Follow-up Study of Rural Schools: Implementing CSR Programs in the Southwest

To determine whether isolated and small rural schools could fully participate in the Comprehensive School Reform (CSR) program, the Southwest Educational Development Laboratory (SEDL) conducted a follow-up CSR study in Fall 2002 and its predecessor study (Carlson, 2000). The follow-up study focused on the same five rural schools featured in the predecessor study to learn the degree to which they were able to fully implement their CSR programs over the three-year period of their respective grants. This Spring 2003 report contains the results of the follow-up study and its implications for providing targeted external funds for the implementation of comprehensive research-based programs.

For more information on Comprehensive School Reform (CSR), please visit:


• SEDL's CSR Web Site

• Follow-up Study of Schools Implementing Comprehensive School Reform in the Southwest

• Case Studies of Rural Schools Implementing Comprehensive School Reform Models