Appendix B

FIRST YEAR REPORT

CHAPTER ONE  Overview
CHAPTER TWO  Characteristics of Programs and Strategies
CHAPTER THREE  Classroom Instruction 
CHAPTER FOUR Classroom Instruction as Received in Students' Whole School Day 
CHAPTER FIVE  School-Level Factors for Implementation 
CHAPTER SIX Getting Started 
CHAPTER SEVEN Staff Development 
CHAPTER EIGHT  External Factors for Implementation 
CHAPTER NINE  Parent Involvement 
CHAPTER TEN  Issues in Replicating Special Strategies 

 

SECOND YEAR REPORT

CHAPTER ONE  Executive Summary 
CHAPTER TWO  Multiple Perspectives on Special Strategies: Cautionary Tales 
CHAPTER THREE  Schools, Teachers, and Students: 
Profile of Special Strategies Schools 
CHAPTER FOUR Special Strategies as Implemented in Schools and Classrooms
CHAPTER FIVE  Children's School Days 
CHAPTER SIX Writing Assessment of Second- and Fourth-Grade Students 
CHAPTER SEVEN  Alternative Assessments in Special Strategies High Schools 
CHAPTER EIGHT  Special Strategies at Work in Schools: Observing Dynamic Webs 
CHAPTER NINE  Issues in Replicating Special Strategies 

FINAL REPORT

CHAPTER ONE  Overview 
CHAPTER TWO  Characteristics of Programs and Strategies 
CHAPTER THREE  Special Strategies as Implemented in Schools and Classrooms 
CHAPTER FOUR Student Mobility: An Exploration of Multi-Level Influences 
CHAPTER FIVE  Suburban/Rural-Urban Issues 
CHAPTER SIX Whole School Days at the Elementary Level 
CHAPTER SEVEN Whole School Days at the Secondary Level 
CHAPTER EIGHT Literacy Instruction in Special Strategies
CHAPTER NINE  Staff Development 
CHAPTER TEN School, Program, and Systemic Support 
CHAPTER ELEVEN An Examination of the Disruption of Special Strategies Programs 
CHAPTER TWELVE Introduction to Interpreting Program Outcomes 
CHAPTER THIRTEEN  Effects of Programs on Students Progressing from First through Third Grades 
CHAPTER FOURTEEN  Effects of Programs on Students Progressing from Third through Fifth Grades 
CHAPTER FIFTEEN  Effects of Participating in the Coalition of Essential Schools on Students Progressing from Ninth through Eleventh Grades 
TECHNICAL 
APPENDIX I		 Special Strategies School-by-school and Prospects data from the Comprehensive Test of Basic Skills (CTBS) 
TECHNICAL 
APPENDIX II 		 Special Strategies School-by-school and Prospects data regarding Student Absences 
TECHNICAL 
APPENDIX III		 Special Strategies School-by-school and Prospects data regarding Teacher and Student Attitudes 
TECHNICAL 
APPENDIX IV		 Special Strategies and Prospects Hierarchical Linear Model analyses