Designing Coherent Education Policy Improving

Sponsored by the Consortium for Policy Research in EducationShows educators how to coordinate the various elements of policy infrastructure around a new set of ambitious, common goals for what students should know and be able to do.

SUSAN H. FUHRMAN is professor of education policy at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, and director of the Consortium for Policy Research in Education.

Preface
The Editor
The Contributors
The Politics of Coherence
Policy and Practice: The Relations Between Governance and Instruction
The Role of Local School Districts in Instructional Improvement
Systemic Educational Policy: A Conceptual Framework
Student Incentives and Academic Standards: IndepAndent Schools as a Coherent System
New Directions for Early Childhood Care and Education Policy
How the World of Students and Teachers Challenges Policy Coherence
Systemic Reform and Educational Opportunity
Conclusion: Can Policy Lead the Way?
Name Index
Subject Index
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Designing Coherent Education Policy Improving the System

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