Designing New American Schools
Baseline Observations on Nine Design Teams
This report describes the initial efforts of the New American Schools Development Corporation (NASDC), a private, nonprofit corporation created as part of the America 2000 initiatives to fund the development of new designs for American schools. The report describes the initial NASDC efforts and compares and contrasts the nine designs and their demonstration strategies. It addresses several questions: (1) What are the principal elements of the designs and how do the designs compare and contrast on these elements; (2) what approaches are being used to develop the designs; (3) what factors might affect the teams' ability to demonstrate their designs in the next phase; and (4) what are the implications of these differences for the next and following phases.
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- Pages: 115
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- ISBN/EAN: 0-8330-2323-3
- Document Number: MR-598-NASDC
- Year: 1995
- Series: Monograph Reports
Contents
Chapter One
Introduction
Chapter Two
NASDC's Purpose and History
Chapter Three
RAND's Purpose and Approach
Chapter Four
Designs and Their Characteristics
Chapter Five
Development Strategies and Processes
Chapter Six
Design Team Readiness
Chapter Seven
The Choice of Demonstration Sites
Chapter Eight
Conclusions
Appendix A
Descriptions of Designs
Appendix B
Description of the Sites
References
The research was supported by NASDC. The study was conducted under the auspices of the Institute on Education and Training of the Domestic Research Division of RAND.
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