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Managing More than a Thousand Remodeling Projects: School Restructuring in California
Author: CEP
Publisher: Center on Education Policy
Publication Date: 2008, February
Summary or Abstract: Hundreds of California schools have undergone restructuring as a result of failing to meet No Child Left Behind performance targets. In examining these reform efforts, this study draws several conclusions, including: few schools raised test scores enough to exit the restructuring category; schools added additional strategies beyond federal options to raise student achievement; no single federal restructuring approach stands out as more effective; and factors outside of school appear to hamper student achievement gains.