Improving School Performance

Correlates of Successful Implementation and School Change: An Annotated Bibliography (2000)
This bibliography contains valuable references pertaining to the topics of change and implementation in schools, as used in the development of a survey instrument by SEDL's "Comprehensive School Reform Demonstration" project.

Professional Learning Communities: An Ongoing Exploration (2000)
This book reviews the five dimensions along which a school staff must operate to develop a professional learning community and discusses the role such a community plays in school reform.

Annotated Bibliography of Resources: for educational reform, coherent teaching practice, and improved student learning (1999)
This database of reference materials provides resources for professionals to utilize in developing an understanding of issues related to educational reform, coherent teaching practice, and improved student learning.

Rural Students at Risk in Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas (1995)
This monograph reviews the evolution of the term "at risk," and synthesizes research, data, and the literature on at-risk students in rural and small schools.