Philanthropy and School Reform [microform] : The Rockefeller Foundation's Role in Disseminating and Evaluating Comer's School Development Program / Marian E. Bass and Marla Ucelli
- Bib ID:
- 5585731
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Bass, Marian E
- Online Version:
- https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED385921
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- Description:
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- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1995
- 10 p.
- Summary:
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This paper describes the Rockefeller Foundation's partnership with the Comer School Development Program (SDP), a dissemination effort aimed at sharing the SDP message and implementation strategies. Foundation support began in 1990 for what was perceived as the most promising and proven schoolwide improvement method for low-income communities. To support dissemination efforts, the Comer Project for Change in Education (CPCE) was created to provide training in SDP program principles and processes. Two new dissemination strategies were launched in 1994: (1) an intensification of the program within three districts, and (2) the creation of three regional development centers. The foundation struggled with questions of how best to evaluate the effectiveness of information dissemination strategies. Because the program was unique in its aim to promote restructuring through dissemination, rather than replication, the focus of the evaluation was on the effectiveness of "how to" videos and partnerships. An external consulting firm was chosen to conduct the evaluation because it recognized the need for flexibility, a key element in program implementation and evaluation. (LMI)
- Notes:
- May also be available online. Address as at 14/8/18: https://eric.ed.gov/
- Reproduction:
- Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive.
- Subject:
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- Educational Improvement
- Educationally Disadvantaged
- Elementary Secondary Education
- Endowment Funds
- Evaluation Methods
- Grants
- Information Dissemination
- Models
- Philanthropic Foundations
- Private Financial Support
- Program Evaluation
- Program Implementation
- Comer School Development Program Rockefeller Foundation
- Genre/Form:
- Reports, Evaluative
- Other authors/contributors:
- Available From:
- ERIC
- Copyright:
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- Publication date:
- 1995
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