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    Scaling up success : lessons learned from technology-based educational improvement / Chris Dede, James P. Honan, Laurence C. Peters, editors ; foreword by Ellen Condliffe Lagemann ; sponsoring association, Harvard Graduate School of Education.

    Contributor(s): Dede, Christopher | Honan, James P | Peters, Laurence, 1952- | Harvard University. Graduate School of EducationMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Jossey-Bass education series: Publisher: San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, c2005Edition: 1st edDescription: xv, 265 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN: 0787976598 (alk. paper); 9780787976590 (alk. paper)Subject(s): Educational innovations -- Congresses | Educational technology -- Congresses | Technology transfer -- CongressesDDC classification: 371.33 LOC classification: LB1027 | .S2893 2005Online resources: Table of contents | Contributor biographical information | Publisher description
    Contents:
    Moving from successful local practice to effective state policy : lessons from Union City / by Fred Carrigg, Margaret Honey, and Ron Thorpe -- Dewey goes digital : scaling up constructivist pedagogies and the promise of new technologies / by Martha Stone Wiske and David Perkins -- Adapting innovations to particular contexts of use : a collaborative framework / by Barry J. Fishman -- Designing for scalable educational improvement : processes of inquiry in practice / by Susan R. Goldman -- Scaling up professional development in the United Kingdom, Singapore, and Chile / by Laurence C. Peters -- Technology as Proteus : digital infrastructures that empower scaling up / by Chris Dede and Robert Nelson -- Scaling up data use in classrooms, schools, and districts / by Sam Stringfield, Jeffrey C. Wayman, and Mary E. Yakimowski-Srebnick -- Foundations for success in the great city schools : lessons from some faster-improving districts / by Michael Casserly and Jason C. Snipes -- Scaling up technology-based educational innovations / by Barbara Means and William R. Penuel -- Using dynamic statistics software to critique and improve use of data from high-stakes tests / by Jere Confrey and Katie M. Makar -- Scaling up success : a synthesis of themes and insights / by Chris Dede and James P. Honan.
    Review: "This book focuses on the challenge of integrating technology as part of larger school improvement efforts. If offers valuable insights that will help those trying to scale up any form of improved educational policy or practice." "Drawing from the information presented at a conference sponsored by the Harvard Graduate School of Education and the Mid-Atlantic Regional Technology in Education Consortium, leading educators, researchers, and policymakers, Scaling Up Success translates theory into practice and provides a hands-on resource that clearly describes different models for "scaling up" success. This important resource is filled with illustrative examples of best practices that are grounded in real-life case studies of technology-based educational innovation." "Scaling Up Success offers a much-needed resource for educators, policymakers and leaders who must comply with the mandate to enact research-based practice and will serve as a guide to benefit present and future efforts to strengthening American education."--BOOK JACKET.
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    Includes papers from a conference held March 2003 in Cambridge, Mass.

    Includes bibliographical references and index.

    Moving from successful local practice to effective state policy : lessons from Union City / by Fred Carrigg, Margaret Honey, and Ron Thorpe -- Dewey goes digital : scaling up constructivist pedagogies and the promise of new technologies / by Martha Stone Wiske and David Perkins -- Adapting innovations to particular contexts of use : a collaborative framework / by Barry J. Fishman -- Designing for scalable educational improvement : processes of inquiry in practice / by Susan R. Goldman -- Scaling up professional development in the United Kingdom, Singapore, and Chile / by Laurence C. Peters -- Technology as Proteus : digital infrastructures that empower scaling up / by Chris Dede and Robert Nelson -- Scaling up data use in classrooms, schools, and districts / by Sam Stringfield, Jeffrey C. Wayman, and Mary E. Yakimowski-Srebnick -- Foundations for success in the great city schools : lessons from some faster-improving districts / by Michael Casserly and Jason C. Snipes -- Scaling up technology-based educational innovations / by Barbara Means and William R. Penuel -- Using dynamic statistics software to critique and improve use of data from high-stakes tests / by Jere Confrey and Katie M. Makar -- Scaling up success : a synthesis of themes and insights / by Chris Dede and James P. Honan.

    "This book focuses on the challenge of integrating technology as part of larger school improvement efforts. If offers valuable insights that will help those trying to scale up any form of improved educational policy or practice." "Drawing from the information presented at a conference sponsored by the Harvard Graduate School of Education and the Mid-Atlantic Regional Technology in Education Consortium, leading educators, researchers, and policymakers, Scaling Up Success translates theory into practice and provides a hands-on resource that clearly describes different models for "scaling up" success. This important resource is filled with illustrative examples of best practices that are grounded in real-life case studies of technology-based educational innovation." "Scaling Up Success offers a much-needed resource for educators, policymakers and leaders who must comply with the mandate to enact research-based practice and will serve as a guide to benefit present and future efforts to strengthening American education."--BOOK JACKET.

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