2599Fax: (803) 656-0136

Purpose: To reduce America's dropout rate by meet-ing the needs of youth in at-risk situations throughreshaping school and community environments toensure that all youth receive the quality educationand services to which they are entitled.Subject areas: Restructuring schooling processes tomeet needs of at-risk youth; increasing access toeducation and employment; forming public-privatepartnerships.Publication topics: Self-esteem--the key to studentsuccess; incentives and education; cooperative learn-ing as an alternative to tracking and ability grouping;family literacy's approach to dropout prevention;developing a districtwide dropout prevention pro-gram; booklet for at-risk students who want to dropout of school; the principal's role in dropout preven-tion; a self-analysis tool for at-risk students; mentoringprograms for at-risk youth; school-community-busi-ness partnerships for dropout prevention; effectivestrategies for dropout prevention; the mentoring guide-book: tutoring success for at-risk students; alterna-tive education project; project evaluation handbook;evaluation guide for tutoring programs; national drop-out prevention network directory of members; learn-ing through community service; vocational educationfor the twenty-first century; a planning manual forintegrating academics and vocational education.Periodicals: The National Dropout Prevention CenterNewsletter, quarterly; Journal ofAt-Risk Issues, quar-terly.

Services: Information searches, open resource cen-ter, document repository, referrals to other sources,annual convention, seminars, workshops, list of speak-ers, contract research, electronic network (FOCUSdatabase), video and aud. ) tapes, consulting.Service area: Nation.

110. National Education PolicyNetwork of the National SchoolBoards Association

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Adria Thomas, Director1680 Duke StreetAlexandria, Virginia 22314

Tel: (703) 337-7666Fax: (703) 683-7590

Purpose: To provide information, ideas, and refer-ence help on topics relating to development of schoolboard policies and administrative rules focusing onreform areas.

Subject areas: Custodial and noncustodial parents;site-based management; choice/open enrollment;serving at-risk youth; AIDS policies; drug- and smoke-free schools; parental involvement; accountabilityreform; year-round schools; commercialism in schools;school-based child care; and other topics in educa-tion policy.

Publication topics: Education policy referencemanual; national trends in school policies; guides (foradministrators and board members) to policy devel-opment (catalog of publications).

Periodicals: Updating School Board Policies, monthly;Administrative Angle, quarterly.Services: For members only.Service area: Nation and International.

111 National Educational ServiceFoundationAlan M. Blankstein, President1610 West Third StreetP.O. Box 906Bloomington, Indiana 47402-0906

Tel: (812) 336-7714Fax: (812) 336-7790

Purpose: To provide forums for discussion and plat-forms for action that bring together local and nationalleaders to develop and implement systemic approachesfor providirl quality education to youth in the UnitedStates.

Subject areas: Managing change in schools; usingquality principles to restructure and transform edu-cation; promoting school, community, and businessrelationships; implementing quality schoolconsortiums and facilitating the creation of learningcommunities.

Publication topics: Quality in early childhood edu-cation; school-business-community organizations.Services: Seminars, workshops, video and audiotapes.Service area: Nation.

112. National Foundation for theImprovement of EducationDonna C. Rhodes, Executive Director

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1201 Sixteenth Street, N.W.Washington, D.C. 20036

Tel: (202) 822-7840Fax: (202) 822-7779

Purpose: To improve public education by providingresources to help teachers and other school employ-ees revitalize schools, mobilize communities, andexplore and implement effective classroom practicesthat promote excellence in teaching and learning.Subject areas: School reform; professional develop-ment; dropout prevention; restructuring teachingand learning through innovative uses of technoloa.Publication topics: Exceptional teachers speakabout what schools need for teachers to be effective;the roles teachers must play in school change; sce-narios of future schools; use of advanced technologiesin classrooms to create better learning environmentsfor students; essential elements of dropout preven-tion programs; mobilizing community support fordropout prevention.Periodical: The NF1E Educator, quarterly.Services: Workshops, technical assistance, financialsupport, opportunities for collaboration and net-working.Service area: Nation.

113. National Governors' AssociationEducation ProgramRaymond Scheppach, Executive

Director, NGASusan Traiman, Education Policy

Studies Director444 North Capitol StreetWashington, D.C. 20001-1572

Tel: (202) 624-5300Fax: (202) 624-5313

Purpose: To provide a forum for the nation's gover-nors to influence the development and implementa-tion of national policy and apply creative leadership tostate issues. (The Education Program, housed withinNGA's Center for Policy Research, helps states in theirefforts to achieve the National Education Goals.)Subject areas: State initiatives in systemic reform ofeducation, including standards and curriculum frame-works, school leadership and management, statepolicies and programs to evaluate and reward andtrain administrators, reward and sanction schools forstudent performance, and encourage school-sitemanagement; management-related issues such asaccountability, assessment of student performance,and restructuring schools.Publication topics: Building public support for edu-cation reform; ability grouping and tracking; assess-ing education policy in the states; college admission

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standards and school reform; redesigning an educa-tion system; overcoming barriers to polick q or trans-forming education; opportunity-to-learn standards;school delivery standards; issues in school finance;charter schools; policies and practices for investing inyouth: readiness for school; enhancing skills for acompetitive world; state progress in restructuring theeducation system; state strategies for achieving theNational Education Goals (catalog of publications).Services: Information searches (manual), referrals toother sources, lists of speakers.Service area: Nation.

114. National Home Study CouncilMichael P. Lambert, Executive Director1601 Eighteenth Street, N.W.Washington, D.C. 20009

Tel: (202) 234-5100Fax: (202) 332-1386

Purpose: To serve as a clearinghouse for informationabout the home study field and to sponsor a nation-ally recognized accrediting agency for both privateand nonprivate distance study/correspondenceschools.Subject areas: Home study school management,accreditation of home study schools, federal and stateregulations concerning home study education.Publication topics: Home study education/distancestudy education.Periodicals: NHSC News, semiannually; NFISC Re-port, semiannually; Directory ofAccredited Home StudySchools, annually.Services: For members only.Service area: International.

115. National Middle SchoolAssociationH. Susan Swaim, Executive Director4807 Evanswood DriveColumbus, Ohio 43229

Tel: (614) 848-8211Fax: (614) 848-4301

Purpose: To improve the educational experiences ofyoung adolescents by providing vision, knowledge,and resources to all who serve them in order todevelop healthy, productive, and ethical citizens.Subject areas: All aspects of middle-level education,including programs, methods, and materials.Publication topics: Curriculum; assessment; middleschool organization; family involvement; teacher education.

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Periodicals: Middie School Journal, 5 issues yearly;Mid-Points. 2-3 issues yearly.

Services: Open resource center, referrals to othersources, annual convention, consulting, seminars,workshops.Service area: International.

116. National Organization on LegalProblems of EducationFloyd Delon, Executive Director3601 West 29th Street, Suite 223Topeka, Kansas 66614-2047

Tel: (913) 273-3550Fax: (913) 273-2001

Purpose: To improve education by promoting interestin and understanding of school law throughout theUnited States, by holding meetings for the presenta-tion and discussion of school law problems, bystimu-lating the teaching of school law, and by issuingpublications on school law topics.Subject areas: All aspects of school law.Publication topics: Pupil transportation and thelaw; drug and alcohol abuse in the schools; legalconsiderations in the formulation of AIDS policies;the law of teacher evaluation; sport law; a documen-tation system for teacher improvement or termina-tion; sexual harassment in education; corporal pun-ishment in schools; special education law; thepreemployement process (catalog of publications).Periodicals: NOLPE Notes, 10 issues yearly; NOLPESchool Law Reporter, monthly; Yearbook of SchoolLaw, annually; School Law Update (convention pro-ceedings), annually; NOLPE Case Citations, 2 vol-umes yearly.

Services: For members only.Service area: International.

117. National Policy Board forEducational AdministrationScott D. Thomson, Executive Secretary4400 University DriveFairfax, Virginia 22030-4444

Tel: (703) 993-3644Fax: (703) 993-3643

Purpose: To develop improved preparation and certi-fication programs for educational leaders; developcommon criteria for the accreditation of departmentsof educational leadership; develop common stan-dards for the state licensure of principals; act as aclearinghouse for the reform of programs for the pre-service and professional development of educationalleaders; and develop policy positions on educationalleadership.

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Subject areas: Leadership development; organiza-tional development; contextual forces and conditionsaffecting schools; licensure and professional certifi-cation; field and clinical practice; personnel develop-ment; curriculum and educational leadership; ca-reer-long development; leadership systems.Publication topics: Principals for our changingschools(1) preparation and certification and (2)knowledge and skill base; the moral imperatives ofleadership; gender and politics at workwhy womenexit the superintendency; alternative certification.Periodicals: Design for Leadership, quarterly.Services: Referrals to other sources, workshops,contract research, policy research, consulting, devel-opmental work.Service area: Nation.

118. National Research Center onStudent LearningRobert Glaser and Lauren Resnick,

CodirectorsUniversity of PittsburghLearning Research and Development

Center3939 O'Hara StreetPittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260

Tel: (412) 624-7020Fax: (412) 624-9149

Purpose: To study the nature of effective learning andinstruction in elementary and secondary school sub-jects and to identify forms and qualities of instruc-tion, texts, assessments, and learning environmentsthat can enhance reasoning and understanding.Subject areas: Instructional practice in schools; edu-cational reform; reasoning, explanation, problem-solving, and learning in mathematics, science, andsocial sciences; assessment and evaluation.Publication topics: Learning and instruction; knowl-edge structures for learning; assessment and evalu-ation; education reform; group and intergroup pro-cesses; social and cultural influences on learning,texts, and learning and teaching in the classroom(catalog of publications).

Periodical: Learning, semiannually.Services: Information searches, workshops.Service area: Nation.

119. National Resource Center forMiddle Grades/High SchoolEducationSandra Schurr, Director and Associate

ProfessorUniversity of South Florida

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College of Education, Room 1184202 Fowler AvenueTampa, Florida 33620-5650

Tel: (813) 974-2530Fax: (813) 974-3826

Purpose: To meet the identified needs of middle andhigh school educators and students through activi-ties designed to increase the efficiency of teachers,counselors, and administrators in planning, imple-menting, evaluating, and conducting effective pro-grams for adolescent learners.Subject areas: Authentic assessment; portfolio, per-formance, and product assessment models for teach-ers; tools and techniques for informal evaluation ofthe school program; improving classroom deliverysystems for students; strategies for differentiatinginstruction within heterogeneous groups; thinkingskills; cooperative learning groups; active learning;interdisciplinary units; motivating at-risk students;cultural diversitydeveloping parent outreach ef-

forts that get diverse cultures involved; conflict reso-lution strategies for students and staff; school re-structuringoutcomes-based education and assess-ment; school-based management; restructuringmiddle level and high schools; teaming; leadershiptraining for teachers and students.Publication topics: National practices and trends inmiddle-grades education; middle-school resourceguide; evaluation of middle schools; the new Ameri-can family and the schools; schools in the middle;young adolescent development and school practices;involving families (catalog of publications).

Services: Annual convention, seminars, workshops,contract research, consulting.Service area: Nation.

120. National Resource Center forParaprofessionals in Educationand Related ServicesAnna Lou Pickett, DirectorCenter for Advanced Study in EducationGraduate School and University CenterCity University of New York25 West 43rd Street, Room 620New York, New York 10036

Tel: (212) 642-2948Fax: (212) 719-2488

Purpose: To promote an increase in the use of trainedparaprofessionals in education and related services.The NRC disseminates information for the use ofemployers, program managers, personnel develop-ers, and paraprofessionals.Subject areas: Skills and competencies needed byparaprofessionals; pre- and in-service training mod-els and training materials in use by state and local

education agencies and by institutions of highereducation; credentialing; new roles; career mobility;funding sources.Publication topics: Improving the performance ofparaeducators in the work forcea technical assis-tance manual for administrators and staff developers;training program to prepare teachers to superviseand work more effectively with paraprofessional per-sonnel; core curriculum and training program toprepare paraeducators to work in center and home-visitor programs serving children with disabilities;core curriculum and training program to prepareparaeducators to work in inclusive general and spe-cial education programs serving school-age students;core curriculum and training program to prepareparaeducators to work in transitional services andsupported-employment programs.Periodical: New Directions, 4 issues yearly.Services: Open resource center, document reposi-tory, annual convention, seminars, lists of speakers.consulting.Service area: Nation.

121. National School BoardsAssociationThomas A. Shannon, Executive Director1680 Duke StreetAlexandria, Virginia 22314

Tel: (703) 838-6722Fax: (703) 683-7590

Purpose: To promote the general advancement ofeducation, to encourage the most efficient and effec-tive organization and administration of the publicschools, and in various other ways to assist stateschool boards associations and local school boardsthat are NSBA National Affiliates in their task ofmaintaining and improving America's public schools.

Subject areas: School boards and related educationtopics; school district policy-making.Publication topics: Teachers and technology; staffdevelopment for tomorrow's schools; selecting andimplementing an integrated learning system; interac-tive television for distance learning; defending civilrights suits against the school district; school law inreview; crisis mailagement; Americans with Disabili-ties Act; preventing and defending claims of sexualharassment in schools; education reform; schoolboard member liability under Section 1983; inter-agency collaboration to help students achieve; cut-ting costs and raising revenues; status of schooldesegregation; education policy reference manual;school finance litigation; contracting with architects(catalog of publications).Periodicals: The American School Board Journal,monthly; Inquiry and Analysis (a newsletter for the

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Council of School Attorneys), quarterly; The ExecutiveEducator, monthly; School Board News, biweekly.

Services: Information searches (manual and com-puter). open resource center, consulting. seminars,workshops, lists of speakers. policy research.Service area: Nation.

122. National School Public RelationsAssociationRichard Bagin, Executive Director1501 Lee Highway, Suite 201Arlington, Virginia 22209

Tel: (703) 528-5840Fax: (703) 528-7017

Purpose: To ensure lifelong learning by improvingeducation through responsible communication andinterpersonal relationships.

Subject areas: Communicating with staff and com-munity; site-based management; media relations;crisis management; community relations; passingbond/budget referenda; selling school reform; parentinvolvement; marketing schools; staff involvement;communicating to diverse audiences; inservice train-ing/staff development.Publication topics: Complete crisis communica-tion/management manual; team building; imagemakers/breakersschool secretary workshop kit;campaign to build support for schools.

Periodical topics: Network, monthly; It Starts on theFront Line, 10 issues yearly.

Services: Open resource center, document reposi-tory, referrals to other sources, annual convention,consulting, seminars, workshops.Service area: Nation.

123. National School Safety CenterRonald D. Stephens, Executive Director4195 Thousand Oaks Boulevard, Suite

290Westlake Village, California 91362

Tel: (805) 373-9977Fax: (805) 373-9277

Purpose: To focus national attention on cooperativesolutions to problems that disrupt the educationalprocess.

Subject areas: Campus security; prevention ofcrime,violence, suicide, and drug use; improvement of schoolclimate, student discipline, attendance, and achieve-ment; character education.

Publication topics: Developing personal and socialresponsibility; school crime and violencevictims'rights; school discipline notebook; child safety cur-

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riculum standards; school safety check book; gangsin schools (catalog of publications).

Periodicals: School Safety News Service, 9 issuesyearly.

Services: Information searches, open resource cen-ter, referrals to other sources, seminars, workshops,video and audio tapes.Service area: Nation.

124. National School TransportationAssociationKaren Finkel, DirectorP.O. Box 2639Springfield, Virginia 22152

Tel: (703) 644-0700Purpose: To represent the interests of school buscontractors before Congress and the federal regula-tory agencies and to promote the safe and efficienttransportation of school children in yellow schoolbuses.

Subject areas: Educating children in safe schooltransportation.Periodicals: NSTA Bi-Weekly Newsletter, bi-weekly.Services: For members only.Service area: Nation.

125. The NETWORK, Inc.David P. Crandall, Executive Director300 Brickstone Square, Suite 900Andover, Massachusetts 01810

Tel: (508) 470-1080Fax: (508) 475-9220

Purpose: To provide training, research and evalua-tion, technical assistance, and materials to schools,educational organizations, and private-sector firms.Subject areas: Assessment; community involvement;the change process; classroom technology; diversity;education in rural/ urban schools; professional devel-opment; educational policy; school leadership; stan-dards and goals; students at risk.Publication topics: Educational equity; at-risk stu-dents; school restructuring/redesign; action guide toschool improvement; making change for school im-provementa simulation game; report on nationaldissemination effortsten volumes (catalog of publi-cations).

Services: Information searches, open resource cen-ter, referrals to other sources, seminars, workshops,policy research.Service area: Nation.

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126. New England School DevelopmentCouncilJohn R. Sullivan, Jr., Executive Director83 Boston Post RoadSudbury, Massachusetts 01776

Tel: (508) 443-7991Fax: (508) 443-0063

Purpose: To develop schools as high-performanceorganizations through quality professional-develop-ment programs, assistance in executive searching,comprehensive planning and management offerings,and pursuit of appropriate research agendas.Subject areas: District/school leadership; site-basedmanagement; curriculum-integration assessment inelementary, middle, and high schools; inclusion;community involvement; technology.

Periodical: Cur Ent Events, 5 issues yearly.Services: Information searches, open resource cen-ter, document repository, referrals to other sources,seminars, workshops. administrator searches, policyresearch, consulting.Service area: Nation (primarily Maine, Connecticut,Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, RhodeIsland).

127. New Mexico Research and StudyCouncilPaul A. Pohland, Executive Director117-119 College of EducationThe University of New MexicoAlbuquerque, New Mexico 87131

Tel: (505) 277-2621Fax: (505) 277-7976

Purpose: To encourage, sponsor, and engage inservice, research, workshop sponsorship, individualand group study, and cooperative purchasing in orderto improve management and instruction in elemen-tary and secondary education in New Mexico.Subject areas: Cooperative purchasing; quality edu-cation; school legislation.Publication topics: Professional development; bid-ding concerns.Services: Annual convention, seminars, workshops,contract research, cooperative purchasing.Service areas: Nation (generally from a statewkleconstitu ency).

128. North Central RegionalEducational LaboratoryJeri Nowakowski, Executive Director1900 Spring Road, Suite 300Oak Brook, Illinois 60521

Tel: (708) 571-4700(800) 356-2735

Fax: (708) 571-4716Purpose: To improve education by making the latestinformation from research and practice available toschool administrators, policy-makers, teachers, andparents. (NCREL also operates the Midwest RegionalCenter for Drug-Free Schools and Communities andthe Midwest Consortium for Math and Science Edu-cation.)Subject are-s: Curriculum, instruction, and assess-ment; early ifld1iood and family education; urbaneducation; rur.:. -ducation; professional development;educational policy; th ag-free schools and communi-ties.Publication topics: Interagency collaboration tofos-ter healthy development of young children; a com-parative analysis of selected state education agencies'policies in early intervention for at-risk children in theNorth Central region; a historical review of earlyintervention; Chicago school reform; electronic toolsfor Chicago school reform; financing school choice;funding interventions for students at risk; schoolfailure affected by drug and alcohol use; restructur-ing to promote learning in America's schools (videosand selected readings); restructuring to make drug-free schools and communities a reality (conferenceproceedings); redesign of service delivery in stateschool systems; alternative assessment; school-basedmanagement and empowerment; performance as-sessment; parent involvement in school restructur-ing; a new agenda for school restructuring (catalog ofpublications).Periodicals: Clipboard, quarterly; Policy Briefs, quar-terly.Services: Information searches, referrals to othersources, seminars, video and audio tapes, policyresearch.Service area: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Min-nesota, Ohio, Wisconsin.

129. Northwest Regional EducationalLaboratoryRobert R. Rath, Executive Director101 S.W. Main Street, Suite 500Portland, Oregon 97204

Tel: (503) 275-9500Fax: (503) 275-9489

Purpose: To assist education, government, commu-nity agencies, business, and labor in improving qual-ity and equality in educational programs and proc-esses.Subject areas: Educational evaluation and assess-ment; literacy and language; Indian education; edu-cation and work; effective schooling; drug-free schools;technology; desegregation; child-family-community.

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Periodical: Northwest Report, monthly.Services: Information searches (manual and com-puter), open resource center, referrals, consulting,seminars, workshops.

Service area: Nation (priority given to region: Alaska,Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington).

130. Office of ProfessionalDevelopmentScott Shablak, DirectorSyracruse UniversitySchool of Education250 Huntington HallSyracuse, New York 13244-2340

Tel: (315) 443-4696Fax: (315) 443-5732

Purpose: To promote educational excellence andsupportive relationships between individual schools,school districts, educational agencies, and the Schoolof Education at Syracuse University through ongoingstudy, research and development, and disseminationof education theory and practice.Subject areas: Teacher improvement/supervision;school/university partnerships; workplace futures;vocational education; school district mergers; admin-istrator training; administrative organization andoperations; organizational development; programevaluation; shared services; redistricting transporta-tion and organization; school culture and climate;curriculum and personnel development; ethical deci-sion-making; staff development; collaboration; data-base management; efficiency studies; inclusion; as-sessment; rural school counselors; school violence;multiculturalism and diversity; teacheras researcher;science education reform; professional development.Publication topics: Celebration of multiculturaldifferences; collaborative learning in math classes;aggression replacement training; new policies ofedu-cation; systemic reform; national testing; teachereducation; study of teaching policy.Services: Open resource center, referrals to othersources, annual convention, seminars, workshops,lists of speakers, administrator searches, consulting.Service area: Nation.

131. Oregon School Study CouncilPhilip K. Piele, Executive SecretaryCollege of Education1787 Agate Street5207 University of OregonEugene, Oregon 97403-5207

Tel: (503) 346-5045Fax: (503) 346-2334

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Purpose: To serve member school districts and theirschool boards by publishing information on signifi-cant educational programs functioning successfullythroughout the state and by researching requests ofmember districts on topics of interest.Subject areas: Administration; curriculum; finance;innovations; legislation; inservice training; schoollaw and policies; community relations; decision-mak-ing; staffing.

Publication topics: Leadership with a vision; schoolclimate and culture; student motivation; standardsfor student performance; shared decision-making;school-site councils; alternatives to retention; riskmanagement programs; role of schools in preventingand intervening in child sexual abuse; instructionalleaders for the 1990s; distance education; schoolrestructuring and site-based decision-making; schoolsthat succeed; character education; collaboration be-tween social services and schools; schools' responseto gangs and violence; reasons the public shouldsupport schools (catalog of publications).Periodicals: OSSC Bulletin, 9 issues yearly; OSSCReport, 3 issues yearly.

Services: Conferences, consulting, open resourcefile, enrollment projections.Service area: Oregon.

132. Pacific Region EducationalLaboratory (PREL)John W. Kofel, Executive Director828 Fort Street Mall, Suite 500Honolulu, Hawaii 96813

Tel: (808) 533-6000Fax: (808) 533-7599

Purpose: To improve quality and equality in educa-tional programs and processes by helping schools toimprove educational outcomes for children, youth,and adults.

Subject areas: Leadership and policy development;school-improvement process; practitionei. research.Publication topics: Synthesis of the research oneducational change; modified school schedules; de-veloping effective educational partnerships; intro-duction to Internet.Periodicals: Pacific Education Updates, quarterly;Voyages in Mathematics and Science, bimonthly.Services: Information searches, referrals to othersources, seminars, annual convention, workshops,contract research, consulting, policy research.Service area: Nation (primarily Hawaii, AmericanSamoa, Guam, Commonwealth of the NorthernMariana Islands, Federated States of Micronesia,Republic of Palau, Republic of the Marshall Islands).

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133. Parent Knowledge NetworkMain Office:Diane Ramsey, President4350 North Fairfax Drive, Suite 740Arlington, Virginia 22203

Tel: (703) 522-3535Fax: (703) 522-4143

Western Office:Scott Hymas, Executive Vice President2566 San Clemente TerraceSan Diego, California 92122

Tel: (619) 453-2553Fax: (619) 535-9288

Purpose: To advocate parent-driven public schoolreform through family involvement, using volunteersand federal resources on informing and empoweringparents, who then create responsible learning cul-tures that improve the education of all children.

Subject areas: Parent involvement; public schoolreform.Publication topics: Winning the war against igno-ranceempowering public schools; education reformand investment; creating responsible family and school

learning cultures.Services: Family and federal education policy re-search; public interest coalition building; media rela-tions; congressional relations; congressional and statelegislative school-site forums; school-site and directfamily support services; parent leadership trainingworkshops and electronic network.Service area: Nation.

134. Parents Union for Public Schoolsin Philadelphia, Inc.Christine Davis, Executive Director311 South Juniper Street, Room 602Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107

Tel: (215) 546-1166Fax: (215) 731-1688

Purpose: To seek quality, equitable public educationfor all children through parent involvement and par-ticipation in schools.Subject areas: Parent involvement in schools; indi-vidual assistance to parents with school-related prob-lems in both regular and special education.

Periodicals: Parents Union Newsletter, bimonthly.

Services: Open resource center, referrals to othersources, seminars, workshops, lists of speakers, indi-vidual assistance.Service area: Nation (primarily Philadelphia).

135. Partners for Quality LearningAlbert Mamary, Executive Director

P.O. Box 185Syracuse, New York 13211

Tel: (800) 5-JOIN USFax: (800) 475-4357

Purpose: To support research on methods and orga-nizational cultures for improvingthe quality of learn-ing in schools, and to promote the understanding andadoption of those methods, models, and philosophi-cal principles that are researchvalidated and practiceproven to improve quality of learning for all students.

Subject areas: Organizational development; cultureand climate; change; transformational leadership;philosophy; psychological underpinnings.Publication topics: Implementing effective masterylearning schools; mastery learning.

Periodicals: QualityOutcomes-DrWenEclucation,quar-terly; Outcomes, quarterly.Services: Open resource center, document reposi-tory, annual convention, seminars, workshops, listsof speakers, administrator searches, video and audio

tapes, consulting.Service area: Nation.

136. Pennsylvania School BoardsAssociationJoseph V. Oravitz, Executive Director774 Limekiln RoadNew Cumberland, Pennsylvania 17070

Tel: (717) 774-2331Fax: (717) 774-0718

Purpose: To provide a medium for school boards,school directors, school board secretaries, businessmanagers, and other related groups to come togetherand exchange information and views concerning theadministration of the commonwealth's public schools.

Subject areas: Policy developmentand maintenance;evaluation of professional and administrative em-ployees; inservice training; employee relations.

Publication topics: Effective school board service;Pennsylvania school law handbook; public schoolnegotiations; personnel administration; bridgingschools and community; curriculum management;teacher absenteeism; national goals for education;the board-superintendent relationship; public guideto Pennsylvania school laws (catalog of publications).

Periodicals: Information Legislative Service, weekly;

PSBA Bulletin, bimonthly.

Services: Information searches (manual), open re-source center, referrals, annual convention, semi-nars, workshops, consulting, legal services.


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137. Pennsylvania School StudyCouncil, Inc.Oscar W. Knade, Jr., Executive Director308 Rack leyUniversity Park, Pennsylvania 16802-

3201Tel: (814) 865-0321Fax: (814) 863-9532

Purpose: To conduct research, to provide inservicetraining for educators, to disseminate managementinformation and other relevant research data, and toprovide a linkage between the resources of a majorresearch institution and the public schools in thestate.Subject areas: All areas of school administration,including personnel, school law, long-range plan-ning, professional negotiations, school business af-fairs and fmances, community relations, supervision,curriculum, and facilities management and planning.Services: For members only.Service area: Pennsylvania.

138. Phi Delta Kappa, Inc.Lowell C. Rose, Executive DirectorP.O. Box 789408 North UnionBloomington, Indiana 47402-0789

Tel: (812) 339-1156Fax: (812) 339-0018

Purpose: To promote quality education, with particu-lar emphasis on publicly supported education, asessential to the development and maintenance of ademocratic way of life. This purpose shall be accom-plished through the genuine acceptance, continuinginterpretation, and appropriate implementation ofthe ideal of high-quality leadership through research,teaching, and other professional services concernedwith and directed to the improvement of education,especially of publicly supported and universally avail-able education.

Subject areas: All levels of elementary and secondaryeducation for K-12 through postsecondary and allsubject-matter fields.Publication topics: National issues in education;the state of the nation's public schools; total qualityeducationprofiles of schools that demonstrate thepower of Deming's management principles; proce-dures for developing and implementing a schoolemergency-preparedness plan; survival guide forschool board members; administrator education; fi-nancing public education bi an era of change; legalissues in public school employment; sexual harass-ment; restructuring through curriculum innovation;

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at-risk students (catalog of publications).Periodicals: Phi Delta Kappan, 10 issues yearly;News, Notes, and Quotes, 4 issues yearly; The Legis-lative Newsletter, 4 issues yearly.Services: Information searches, seminars, work-shops, video and audio tapes.Service area: Nation.

139. Policy Analysis forCalifornia Education (PACE)James W. Guthrie, DirectorSchool of Education3659 Tolman HallUniversity of CaliforniaBerkeley, California 94720

Tel: (510) 642-7223Fax: (510) 642-9148

Purpose: To serve as an independent, nonpartisan,university-based education policy research center,focusing on K-12 education.Subject areas: School restructuring; teacher train-ing; dropout prevention; policy evaluation; staff de-velopment; internship programs; school choice; de-mographics; curriculum; finance programs.Publication topics: Condition of education in Cali-fornia 1991; Los Angeles Unified School District in-tern programrecruiting and preparing teachers foran urban context; followup survey of graduates of theCalifornia Partnership Academies; revenue and ex-penditure projections for California K-12 education;educational policy trust agreementsconnecting la-bor relations and school reform; public-sector choicein California.

Services: Policy research.Service area: Nation.

140. Policy Analysis Center forKentucky Education (PACKE)Richard La Brecque, DirectorCollege of EducationUniversity of KentuckyLexington, Kentucky 40506-2626

Tel: (606) 257-4996Fax: (606) 258-1046

Purpose: To conduct policy and evaluation researchon issues, problems, and programs in learning andschooling with an overarching concern for providingtimely information and reportsabout and analyses ofthe educational policy concerns of legislators andother policy-makers in Kentucky.Subject areas: Any and all policyquestions related toends and means of schooling and the socio-educa-tional conditions necessary and/or sufficient to theachievement of desirable outcomes for human growth

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and development.Publication topics: Statewide testing systems;middle-school philosophy and implementation: con-cept formation in policy analysis; social policy consid-erations in state education reform; assessment of anEven Start program.Services: Open resource center, referrals to othersources, seminars, workshops, contract research,legal services, policy research. consulting.Service area: Nation (primarily Kentucky).

141. Policy Research for Ohio BasedEducation (PROBE)Russell Spillman, DirectorCollege of EducationThe Ohio State University301 Ramseyer Hall29 West Woodruff AvenueColumbus, Ohio 43210

Tel: (614) 292-7909Fax: (614) 292-7900

Purpose: To provide a nonpartisan, independentsource for information on which to base state-leveleducational and social policy decisions. A specialinterest is to chronicle the impact of public policy onthe educational, economic, and social well-being ofchildren and youth.Subject areas: Teacher policy; reading. language,and literacy policy; relationship of organizationalstructures and policy to curriculum and teaching;board-superintendent relations; program evaluation;curriculum design and development; at-risk stu-dents; impact of testing; minority educators; knowl-edge utilization.Services: Information searches (manual), referrals,consulting, policy research on specific issues.Service area: Nation.

142. The Principals' CenterMildred Collin Blackman, Director336 Gutman Library6 Appian WayCambridge, Massachusetts 02138

Tel: (617) 495-1825Fax: (617) 496-3584

Purpose: To promote the personal and professionalgrowth of school leaders; and to provide pre-serviceand in-service professional development and Sum-mer Institutes.Subject areas: Adult and professional development;supervision and evaluation; curriculum; school andfamily; policy issues; leadership; mentoring; urbaneducation.Periodicals: The Desktop, 3 issues yearly; Calendar,

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annually; Wisdom in Practice, annually.Services: Referrals to other sources, annual conven-tion, seminars, workshops, consulting, principalshipservice.Service area: International.

143. Program on Reinventing PublicEducationPaul T. Hill, Executive Director324 Parrington Hall DC-14University of WashingtonSeattle, Washington 98195

Tel: (206) 543-0190Fax: (206) 543-1096

Purpose: To develop, test, and assist communities inadopting alternative governance systems for publicelementary and secondary education.Subject areas: School and district governance; con-tract management of schools; urban education re-form; business involvement in education reform.Publication topics: Urban education reform; con-tract schools; business-led education reform.Services: Policy research, consulting, focus groups,simulation exercises.Service area: Nation.

144. Public Education Fund NetworkWendy D. Puriefoy, President601 Thirteenth Street, N.W., Suite 290

NorthWashington, D.C. 20005

Tel: (202) 628-7460Fax: (202) 628-1893

Purpose: To serve as a national network of localeducation funds committed to achieve a high-qualitypublic education for all children, especially the disad-vantaged; to link and unite these local educationfunds and work with them to mobilize the energy andresources of their communities to build effective andsuccessful public schools. Its work is based on thebelief that independent, community-based organiza-tions are the best means of creating broad publicsupport for high-quality education and for achievingfundamental reforms in the nation's public schools.Subject areas: Curriculum; educational leadership;governance; school finance; schools and communi-ties.Periodicals: Connection, quarterly; Annual Report.Services: Referrals to other sources, annual conven-tion, seminars, workshops, electronic network, videoand audio tapes, policy research.

rgice area: Nation.

145. Reason FoundationRobert Poole, President3415 South Sepulveda Blvd., Suite 400Los Angeles, California 90034

Tel: (310) 391-2245Fax: (310) 391-4395

Purpose: To illuminate and clarify issues in educa-tion through research for the purpose of developingmarket-oriented public policies. (The Reason Foun-dation operates the Education Studies Program whosepurpose is stated above.)Subject areas: School choice (vouchers); schoolmanagement; privatization; regulations; charterschools; school reform; public-private partnerships;categorical programs; education policy; market-ori-ented reforms.

Publications topics: Voucher/choice surveys (voterawareness, parental support for); budgetary impactof school vouchers; satellite schools and the privateprovision of school infrastructure; special educationexpenditures; public-private partnerships as an al-ternative to cutbacks in expenses; contracting out forschool services; privately provided voucher programs.Periodicals: Reasonrnagazine (monthly); PrivatizationWatch (monthly).

Services: Referrals to other sources, seminars, con-tract research, policy research, consulting, fact sheetsabout education.Service area: Nation.

146. The Regional Laboratory forEducational Improvement of theNortheast and IslandsDavid P. Crandall, Executive Director300 Brickstone Square, Suite 900Andover, Massachusetts 01810

Tel: (508) 470-0098Fax: (508) 475-9220

Purpose: To achieve educational improvement bylinking schools and classrooms in the Northeast andIslands region (New England, New York, Puerto Rico,and the Virgin Islands) with research and develop-ment-based knowledge and confirmed practical expe-rience, complementing and multiplying the activitiesand accomplishments of existing organizations.Subject areas: Assessment; building community; thechange process; classroom technology; diversity; earlychildhood education; education in rural and urbanschools; learning-centered environments; professionaldevelopment; educational policy; school leadership;standards and goals; students at risk.Publication topics:Action guide for schools commit-

ted to the success of every child; guidebook forteacher development; restructuring school districts;managing change in rural schools; mentoringaresource and training guide for educators; an organi-zational and educational systems approach to sec-ondary school development; building systems forprofessional gyowth; restructuring the American highschool; a framework for the continual professionaldevelopment of administrators in the Northeast (cata-log of publications).

Periodicals: The Regional Lab Reports, 4 issues yearly;The Cutting Edge: New R&D Products, 10 issuesyearly; Small Schools Network Alert, bimonthly.

Services: Information searches, open resource cen-ter, referrals to other sources, annual convention,seminars, workshops, video and audio tapes, policyresearch.

Service area: Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine,New Hampshire, New York, Puerto Rico, Rhode Is-land, Vermont, and the Virgin Islands.

147. Research and InformationServices for Education (RISE)Richard Brickley, Director200 Anderson RoadKing of Prussia, Pennsylvania 19406

Tel: (215) 265-6056Fax: (215) 265-6562

Purpose: To link the work of the education researchand development community with those educationalpractitioners responsible for decision-making relat-ing to the quality of public and private education, andto aid local district decision-makers in the adoption of"exemplary" educational practices.Subject areas: All areas of administration, curricu-lum, school facilities, and school personnel.Periodical: R.I.S.E. Newsletter, occasionally.Services: Information searches (manual and com-puter). referrals, workshops, National Diffusion Net-work state facilitator.Service area: Nation (primarily Pennsylvania).

148. Research for Better SchoolsJohn E. Hopkins, Executive Director444 North Third StreetPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania 19123-4107

Tel: (215) 574-9300Fax: (215) 574-0133

Purpose: To improve schools through technical as-sistance services, research, and development and tofacilitate the large-scale coordination of new educa-tional procedures, processes, and materials amonglocal districts, intermediate service agencies, andstate education departments.

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Subject areas: Assessment of effectiveness; school-community relations; school cultures; leadership train-ing; professional development; business-educationpartnerships; systemic reform.Publication topics: School context and school change;instruments and processes for school analysis;schoolclimate and restructuring for low-achieving students;help for new teachers; thinking and rural at-riskstudents; responding to children at risk; the meaningof restructuring; improving the urban high school;diversity in the classroom (catalog of publications).Periodical: Project Briefs, bimonthly.Services: Referrals, seminars, workshops, consult-ing, evaluation, technical assistance, video and audiotapes. electronic network.Service area: Nation (priority given to federal servicearea: Washington D.C., Delaware, Maryland. NewJersey, Pennsylvania).

149. Restructuring Support ServiceCharles M. Reigeluth, DirectorSchool of Education, Room 2236Indiana UniversityBloomington, Indiana 47405

Tel: (812) 856-8464Fax: (812) 856-8239

Purpose: To enhance the successful restructuring ofschools interested in fundamental change.Subject areas: All areas germane to systemic change.Publication topics: National study of school restruc-turing (hypercard database of cases).Services: Open resource center, document reposi-tory, workshops, list of speakers, consulting, facilita-tion of restructuring process.Service area: Nation (special interest in southern andcentral Indiana).

150. School Information and ResearchServiceMarcia Costello, Program Director825 East 5th AvenueOlympia, Washington 98501

Tel: (206) 943-5717Fax: (206) 352-2043

Purpose: To obtain and disseminate information onschool organization, administration, operation, fi-

nance, and instruction to administrators in localschool districts, educational service districts, andother educational organizations.Subject areas: Any topic identified as a currentproblem or issue of concern to school management..Publication topics: Annual legislative reference hand-

book; annual salary surveys for administrators, class-room teachers, and hourly classified employees.

Periodical: Management Information, quarterly.Services: For members only.Service area: Washington.

151. School Management Study GroupDonald Thomas, Director860 Eighteenth AvenueSalt Lake City, Utah 84103

Tel: (801) 532-5340Fax: (801) 484-2089

Purpose: To assist school leaders in implementingreform and to provide a forum for educational im-provement.Subject areas: Educational leadership; management;governance; inservice education; curriculum; parenteducation; competency-based instruction; commu-nication; policy development; staff evaluation; board-superintendent partnership programs.Periodical: SMSG Newsletter, monthly.Services: Referrals, consulting, seminars, workshops,lists of speakers, placement.Service area: Nation.

152. Society for Applied LearningTechnologyRaymond G. Fox, President50 Culpeper StreetWarrenton, Virginia 22186

Tel: (703) 347-0055Fax: (703) 349-3169

Purpose: To provide an effective educational channelamong and between scientists, managers, and usersof training technology with the object of ensuringadequate skills, understanding, and effective man-.agement of training technology.Subject areas: Applications of technology in instruc-tion and education systems management; microcom-puters in education and training; technology andcomputers in curriculum development and instruc-tion systems management.Periodicals: Newsletter, quarterly; Journal ofEduca-tional Technology Systems; Journal of Interactive In-struction Development.Services: Conferences.Service area: International.

153. South Carolina Center for theAdvancement of Teaching andSchool Leadership

Barbara Gottesman, Executive Director147 Withers BuildingRock Hill, South Carolina 29733

Tel: (800) 768-2875Fax: (803) 323-2494

Purpose: To help schools and colleges restructurethrough cross-functional teams and technical assis-tance. (The Center is funded directly by the statelegislature. It coordinates the Good lad Initiative toReform Teacher Education in South Carolina.)Subject areas: School restructuring; managingchange: participatory decision-making; teaming andconflict resolution.

Publication topics: Changing South Carolina'sschools; three ease studies of restructuring schools;the collaborative to renew teachereducation in SouthCarolina.

Periodicals: Innovations, monthly newsletter.Services: Annual convention, seminars, workshops,electronic network.

Service area: Nation (primarily South Carolina).

154. South Carolina EducationalPolicy CenterLeonard 0. Pe llicer, DirectorCarolina Plaza, Ninth FloorColumbia, South Carolina 29208

Tel: (803) 347-0055Fax: (803) 777-0323

Purpose: To serve as a catalyst to improve educa-tional practice by generating new knowledge useful topolicy-makers and practitioners.Subject areas: K-12 remedial and compensatoryeducation; leadership; teaching and learning; K-12/higher education collaboration; board certification forteachers; minority education.Services: Contract research, policy research, stateeducation conferences.Service area: Southeast (primarily South Carolina).

155. South Eastern Regional Vision forEducation (SERVE)Roy Forbes, Executive DirectorP.O. Box 5367Greensboro, North Carolina 27435

Tel: (919) 334-3211Fax: (919) 334-3268

Purpose: To provide leadership, support, and re-search to assist state and local efforts in improvingeducational outcomes, especially forat-risk and ruralstudents; to work as a catalyst forpositive change andas a broker of exemplary research andpractice and tobecome an invaluable source of information for orga-

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nizations working to promote systemic educationalimprovement; and to conduct a variety of appliedresearch and development projects to meet regionalneeds.

Subject areas: Improving education for at-risk stu-dents; evaluation; multicultural education; remedialeducation in rural schools; business/school partner-ships; state-level policies, regulations, and statutorybarriers to school restructuring; site-based account-ability models; model school and school-improve-ment planning procedures; work-force-preparednessefforts in secondary schools.

Publication topics: Schools for the twenty-first cen-turynew roles for teachers and principals; compre-hensive school improvement; interagency collabora-tion for delivering services to children and families;teaching and learning in a culturally diverse class-room; rural schools on the road to reform; designingteacher evaluation systems that support professionalgrowth; reducing school violence; meeting the needsof children exposed to drugs; drug-free schools (cata-log of publications).

Services: Information searches, open resource cen-ter, referrals to other sources, seminars, workshops,lists of speakers, contract research, electronic net-work, video and audio tapes, policy research, consult-ing.

Service area: Nation (primarily Alabama, Florida,Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Missis-sippi).

156. SRI InternationalBarbara Means, Director, Health and

Social Policy Division--BS168333 Ravenswood AvenueMenlo Park, California 94025-3493

Tel: (415) 859-4004Fax: (415) 859-2861

Purpose: To conduct policy research, planning assis-tance, feasibility studies, program evaluation, im-plementation and technical assistance, and dissemi-nation.

Subject areas: School and district organization andadministration; federal/state impacts on school andinstructional improvement; private-sector roles ineducation and training; management of instructionfor special populations; educational program plan-ning, evaluation, needs assessment testing; applica-tions of educational technology.

Publication topics: Environmental influences oninstruction of disadvantaged students; academic chal-lenge for the children of poverty; what is taught, andhow, to the children of poverty; from effective schoolsto restructuring; improving the classroom experi-ences of academically at-risk students; cost analysis

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of programs for problem learnersimplications forpolicy and practice; mismatch between home andschool cultures of academically at-risk students;national longitudinal transition study of special edu-cation students; statistical almanac; education ofdisadvantaged students; educational technology;evaluation/research methods; federal education blockgrants (catalog of publications).Services: Consulting, document repository, evalu-ation, policy research, contract research.Service area: Nation.

157. UCEA (University Council forEducational Administration)Center on OrganizationalDevelopment in SchoolsRichard A. Schmuck, DirectorCollege of EducationUniversity of OregonEugene, Oregon 97403

Tel: (503) 346-1364Fax: (503) 346-5174

Purpose: To further training, research, development,and dissemination of organizational development (OD)in schools.Subject areas: Organizational development.Publication topics: Small school districts.Services: Annual conference, seminars, workshops.consultation, OD cadre.Service area: Nation.

158. University Council for EducationalAdministrationPatrick B. Forsyth, Executive Director212 Rackley BuildingUniversity Park, Pennsylvania 16802

Tel: (814) 863-7916Fax: (814) 863-7918

Purpose: To promote through interuniversity coop-eration the improved professional preparation, re-cruitment, and continuing education of administra-tive personnel in education.Subject areas: All aspects of administration of publicand nonpublic schools, colleges, and universities.Publication topics: Effective school leadership; re-flective practices; urban school leadership; reformand restructuring; professional preparation; educa-tional administration professoriate; teacher leader-ship (catalog of publications).

Periodicals: UCEA Review, 3 issues yearly; Educa-tional Administration Quarterly.

Services: Annual convention, seminars, case stud-

ies, multimedia simulations for varied administrativeroles, audiotaped and filmed cases, audio- and vide-otaped lectures and discussions by leading profes-sors on conceptual topics.Service area: Nation.

159. Upper Wabash Valley SchoolStudy CouncilThelbert L. Drake, Executive SecretaryHeadquarters, Teachers College 915Ball State UniversityMuncie, Indiana 47306

Tel: (317) 285-8491Fax: (317) 285-2166

Purpose: To bring about better education in memberschool systems.Subject areas: Salary schedules; budget planning;personnel policies; educational programs for certifiedand classified personnel.Publication topics: Directory of systems.Services: For members only.Service area: North Central Indiana.

160. Utah Education Policy CenterPatrick F. Galvin and David J. Sperry,

CodirectorsDepartment of Educational

AdministrationSchool of EducationUniversity of Utah337 Milton Bennion HallSalt Lake City, Utah 84112

Tel: (801) 581-6714Fax: (801) 585-6756

Purpose: To monitor education policy needs and theeffects of policy choices in Utah; to sponsor policyresearch on critical education issues: to offer dataand analyses to Utah policy-makers in timely anduseful ways; and to provide, in conjunction with otherstate agencies, a lecture series where nationally promi-nent educational leaders are bought in as featuredspeakers.Subject areas: School organization; demographics;special educational services; educational assessment;personnel; school finance; policy analysis.Publication topics: The status of public education inUtah; evaluating the performance of Utah's schools;educator evaluation and the law; the incentive toteach in Utah; examination of Utah's special educa-tion funding formula; educator evaluation in Utah;Utah's finance of special education.

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Periodicals: Yearbook, annually; Policy Papers, 3-4issues yearly; Policy Briefs, 5-6 issues yearly.Services: Information searches, document reposi-tory, referrals, seminars, workshops, electronic net-work, video and audio tapes, policy research, state/federal data bank.Service area: Nation (primarily Utah).

161. Vanderbilt Institute for PublicPolicy StudiesJohn Folger, Acting DirectorVanderbilt University1207 Eighteenth Avenue SouthNashville, Tennessee 37212

Tel: (615) 322-8540Fax: (615) 322-8081

Purpose: To conduct research and policy studies onissues of interest to faculty.Subject areas: Reactions of teachers, administra-tors, students, and parents to magnet-school pro-grams and their implications for school-choice poli-cies; the impact of school reform and problems inimplementing reform policies.Publication topics: Using fiscal policy to achievestate education goals; alternative teacher certifica-tion; facilitating fundamental restructuring ofschoolstwenty years of lessons for the high schoolin the community; theory and practice of alternativecertification; school desegregation.Services: Seminars, contract research, policy re-search.Service area: Nation (primarily the Southeast andTennessee).

162. Virginia Education PolicyAnalysis Center (VEPAC)Jennings L. Wagoner, Jr., DirectorCurry School of EducationUniversity of Virginia405 Emmet StreetCharlottesville, Virginia 22903

Tel: (804) 924-3880Fax: (804) 924-0747

Purpose: To bring nonpartisan university expertise tobear on the study of educational policy issues; toserve as a mechanism for the exchange of informationon policy issues in education; and to disseminateinformation on policy matters to state decision-mak-ers and other interested publics.Subject areas: All policy issues in education.Publication topics: School finance; equity issues;flexible scheduling.Services: Referrals, research, dissemination.

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Service area: Nation (primarily Virginia and south-eastern region).

163. Yale Child Study CenterJames P. Corner and Maurice J. Falk,

CodirectorsSchool Development Program55 College StreetNew Haven, Connecticut 06510-3204

Tel: (203) 737-4000Fax: (203) 737-4001

Purpose: To undertake research, development, andimplementation activities related to the improvementof schools through the School Development ProgramModel.

Subject areas: Child development; school change;parent involvement; school leadership; systemicchange; site-based management; school planning;multicultural education; team building; collaborativedecision-making; action research.Publication topics: School change; school power;school leadership; action research; staff develop-ment; School Development Program descriptions;collaborative planning; mental health teams; schoolsas organizations, multiethnic, classrooms; school-university collaboration.Periodical: School Development Program News line,quarterly.Services: Seminars, workshops, lists of speakers,video and audio tapes.Service area: Nation.

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Subject Index

Ability Grouping 109, 113Case law 24

AbsenteeismTeachers 136

Academic Achievement 99Action guide for schools 146Assessment 34Attitudes students need to succeed 78Children at risk 96Chinese-Americans 36and Classroom practice 44Effect on labor market outcomes 101Effects of teacher practices of parent involve-

ment on 36Improvement of 1, 123Improvement, through instructional processes

32, 59Irish-Americans 36Learning technologies 48Measurement 34Minorities, effects of school desegregation on

32Multilevel factor analysis 34Parent involvement 74Poor children 156and Puerto Rican families 36Social and organizational context of schools

30, 32Social issues 90State initiatives to reward schools 113Success for All Children model 28See also Learning

Accountability 12, 98, 106and Alternative assessment 34in Big-city schools 98Effects of school restructuring on 37Foundations of 29Learner centered 98Organizational 25Reform 110Site-bnsed models 155State policies 113

Accounting 9

AccreditationHome study schools 114

Policies 64Principal training programs 117

Action Research 74, 107, 163Collaborative 8

Administration 62, 67, 130, 147Christian principles of 39Community education 80Friends Council schools 63Self-study manual 71Women 1See also Educational Administration, Manage-

ment, School Administration

Administrator Characteristics 75Assessment 17

Administrator Evaluation 17, 23, 29, 58, 60, 136District-level, special education 47Model for guiding 29State initiatives 113

Mministrator Selection 17Independent schools 92

Administrator Training 14, 17, 21, 22, 31, 41, 50,90, 117, 130, 138, 158

Field and clinical practice 117Independent schools 71Knowledge and skill base 117Performance-based 94Problem-based learning 60Program for preparing principals 28Reflective practices 158State initiatives 113

AdministratorsCompetency testing of 66Courts and 58Effects of alternative assessments on 34Funding for 58Guide to policy development 110Guide to writing 94Induction 19Inservice education 19, 68, 117Leadership of family and community involve-

ment 78New roles for 155Personality assessment 17

Primer on distance learning 81Professional development 14, 17, 21, 117,

146Professionalism 82Renewal 27Responsibility for students' intellectual

development 59Role in accelerated schools 96Women 23See also Principals, Special Education Admin-

istrators, Superintendents

Advisory Committees 5, 62

AfricaPlanning and financing rural education in 42

AIDS Education 23, 95, 104Curriculum evaluation criteria 104in Great City Schools 50Guidelines for student support services 104Legal considerations 116Policies 110Program implementation 104Urban schools, policy-makers' guide 95

Alcohol AbuseEffect on student failure 128School-social services collaboration 60Teenagers 23

Alternative Schools 23, 109

App7-:;.1.t1ceships 101a improve transition to work 48

ArchitectsContracting with 121

Assessment, see Educational Assessment, NeedsAssessment

At-Risk Students 1, 8, 23, 48, 75, 78, 100, 110,125, 138, 141, 146, 148, 155

Accelerated schools for 96in Arizona 83Barriers to excellence 104Community service 83Cost analysis of programs for 156Early intervention policies of state education

agencies 128Educational clinics for 44Educational needs 109Elementary school restructuring program for

32Family-school relationship 60Funding of interventions for 128Grades K-3, programs for 83

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Grades 7-12, programs for 83Improving education for 155. 156Intellectual development 59Legal rights 24Mentoring programs for 109Mismatch between home and school cultures

156Motivation of 119Promising practices for 83Resource directory 38Restructuring schools for 48, 109Retention of. in Arizona 83School improvement 61Self-analysis tool for 109Success for All Children model 28Support for 83Tutoring for 109

AttendanceBoundaries 11Improvement of 123School-social services collaboration 60, 61

Audiovisual AidsPreparation of women administrators 4

Auditing 9

Audits 70Educational facilities 70

Bilingual Education 8, 23, 24

Block Grants 156

Boards of Education 121, 136Administrative rules 110Changing role 60Effectiveness indicators 69Evaluation 58Guide to policy development 110Members' liability under Section 1983 121Policy 110Professional development 14, 51Superintendent relationship 69, 136, 141,

151Survival guide 23, 138Use of student evaluation data 34

Budget Cuts, see Downsizing

Budgeting 1Planning 159

Buildings, see Facilities

Business Management, see School BusinessManagement

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Business-School Partnerships, see School BusinessRelationship

BusinessesInvolvement in education reform 143

Campus Security 123

Career Education 87

Categorical Programs 100, 145

Censorship 103

CertificationAlternatives 117, 161Principals 117Requirements 64Teachers 6, 154

ChangeBreaking barriers to 5Management 153Schools 5Teachers 5See also Educational Change

Chapter 1 Programs (ECIA)Advocacy handbook 24Legal overview 24Parent involvement 24Student rights 24

Character Education 123, 131

Charter Schools 31, 43, 61, 66, 83, 113, 145

Child Abuse 60

ChildbearingAdolescents, educational levels 36See also Mothers

Child-Care ProgramsStandards 23

Child Development 163

Children.

Identification and assessment of talents 98Safety 123

Choice, see School Choice

Christiansin Public education 39

Citizen ParticipationAdvisory committees 62

Citizenship Education 48

Class PlacementNondiscrimination 24

Classroom Management 40, 107Independent schools 71

Classroom Discipline 75

ClassroomsTechnology 125, 146

Coachingin Community settings 36Teachers 5Peer 8

5751

Coalitions 21, 26, 111Community 25Private-sector, and school reform 66Public education funds 144Schools and businesses 69, 93see also Partnerships

Collaboration 130, 163Action research 8Among school professionals 8Between schools and human services 32, 60,

61, 69, 93, 100, 131, 148Between schools and other organizations 55,

93, 109, 111, 121, 128, 155Multisector 69

Collective Bargaining 1, 9, 136, 137Educational policy trust agreements 139

College-School Cooperation 14, 20, 22, 48, 130,154, 163

CollegesAdmission standards and school reform 113

Communications 122, 151Crisis manual 122to Diverse audiences 122Media relations 122

CommunityAdvisory councils 105Coalitions 25, 144Coordination of resources to serve disadvan-

taged children 37Criticism of school change 1, 8Relations 122School development 5Support for dropout prevention 112Support for schools 55, 84, 122, 144Sce also School-Community Relationship

Community Education 1, 48, 105Administration 80, 105Marketing of 105Policy-making 80Restructuring and 105State planning 80

Community Involvement 1, 36, 52, 55, 74, 81,84, 100, 105, 125, 126, 129, 144

Essential schools 5Partnerships with family and school, federal

and state government role 36Public education funds 144State planning 80Support systems for education of Puerto

Rican children 36

Community Planning 80

Community SchoolsAdministration 105

Community Service 48, 93. 109in Arizona 83Link with at-risk education 83Rural areas 48

Compensatory Education 83. 123, 154in Rural schools 155Student rights 24See also Chapter 1 Programs (ECIA)

Competency-Based Education 1, 151

Competency Testingof Administrators 66

Computer-Assisted Instruction 79

Computer Literacy 79

Computer-Managed Instruction 79

Computers 79in Curriculum development 152Equity issues 103Management applications 75Software/hardware selection 57, 79See also Microcomputers

Confidentialityin Interagency collaboration 55

Conflict Management 35, 81, 153Groups 25Strategies 119

Contracting (for School Services) 143, 145

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ContractsHandbook 9

Cooperative Learning 58, 81Alternative to tracking and ability grouping

109Groups 119Math classes 130

Core Curriculum 20, 86

Corporal Punishment 116

Cost Analysis 43Programs for 43Problem learners 156

Cost EffectivenessReading Recovery 58Services for disabled students 43Year-round education 88

CouncilsConduct of productive meetings 102School site 131

Court Cases 76Ability/achievement groupings 24Racially disparate school discipline 24Religion in schools 39School district defense against civil rights

suits 121State systems of school finance 24, 33, 55,

66, 121

CourtsRole in school finance reform 44School officials and 58

Creativity 17

Crime Prevention 123

Crisis Management 121, 122, 138

Curriculum 7, 8, 23, 54, 67, 75, 81, 128, 137,139, 142, 144, 147, 151

Accelerated schools 96Analysis 56Challenges to, in Indiana 66Child safety 123Core 20Design 141Innovation, restructuring through 23, 138Integration of 5, 8, 126Intradisciplinary 16Management 136Middle schools 94, 115Planning 64

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Relation to organizational structure 141Restructuring 98Studies 11Systemic reform 8, 113Thinking-centered 12Unified 16

Curriculum Development 4, 14, 50, 64, 87. 94,107, 130, 141

Computers in 152Independent schools 71

Custodial Methods 9

Data Processing 9

Day CareSchool based 110

Decentralizationand Policy design 44Strategies 43

Decision-Making 13, 26, 82, 107Collaborative 16, 81, 163Data-based 28Effects of participation by students 32Ethical 130Managerial 17Participatory 153School finance 52Shared 21, 28, 81, 131Site-based 6, 21, 28, 131Strategies 25by Teachers, effects of accelerated schools on

96

Declining Enrollment 1

Demography 139, 160Identification of trends and issues through

changes in 69Influences on American education 58

Desegregation, see School Desegregation

Developing NationsEducation and employment in 77

Disabled Students. see Special Education Students

Disadvantaged ChildrenEducation of 156Environmental influences on instruction of

156Helped by elementary school restructuring 32Served by coordination of community re-

sources 375953

Discipline 1Aggression replacement training 130Prevention 94Racially disparate 24Schoolwide 60State law challenges to 24Student rights 24See also Classroom Discipline

DisseminationNational efforts 125

Distance Learning 114, 131Interactive television for 121New technology 106Primer for school administrators 81

Diversity 16, 61, 125, 130. 146in Classrooms 148, 155, 163Cultural and linguistic, appreciation of 35Cultural and linguistic, improvement of

programs for students 61Leadership 17in Organizations 17Parent outreach 119School responses to 100Student 12

Downsizing 17, 24

Dropout Prevention 112, 139Community support for 112Districtwide program 109Effective strategies 109Essential program elements 112Partnerships for 109Principals' role 109Role of family literacy 109

Dropout Rates 52Problems in calculating and comparing 58

DropoutsRetrieving of 83

Drug Abuse 155Effect on student failure 128Prevention 123Programs 6School-social services collaboration 60

Drug Education 110, 128, 129, 155

Due ProcessStudent rights 24

Early Childhood Education 95, 128, 146Quality in 111Sex equity 103Support for families 61

Early Intervention 24, 128Elementary schools 58Legal requirements 24Parents' rights to privacy 24State policies 128

Economic Development 87

Education-Work Relationship 43, 48, 87, 93, 99,101, 129

At-risk students 109Developing countries 77Labor market 69, 101School-work transition 32State initiatives 48See also Transition to Work, Work Force Skills

Educational Administration 41, 54, 58, 82, 158Professoriate 158See also Administration, Management, School

Administration

Educational Assessment 1, 7, 12, 28, 29, 34, 48,53, 81, 84, 118, 125, 128, 129, 130, 146,148, 160

Accelerated schools 96Alternative 6, 8, 16, 34, 128Authentic 98, 119of Curriculum integration 126Estimating costs and benefits 34Even Start program 140Independent schools 71Linking local-state-national 53Performance-based 5, 8, 16, 20, 66Policy on 34, 113Portfolios 61, 119Special education 53State programs 46Student achievement 70Student outcomes 81Students with limited-English proficiency 48,

53Use of data 34Use of new information technologies for 34See also Evaluation, Needs Assessment

Educational Change 12, 132, 135Community criticism 1in Indonesia 77Process 125, 146Rural schools 146Systemic 81See also Change, Change Agents, School

Change

Educational Development 23Educational Environments

Tennessee schools 28See also Learning Environment

Educational Equity (Finance) 43, 60, 83Illinois 33See also Equity,Sex Equity

Educational Facilities, see Facilities

Educational Finance 7, 9, 33, 48, 138Costs 77Equity 33, 43, 60Illinois 33Legal challenges 24Legislation 33Litigation 66Management of 38Policy trends 43Politics of, Illinois 33Reform 43Reform, role of education-productivity re-

search 43Rural education, in Africa 41School construction 11State role 24See also School Finance

Educatirinal Goals 125, 146Information needs for setting 53National 113, 136

Educational Improvement 84, 99

Educational Indicators 29, 48, 73Development of 28, 34Development of, in metropolitan districts 61National urban education goals 50State, analysis of 48of System performance 61Use of 28

Educational Management 58, 60, 69Private schools 45See also Management

Educational MediaEvaluation 57

Educational Planning 75, 77, 156Rural education, in Africa 41See also Facility Planning, Planning

Educational Policy 6, 69, 113, 125, 128, 130,145, 146

Designing coherent 44Implementation 113Planning 68Reference manual 121See also Policy, Policy Formation

Educational Quality 1Content standards 24See also Total Quality Management

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Educational Reform see School Reform, SystemicSchool Reform

Educational Research 3. 10in Latin America 77See also Research

Educational Technology 6, 61, 84, 95, 103, 125,126, 129. 146, 152, 156

Applications 152, 156Equity in 42Evaluation 57Improving student performance through 48Innovative uses of 112Instruction 152and Teachers 121Use of 81, 83See also Educational Media

Effective Schools 23, 52, 156Characteristics 28Decentralization strategies 43Leadership 158Programs for high school students with

handicaps 47Role of principal 1Through total quality management 28See also School Effectiveness

Elementary Education 90

Elementary SchoolsAdministration 90Early intervention in 58Restructuring 98Standards for 90Study of a school, in Arizona 83Ungraded 6Urban, family partnerships in 36Urban, teacher practice of parent involvement

36

Employee Relations 136

Employment and Education, see Education WorkRelationship

Energy 1Use in school buildings 79

EnrollmentDeclining 1Open 83, 110

Equal Education 44, 53

Equipment

Purchasing guidelines 9

6155

Equity 42, 48, 81, 125, 162Agenda for school restructuring 98and Computers 103Effects of school restructuring on 37Parent involvement 74as Policy 103and Religion 103and Teacher preparation 103See also Educational Equity (Finance), Sex

Equity

EthnographyDocumentation of school reform 5

Evaluation 8, 23, 29, 34, 67, 75, 93,107,128, 142,155

External, of outcomes 83Methods 156Organizational performance 25Personnel 1, 29of Principals 60Program 1, 18, 29of School-business partnership programs 83,

93Tools 29Utah schools 160See also Educational Assessment, Needs

Assessment, Program Evaluation

ExhibitionsStudent 5

Extracurricular Activities 9

Facilities 9. 49, 50, 60, 147Appraisal 49Audits 70Building capacity 96Community use of 105Computer guide 49Construction 11Deferred maintenance 1Effects on student learning 60Energy use 79Evaluation 18Maintenance 9Management 137Operation 9Shared 31Washington State 73

Facility Planning 9, 49, 137

FailureCost of 83Effect of drug and alcohol use 128Prevention 32See also Retention in Grade

Families 53Adult-youth relationships 81At-risk, and schools 60Puerto Rican, and school achievement 36Strategies by which are informed about

school choice 36Support for 61. 83

Family Education 128Literacy for dropout prevention 109for Low-income mothers 36

Family Involvement 16, 35, 36, 93, 100, 133Middle schools 115, 119See also Parent Participation

Family-School Relationship 1, 6, 22, 32, 35, 36,48. 60, 78, 142

Communications 35Role of state and federal governments 36Teacher action research 74in Urban elementary and middle schools 36

Family ServicesLinked with schools 100

Federal Legislation 50

Federal Programs 9Administration of 91Block grants 156

Federal RegulationHome study education 114

Federal Rolein Education 99Impact on school improvement 156Promotion of family-school-community

partnerships 36in Work force training 99

Federal-State Relationship 43, 48

Filing 89

First AmendmentReligious freedom 39, 56

Food Service 9

Fringe Benefits 38Survey of 58

Fundamental SchoolLongitudinal study 58

Gangs 123Response of schools 131

Gender Issues 103Males 103Superintendency 117Young adolescents 103

Gifted, Programs forAdministration 47

Global Education 94

GoalsEssential schools 5Organizational 25

Goal-Setting 89

Governance 144, 151Alternatives, school and district 143Collaborative 16of Local schools, Indiana 66Nontraditional 20Public schools 69State structures 66

Grade OrganizationNongraded primary 6, 60Nongraded school 8

GrantsHandbook 9Principal's guide 90

Grantseeking 1, 80, 93

Group Processes 118, 119

Head StartPublic school transition project, Arizona 83

HealthSchool-family ties 22

Health Education 95Sex equity 103State policies for 95

Health ServicesRelationship with education 69, 93

High Schools 8, 23Changes in course taking 44Low-Income, upgrading math instruction 44Organizational and social context 30Programs serving students with handicaps 47Restructuring 119, 146, 161Urban, improvement of 148See also Secondary Schools

56 62

Home Instruction 114Accreditation of 114Legislation 66Management of 114Regulation of 114Summertime, effect of home-learning packets

36

Home-School Relationship, see Family-SchoolRelationship

Homeless Students 24Legal rights 24

HomeworkInteractive 32Parent guide 70

Humanities 48, 86

Human Relations 67, 89

Human Resource Systems 17, 99Mental health teams 163

Immigrants 36, 104Improving education for 104Right of access to public schools 104

Incentives 109Teacher motivation 44

Inclusion 24, 95, 100, 126, 130

Independent Schools, see Private Schools

Indian Education 129

Indicators, see Educational Indicators

InductionLeaders 19Principals 60

Information Management 25, 48

Information Utilization 108, 141

InnovationAdoption, through organizational development

32Diffusion 108Programs 17

Inservice Education 122, 136, 151Administrators 19, 68See also Leadership Development, Professional

Development, Staff Development6,.

57

Instruction 54, 67, 81, 128Accelerated schools 96Culturally sensitive 58Effective 61Heterogeneous groups 119for Poor children 156See also Computer-Assisted Instruction,

Computer-Managed Instruction

Instructional Improvement 68, 119

Instructional Leadership 12, 75, 94, 131Development of 100Special education 47Staff development. 21

Instructional Management 1Special populations 156

Instructional Policy 44

Instructional Processes 118Effects on student learning 32to Improve student achievement and race

relations 32Independent schools 71to Teach al: children 59Teaming 100

Instructional Strategies 118of Teachers, effects of accelerated schools on

96

Instructional SystemsApplications of computers 152

Interdisciplinary Programs 86, 119Restructuring for 94

International Education 48, 94

Internet 132

Internships 139

Knowledge Utilization, see Information Utilization

Labor Relations 139

Law, see School Law

Leadership 6, 8, 13, 14, 15, 17, 23, 60, 81, 89,107, 125, 126, 131, 154

Characteristics, assessment of 17Creativity 17Diversity 17Effective schools 158Entrepreneurial 17Impact of 17

Measures of 17Moral imperatives of 117Participatory 26Principals 142and School climate 28School climate improvement 40and School restructuring 37Selection 27and Student motivation 60Training 117, 148Transformational 60, 135Urban schools 158Vision 131

Leadership Development 12. 14, 17, 19, 27, 40,51, 60, 69, 93, 117, 132, 142, 158

Assessmmt instruments 17Mentoring 19for Restructuring schools 94School system simulation 28Special education 47for Students 119Tailored programs 21for Teachers 119

Leadership Skills 38Performance-based inventory of 90

Leadership Styles 1

Learning 6, 8, 38, 77, 118, 154Active 16, 119Communities 111Cooperative 42in Culturally diverse classrooms 155and Culturally sensitive instruction 58Effects of deteriorating school facilities on 60Effects of instructional processes on 32Effects of organizational and social contexts

on 30, 118Effects of poverty on 60Improvement of 135Influence of families, schools, and communi-

ties on 36Integrated learning system 121Knowledge structures for 118Personalized 5Preschoolers' readiness 18Principles 12Skills 94by Students of different interests 32Teaching effective strategies 23, 59See also Academic Achievement

Learning Centers 62

Learning Environment 30, 84, 118, 146Adaptive 100Effect on student commitment 32Improvement through use of advanced

technologies 112

LegislationEffect on education 90, 127School fmance 33See also Federal Legislation, State Legislation

Limited-English Proficiency 32, 53, 61Student assessment and monitoring 48Student rights 24

Literacy 129for Dropout prevention 109Policy 141

Magnet SchoolsImplications for school choice policies 161in Montclair. New Jersey 53Reactions to 161

Management 151of Crisis 121, 122of Databases 130High performance 84Participatory 83Productivity 25Results-centered 26Skills 87for Student success 65Techniques 9Total quality 1, 8, 60, 70See also Administration, Educational Admini-

stration, Educational Management

Management Teams 25, 84

Mastery Learning 135

Mathematics Education 95Equity in 42Instruction in low-income high schools 44

MediaRelations 1, 122See also Educational Media

MentoringAt-risk youth 109in Change 8Leaders 19Principals 142School-based programs 93Training guide 146

Merit Pay 1

MicrocomputersAdministrative uses 9in Education and training 152

58 64

Middle Schools 6, 8, 23, 32, 90, 115, 119,Accelerated 96Administration 90Effects of summer home learning packets 36Evaluation 119Implementation 140National survey of 94, 119Obstacles to restructuring in 98Organization of 115Philosophy 140Reform of 61Reorganization of 94Resource guide 119Restructuring 98, 119Standards for 90Urban, teacher practices of parent involve-

ment 36

Minority GroupsAchievement 32, 36, 55Black educators 85Education of 154Educators 141Independent schools serving 71Recruitment for teacher education 23, 55Representation in administration 1See also Immigrants

MothersLow-income, family education for 36See also Childbearing

Motivation 1, 81At-risk students 119Student 60, 131Students, effect of learning environment on

32

Multicultural Education 8, 14, 23, 32, 38, 42, 92,95, 104, 130, 155, 163

Gender issues 103

Needs Assessment 107Testing 156

News Media 1

Nutrition Management 9

Office Management 9, 89

Office Personnel 89

Opinion PollsEducators 58

Organization 23Accountability 25Performance 25 65

59

Organizational Change 21, 107

Organizational Design 25

Organizational Development 21, 67. 117. 130,135. 157

Process for adopting innovations 32

Organizational Effectiveness 25

Organizational StructureRelation to curriculum and teaching 141Small unit 100

OrganizationsCost reduction 25

Outcome-Based Education 60, 119

Outward Bound ProgramTotal quality management 28

Paraprofessionals 120Skills and competencies 120Training 120

Parent Participation 6, 23, 42, 52, 74, 78, 81, 93,104, 107, 110, 122, 133, 134, 163

Chapter 1 programs 24Cultural diversity 119Custodial and noncustodial 110Effects on children's schoolwork 32Guides for 70Interactive homework 32Litigation to secure school choice 72Partners with educators 31, 74, 93Practices of teachers, effects on student

achievement 36Resources, guide to 48Rights to privacy in early intervention 24School restructuring 128See also Family Involvement

ParentsAssistance for 134Parent education 151State policies enabling 106Support for vouchers, school choice 145as Viewed by principals 74Workshops for 78

Parochial Schools. see Private Schools

Partnerships 36, 93, 132for Dropout prevention 109Public-private 145for Restructuring schools 84, 93See also School Business Partnerships

Pension SystemsEarly retirement 60

Performance-Based Assessment 5, 16, 20, 128

Personnel 137, 160Development 130Involvement in schools 43, 122Policies 159Selection 75See also Administrators, School Personnel,

Teachers

Personnel Evaluation 1, 27, 29, 136, 151Utah 160

Personnel Management 9, 136

PlanningBudgeting time for 16Budgets 159Data-based 28Educational programs 156Facilities 9Long-range 137Management 27New schools 63School-based 21, 28School improvement 155Strategic 26, 81Systems 25See also Community Planning, Educational

Planning, Facility Planning, SchoolPlanninq

PolicyEquity 103for Investing in youth 113Issues 142Market-oriented 144Options to restructure education 55Reading and literacy 141Reform 95School restructuring 98State education reform 140Support and coordination 61Teacher 141See also School Policy

Policy Analysis 100, 139, 140, 160, 162Concept formation in 140

Policy Formation 13, 25, 67, 76, 82, 132, 136,151

Community education 80Guides for administrators and board mem-

bers 110Research 139See also School Policy

Policy Research 133, 139, 140, 141, 160

Politics of Education 82Literacy 55School fmance 43

PortfoliosAssessment 61Student 61

PovertyAcademic challenge for children 156and Learning 60Massachusetts, education reform and chil-

dren 24

Power 13

Preschool Educationin the West 77

Presentation Skills 1

Primary Education 77Teaching and learning strategies in Lesotho

77Policy studies in Thailand 77

PrincipalsAssessment 60Assistant 23, 94Begizming 60Certification 117Chicago 52Competencies 17, 117Elementary school 90Guide to grant success 90Guide to school-based management 102Handbook 64Leadership role 52Performance-based preparation 94Preparation programs 28, 117Professional development 20, 117, 142Proficiencies for 90, 117Recruitment 60, 63Role in dropout prevention 109Salary schedules 58Selection 60, 63as Special-education instructional leaders 47State licensure 117Training 60, 90, 117Use of student assessment data 34Views of parent involvement 74

Principal's Role 6Changing school 5Effective school 1

60 6 6

PrincipalshipState policy 55

Private Schools 45, 92Curriculum 92Financial planning 92Gender equity 92Government funding 56Interpretation of tax laws 92Management 45Marketing 92Minorities 45. 71Selection of leaders 92

Private SectorCoalitions 66Education role 156Operation of schools 143, 145Partnerships with public schools 145

Problem-Based Learning 60

Problem Solving 15, 107

Productivity 43Application of business management prin-

ciples to schools 87of Management 25Microanalysis of 43Models 28

Professional Development 1, 5, 6, 35, 59, 61, 78,89, 112, 125, 127, 128, 130, 146, 148,158, 159

of Administrators 146Casebook development 61Independent schools 92Principals, in special education 47Research on, role in educational finance

reform 43and Restructuring 98School board members 14School business managers 9, 14School leaders 12, 14, 20, 75, 117Supported by teacher evaluation 155See also Inservice Education, Staff Develop-

ment

Professional Development SchoolsFinancing 22Governance 22

Professional Negotiations, see Collective Bargaining

Program Evaluation 1, 4, 18, 25, 27, 34, 53, 73,81, 130, 141

Dropout prevention 109Informal, tools and techniques for 119Special education 47

6 761

ProgramsCategorical 100

Property Management 9, 99

Public PolicyEducation of students with handicaps 52Well-being of children 141

Public Relations 89, 122Workshop kit for school secretaries 122

Public Support 55, 84Local education funds 144for School reform 113, 122

Puerto Rican FamiliesCommunity support systems for education of

children 36in United States, school achievement 36

PurchasingCooperative 127Guidelines 9Management 9

Race Relations 42Instructional processes to improve 32

Reading InstructionParent guide 70Policy 141Reading Recovery, analysis of 58

Records Management 89

RecruitmentPrincipals 60, 63Prospective teachers 23Teachers 23, 48, 139

Reduction in Force 75

ReferendaBond/budget 122

Reform, see School Reform, Systemic School Reform

Regulations 145

ReligionChristian educators 39in Education 103and Equity 103Religious education 56

Research 3, 4, 46, 67Action research 74, 107, 163Collaborative 70

Collaborative action research 8Cooperative 27Special education 47by Teachers 74. 130, 132See also Educational Research

Research and Development 23

Resource AllocationEffects on valued outcomes 37Impact on education 55

Restructuring. see School Restructuring

Retention in GradeAlternatives to 23, 131At-risk students, Arizona 83Current practice and research evidence 44

RetirementEarly incentives for teachers 60Laws 38

Risk Management 9Programs 131

Rural Education 81, 125, 128, 146in Africa, planning and financing 41Community service in 48

Rural Schools 6Counselors 130Improvement of 61Managing change in 146Partnerships for special-needs students 93Reform 46, 81, 155Remedial education in 155

Safe Schools 123

SalariesAdministrative personnel 150Schedules 58. 159Surveys of 58See also Fringe Benefits

SchedulesFlexible 162Modification of 132

School Administration 137, 156, 158Funds allocated to 58Representation of women and minorities 1

School-Based Management 6, 21, 35, 43, 44, 58,61. 94, 102, 110, 119, 122, 126. 128, 163

Conduct of productive council meetings 102Guide for principals 102Implementation 102

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Information tools for, in low-achieving schools61

Organizing for 8Parent guide to 81Rethinking policy and research on 43and School administrators 9State initiatives 113and Teachers 43

School Boards. see Boards of Education

School Buildings, see Facilities

School Business Management 9, 137

School Buuiness Managers 9Lotus templates for 9Professional development 9, 14

School-Business Relationship 87. 101, 111, 148,155

Application of business management tech-niques to schools 87

Coalitions 69, 93Dropout prevention 109Evaluation of 83Management of 93

School Change 163Dealing with community criticism 8Management of 111Principal's role 5Promotion of 90School context wad 148in South Carolina 153Systemic 21, 149

School Choice 16, 31, 60, 66, 83, 110, 139California 139Economic implications of 66Experiences of Minnesota students 31Finance of 128Litigation for low-income innercity parents 72Magnet school 53, 161Public 55Review of 83Strategies for informing families about 36Vouchers 145Working models of 44

School Climate 60, 130, 131, 135for Change 5Improvement 40, 123Leadership 28. 40for Low-achieving students 148See also School Culture

School Closing 1

68

School-Community Relationship 1, 5, 22, 50, 75,80, 111, 136, 137, 148

Dropout prevention 109Sharing facilities 31

School Culture 12, 15, 60, 130. 131, 133, 135.148

Change 96Changing through staff development 8See also School Climate

School Desegregation 129. 161Effects on minority achievement and later

employment 32Status of 121

School DistrictsAllocation and use of resources 43Alternative governance systems 143Cost 31Defense against civil rights suits 121Early retirement incentive plans 60Mergers 130Organization and management 81, 156Policy-making 121Quality 31Restructuring of 146Shared services 130Size 31Small 157

School Effectiveness 6, 75, 107, 129, 131Labor market performance 101See also Effective Schools

School Environment 77Comprehensive assessment of 94

School Finance 4, 18, 50, 55, 75, 82, 106, 113.131, 137, 144, 160, 162

Bidding 127California 43, 139Cost cutting 121Court challenges 24Decision-making 52Effects of state control on, in California 43Effects of state lotteries on 58Expenditure patterns 55History c f litigation 55Impact of public opinion 106Impact of vouchers 145Litigation 66, 121Minnesota 43Programs 139Public-private partnerships as alternative to

cutbacks 145Reform, role of courts in 44Role of agenda setting 43for School choice 128

63

State role 95Systemic reform in Kentucky 43Texas 43Use of fiscal policy to achieve state education

goals 161Utah, special education 160Washington State 73See also Educational Finance

School Improvement 20, 22, 53, 112Action guide 125for At-risk students 61in Chicago 52Comprehensive 155Continuous 1Councils 6Decision-making 28Implementation 68Means of measuring 32Models 28Planning 28, 68Plannhig procedures 155Process 68, 70, 132Simulation game 125Small, rural 61State role 156

School Law 7, 24, 38, 75. 76, 116. 121, 137AIDS policies 116Business management 9Church and state 39Corporal punishment 116Drug and alcohol abuse 116Employment issues 138Establishment clause 39Home schooling 66North Carolina 76Parent rights 74Preemployment process 116Pupil transportation 116Pennsylvania 136Religion 39School district defense against civil rights

suits 121Sexual harassment 116Special education 24, 116Sports 116Student rights 24Teacher evaluation 116, 160

School Organization 4, 37, 60, 81, 82, 130, 156,160

Clustering 81Effects on peer relationships 32New structures of 83

School Personnel 147Certification requirements 64Evaluation 29

Staffing ratios 58See also Personnel, Teachers

School Planning 163

School Policy 60, 95National trends 110Reform issues 83Recommendations for improving secondary

education 30See also Policy, Policy Analysis, Policy Forma-

tion

School Readiness 1, 113Family support 106and Private sector 106

School Reform 4, 5, 6, 15, 16, 22. 23, 26, 31, 42,53, 55, 95, 96, 107, 112, 118, 121,145,158

Alternative governance systems 143in Arizona 83Business involvement in 143in Chicago 52, 128Climate for professional development 98and College admission standards 113Electronic tools for 128Essential schools 5Guide to initiatives 58Impact of 161and Labor relations 139in Massachusetts, poor children 24Middle schools 61Overcoming barriers to 113Partnerships for 93Policy issues 83, 113Principal competencies for 17Private-sector coalitions, statewide 66Problems of implementing 161Public support for 113. 122Rural schools 46, 81, 155and Teacher education 55Through family involvement 133Urban education 143in Washington State 44See also Restructuring Schools

School Report CardsAnalysis of 29

School Restructuring 1, 4, 8, 15, 26, 32, 37, 55,60, 61, 65, 69, 83, 84, 98, 99, 100, 104,119, 125, 139, 148, 153, 156, 158

Arizona legislative initiative 83for At-risk students 48, 109Barriers to 83, 98, 155Case studies 153Communicating about 55Community education process 80, 105

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Consumer's guide 55for Drug-free schools 128Early lessons in 96Equity agenda for 98Gender equity 103to Help disadvantaged children 32, 36High schools 119, 146, 161Hypercard database of cases 149Leadership development 94for Low-achieving students 148Middle schools 119National practice of 66New agenda for 128Overcoming barriers 1Parent involvement in 128Partnerships for 84, 93Policy 96Policy options 55Professional development and 98School districts 146Special education 47State-level barriers to 155State policies for 106, 113State progress in 113Through curriculum innovation 23, 138Through innovative uses of technology 112Through quality principles 111Through shared decision-making 28, 131Through teacher empowerment 102

SchoolsAlternative 23, 109Budgeting 1Change 5, 90, 102Closing 1Coalitions with businesses 69, 93Collaboration with social-service organiza-

tions 32, 60, 61, 69, 100, 111, 121, 131College cooperation 14, 20, 22, 48, 130, 154,

163Commercialism in 110as Communities 16, 37Community development 5Comprehensive services 83Contextual forces affecting 117Contract management of 143Cost 31Curriculum integration 5Discipline 123Empowerment of 133, 163Essential schools 5Evaluation criteria 64Evaluation models 29Excellence in 102Governance 69Inclusive 95Integrated human services in 32Leadership 4Learner centered 98

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Marketing 122Models of productivity 28Modification of schedules 132as Organizations 163Peak performance 102Personalized 16Planning 63Quality 1, 31Quality management 1Reform 5Rural 6Self-renewing 8Size 31Small 21Small unit 100Social and political context 13, 30, 32Society and 8Support for 55, 84, 122, 131Use of ethnography to document reform

efforts 5See also Community Schools, Elementary

Schools. High Schools, Midd lp Schools,Private Schools, Secondary Schools

Science Education 95Equity in 42Reform 130

Secondary Education 94

Secondary Schools 94Restructuring 98Systems approach to development 146Work force preparedness efforts 155See also High Schools

Self-EsteemKey to student success 109Parent guide 70

Sex Equity 103Administrators 117in Independent schools 92See also Gender Issues

Sexual AbuseRole of schools in child 131

Sexual Harassment 23, 42, 60, 116, 138Defense against claims of 121Prevention 103, 121

Sexual Orientation 103

SimulationsSchool improvement 125of School systems, for leaders 28 71

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Site-Based Decision-Making, see School-BasedManagement

Social Context 13, 117, 118Natural support systems for education of

Puerto Rican children 36

Social IssuesEffect on children's achievement 90

Social-Service Organizations 84Collaboration with schools 32, 55, 60, 93,

100, 131

Speaking Skills 1

Special Education 4Administration 47Americans with Disabilities Act 121Classification practices 52Effectiveness indicators 47Expenditures 145Finance, in Utah 160Future agenda 47Interface with regular education 47Legal issues 116Management 156National longitudinal transition study 156Program evaluation 47Reform 95Role of paraprofessionals 120Services 160Utah's funding formula 160

Special Education AdministratorsDistrict-level, evaluation of 47

Special Education StudentsAffected by institutional practices 53Classification 52Cost and delivery tradeoffs in providing

educational services for 43Programs in effective high schools 47Public policy 52Rights 24, 104Rural. partnerships for 93

SportsLegal aspects 116

Staff, see Personnel, School Personnel, Teachers

Staff Development 20, 21, 27, 70, 75, 79, 87, 103,121, 122, 130, 139. 163

to Change school culture 8for Paraprofessionals 120Planning of 60See also Inservice Education, Professional

Development

Standards 5, 55, 84, 98, 99, 125, 146for Elementary and middle schools 90Child-care 23for Learner-centered schools 98National 53Opportunity-to-learn 113School delivery 113State initiatives 113for State licensure of principals 117Student performance 60, 131Vocational education programs 24

State AgenciesDirectory of 48Training of paraprofessionals 120

State Boards of Education 95

State Departments of EducationCommunity education 80Reorganization 6

State Education GoalsUse of fiscal policy to achieve 161

State Education Governance 66Indiana 66

State Education Policy 48, 60, 81, 106Assessment of 113Barriers to school restructuring 155Coherence 55Early intervention for at-risk youth 128Enabling of parents 106HIV education and school health 95and Local diversity 44and National initiatives 43Relationship to local policy 6School administrators 113School principalship 55School restructuring 106

State Education ReformArizona, to restructure education 83Massachusetts 24Private-sector coalitions 66Redesign of service delivery 128Social policy considerations in 140Strategies for achieving National Education

Goals 113Washington State 44

State Legislation 106Arizona, to support at-risk students 83Barriers to school restructuring 155Challenges to school discipline 24Massachusetts 24

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State ProgramsEducational assessment 46Pension systems 60Testing 140

State Regulation 56Barriers to school restructuring 155Deregulation of schools 44Effects on school finance in California 43Home study education 114Licensure of principals 117Takeover of schools 44

State Rolein Alternative assessment 34Community education 80Educational finance 95Educational finance, state challenges to 24Finance of special education, in Utah 160Funding independent schools 56Impact on school improvement 156Initiatives for school and the workplace 48Promotion of family-school-community

partnerships 36Systemic education reform 113

State/School CooperationEssential schools 5

Student Achievement, see Academic Achievement

Student Activities 9

Student Rights 24Discipline 24

StudentsAbility to learn 59Alternatives to retention 23Assessment 8, 34, 70Attendance 60Attending a fundamental school 58Attitudes needed to succeed 78Classroom delivery systems for 119Collaboration 48Connection to school community 12Decent behavior 5Discipline of 1, 123Disruptive 47Diversity 12Effect of learning environment on apathy vs.

commitment 32Effects of alternative assessments on 34as Entrepreneurs 31Exhibitions 5Leadership development 119Limited-English-proficiency 12, 24, 32Mastery of essential skills 5Motivation 32, 60, 119, 131

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Participation in decision-making 32Peer relationships, effects of school organiza-

tion 32Peer tutoring 60Performance 53Performance-based assessments 5Performance standards 60, 131Portfolios 61Relationship with teachers 77Resiliency 95, 100Success 65Suicide 60Transportation 9See also At-Risk Students, Homeless Students,

Special Education Students

Study Skills 94

Substance AbusePolicy 60School-social services collaboration 60See also Alcohol Abuse, Drug Abuse

SuicidePrevention 123Youth 60

Superintendency 75

Superintendents 1Board relationship 69, 136, 141, 151Evaluation 58Handbook 64Professional standards 1

Supervision 8, 107, 137, 142Clinical 68of Instruction 94Peer 68of Teachers 130in Transition 8

SuppliesManagement of 9Purchasing guidelines 9

SurveysLegal implications 62Student extracurricular and health-related 4

Systemic Reform 6, 44, 130, 148, 149, 163Change process 81Curriculum frameworks for 8School change 21and School finance reform, in Kentucky 43State initiative 113

TaxesNew Hampshire 18School construction 11

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Teacher AssessmentSelf-assessment 29in Texas 25

Teacher DismissalDocumentation system for 116

Teacher Education 35, 48, 55, 78, 130, 139, 146and Equity 103Independent schools 71Middle schools 115Recruitment of people of color 23Renewal 22, 153and School reform 55

Teacher Effectiveness 112Productivity 43

Teacher Evaluation 14, 29Glossary 29Legal aspects 116, 160Self-assessment model 29Support for professional growth 155

Teacher Recruitment 23, 48People of color 23Urban schools 139

TeachersAbsenteeism 136Action research on family-school relationship

74Attitudes 6Beginning 8, 148Beginning, self-assessment 29Beginning, standards for licensing 48Certification 6, 154, 161Change 5Coaching of other teachers 5Collaboration between regular and special

education 47Competency 1Constraints on classroom effectiveness 66Decision-making, effects of accelerated

schools on 96Effects of alternative assessments on 34Empowerment 44, 75, 96, 102of Ethnolinguistically diverse students 61Extra pay for extra duties 58Improvement 95 130Incentives 160Induction 94Instructional strategies, effects of accelerated

schools on 96Leadership development 119, 158Licensure 95Middle school 94Minorities 55, 141Motivation, and school incentives 44

New roles for 155Partnerships with parents 74Policies 141Practices of parent involvement, effects on

student achievement 36Practices of parent involvement in innercity

elementary and middle schools 36Productivity 43Professional development 14Professional knowledge, and empowerment 44Professional life, and school restructuring 37Relationship with students 77as Researchers 130Responsibility for students' intellectual

development 59Role in school change 112Salary schedules 58, 150School-based management 43Selection 94Shared decision-making 28Supervision of 130Supervision of paraprofessionals 120Supply and demand 4and Technology 121Time 6

Teaching 6, 8, 38, 154in Culturally diverse classrooms 155with Dimensions of learning 8Effectiveness 107High school, affected by context conditions 30Methods 77Personalized 5Policies on 95, 130Relation to organizational structure 141Styles 94

Team Building 38, 119, 122, 163

Team Work 89, 153Instructional 100

Technology, see Educational Technology

Testing 1, 29, 53, 75Impact 141National 53, 66, 130Statewide 140Student rights 24See also Competency Testing

TestsDevelopment 4Standardized, usefulness of 83Validation 4

TextbooksProduction 64

Thinking Skills 119Rural at-risk students 148Throughout curriculum 1

Timefor Collective Planning 16Teachers 6

Time Management 25, 89

Total Quality Management 1, 8, 60, 70, 102, 111to Achieve outcomes-based education and

effective schools 28Profiles of schools 138

Ttacking 32, 113Alternatives to 42, 109Untracking a school 8

Training 107Federal role 99Microcomputers in 152National strategies 99Paraprofessionals 120Principals 117Private-sector role 156Technology 152

Transformational Leadership 60, 135

Transition to Work 32, 53, 101Youth apprenticeships 48

Transportation 9, 124Redistricting 130

Tutoringfor At-risk students 109Evaluation guide 109Peer and cross-age 60

University-School Cooperation, see College-SchoolCooperation

Urban Education 28, 50, 61, 81, 95, 100, 125,128, 142, 146

National goals 50Reform 143Restructuring 98

Urban School DistrictsDevelopment of indicators of success 61

Urban SchoolsCreating accountability in 98Effectiveness 100High schools 148Improvement 52Leadership 158

68 74

Partnerships with families 36Policy-makers' guide to HIV education 95Resiliency of youth 100Teachers' practices of parent involvement 36

Vandalism 1

Violence 1, 130Prevention of 38, 123, 155Response of schools 131

VisionShared 26

Vocational Education 103, 109, 130Integration with academics 109Standards 24Student rights 24

Volunteer Programs 80, 93

Vouchers 145

Women Administrators 1, 23Preparation materials and audiovisual aids 4Sex equity 117

Work Force Skills 93, 99, 101, 113Preparedness efforts in secondary schools 155Training 53See also Education-Work Relationship, 7'ransi-

tion to Work

Year-Round Schools 6, 23, 60, 88, 110

Youth Service 93

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Geographic Index

Alabama 155Alaska 129Arizona 61.California 12, 25, 61

northern 35Colorado 27, 81Connecticut 126, 146Delaware 148Florida 155Georgia 155Hawaii 132Idaho 129Illinois 33, 52, 75, 128

Chicago 52Indiana 11, 66, 67, 128

central 149north central 159southern 149

Iowa 75, 128Kansas 81Kentucky 6, 140Maine 126, 146Maryland 148Massachusetts 126, 146Michigan 128Minnesota 128

central Minnesota 38Mississippi 155Missouri 81Montana 129Nebraska 81Nevada 61New Hampshire 18, 126, 146New Jersey 148New Mexico 127New York 21, 146

capital area 25, 148North Carolina 76, 155North Dakota 81Ohio 128Oregon 129, 131Pennsylvania 137, 147, 148

Philadelphia 134Rhode Island 126, 146South Carolina 153, 154, 155South Dakota 81Tennessee 6, 161Texas

north central 51northeast 54

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Utah 61, 160Vermont 126, 146Virginia 6, 25, 80, 162Washington 73, 129, 150West Virginia 6Wisconsin 128Wyoming 81

Nation 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 13, 14, 16, 17, 19, 20. 21,22, 23, 24, 25, 26. 27, 28, 29, 30. 31, 32, 33.34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46,47, 48, 50, 52, 53, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 62,63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71. 72, 74, 78,80, 82, 83, 84, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 93, 94,95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104,105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110. 111, 112, 113,117. 118, 119. 120. 121, 122. 123, 124, 125,126, 127, 129, 130, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136,139, 140, 141, 143, 144, 145, 147, 148, 149,151, 153, 155, 156, 157, 158, 160, 161, 162,163

American Samoa 132Australia 10Canada 47, 87Great Britain 87Guam 132International 1, 2, 8, 15, 41, 49, 77, 81. 85. 92,

110, 114, 115, 116, 140, 142, 152Micronesia 132Midwest States 11New England 18, 79Northern Marianas 132Northeastern States 14Puerto Rico 146Republic of the Marshall Islands 132Republic of Palau 132Southeastern States 154, 161, 162Virgin Islands 146Western States 25

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