Effective Schools – School Effectiveness, 1984-1986

Paper prepared for the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, “School Effectiveness: Reflections and Future Directions,” Lawrence Lezotte, Michigan State University, April 1986; report for Spencerport (Rochester) Central Schools, “Conducting an Effective Schools Program,” May 1984; article reprint, “Effective Schools for the Urban Poor,” by Ronald Edmonds, October 1979; “Effective Schools/School Improvement: The Union Role” (excerpts from article, “School Reform: The District Policy Implications of the Effective Schools Literature,” by Stewart C. Purkey, University of Oregon, and Marshall S. Smith, University of Wisconsin Madison, in Elementary School Journal, January 1985)