The Dilemmas of Educational Reform
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Title
The Dilemmas of Educational Reform
Abstract/Description
The environment of U.S. schools has changed dramatically over a quarter century as standards tied to test-based accountability and market competition became commonplace. We examine the issues that school systems face in this changing environment, to identify considerations for researchers interested in reform as educational system building. We highlight a central dilemma: Systems manage environmental pressures to become more coherent enterprises that focus on tested outcomes while managing the inherited differentiated organizations and environmental pressures which support these enterprises. We identify four activity domains that are defined by these competing pressure: consensus on outcomes; infrastructure to connect outcomes with instruction; recruitment that is aligned with outcomes; and competing environmental pressures.
Date
In publication
Volume
47
Issue
3
Pages
204–212
Background/context type
Conceptual
Historical
IRE Approach/Concept
Peer reviewed
Yes
Citation
Cohen, D. K., Spillane, J. P., & Peurach, D. J. (2018). The Dilemmas of Educational Reform. Educational Researcher, 47(3), 204–212. https://doi.org/10.3102/0013189X17743488
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| Title | Alternate label | Class |
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 From Mass Schooling to Education Systems: Changing Patterns in the Organization and Management of Instruction |
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