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Bringing to Scale Educational Innovation and School Reform: Partnerships in Urban Education


Conference Proceedings
June 26-28, 1997
Co-sponsors are the American Psychological Association
and the Carnegie Corporation of New York
Contributor: The College Board

Sponsored by the APA Committee on Urban Initiatives, the conference was designed to address the specific problem of identifying and making school systems aware of the programs that work and to renew psychology's commitment to educational reform through the development of partnerships with educators from various organizations and government agencies. The report chronicles the conference deliberations, represents the different viewpoints of the conference attendees, and concludes with an agenda for action.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

I.EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
  
II.ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  
III.INTRODUCTION
 
  1. An Urgent Need
  2. Psychology's Potential Contribution
  
IV.SCALING UP
 
  1. Psychology and Education: A Historical Overview
  2. Innovations Worth Scaling Up
  3. Education Evaluation
  4. Knowledge Dissemination
  5. Professional Development/Adult Learning
  6. Diversity Issues in School Reform
  
V.CRITICAL QUESTIONS
  
VI.ACTION AGENDA
  
VII.APPENDIX: CONFERENCE PARTICIPANTS
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