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IAP BOOK SERIES


Research in Educational Policy: Local, National, and Global Perspectives


Education is high on the policy agenda in nations around the world. The quality of human capital constitutes a primary driving force in the global system. Professional associations, businesses, think tanks, and other interest groups are developing strategies to transform teacher recruitment and training, improve school management, and expand parental choice. These policy redirections, however, often occur in the absence of research-based knowledge. Research findings can provide useful guide to the current policy debate on school reform and innovation. New models of intervention can be empirically examined by third parties who are neither program consumers nor designers. Researchers can also develop creative tools that would allow for longitudinal assessment of the value-added performance of students and teachers. This book series is devoted to the systematic study of education policy and school governance at the local, national, and global levels. Topics addressed include (1) education governance and management in a multi-layered policy organization, (2) the school?s relations with the family, markets, civil society, technological forces, class and social stratification, and other institutions, (3) the way instructional and schooling services are delivered to students in different national and local settings, and (4) alternative strategies to improve accountability and outcome based performance.


Cross-national Information and Communication

Technology Policy and Practices in Education
Edited by Tjeerd Plomp, University of Twente; Ronald E. Anderson, University of Minnesota; Nancy Law, University of Hong Kong and Andreas Quale, University of Oslo, Norway

Cross-National Information and Communication Technology Policies and Practices in Education

(Revised Second Edition)
Edited by Tjeerd Plomp, University of Twente; Ronald E. Anderson, University of Minnesota; Nancy Law, University of Hong Kong and Andreas Quale, University of Oslo, Norway

Improving Results for Children and Families

Linking Collaborative Services with School Reform Efforts
Edited by Margaret C. Wang, Temple University and William Lowe Boyd, Pennsylvania St. University

Partnering for Progress

Boston University, the Chelsea Public Schools, and Twenty Years of Urban Education Reform
Edited by Cara Stillings Candal, Boston University

System-wide Efforts to Improve Student Achievement

Edited by Kenneth K. Wong, Brown University and Stacey Rutledge, Florida State University

The Testing Gap

Scientific Trials of Test-Driven School Accountability Systems for Excellence and Equity
By Jaekyung Lee, SUNY Buffalo