Effects of a legislated mandate: the comprehensive school improvement process and middle-level gifted and talented programming.(Mandated School-Improvement and Gifted Programs) From: Roeper Review | Date: June 22, 2006| Author: | COPYRIGHT 2006 The Roeper School. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Mandates have been at the center of the push for school improvement. Without external stimuli for change, such as state mandates, schools tend to change slowly and in the least disruptive way (Bellamy, 1996). The assumption behind mandates has been that such external measures will lead to internal changes in schools, increased collaboration, improved culture, and ultimately, to increased student achievement (Bellamy). This descriptive study examined that assumption. The educational mandate in the State of Iowa, the Comprehensive School Improvement (CSI) Process, requires schools ...

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