This symposium is organized around case studies of instructional reform in four school districts: Denver , Los Angeles , Madison , and Providence . The four districts are partners in SCALE, a mathematics and science partnership (MSP) funded by NSF. Under the partnership, each district committed to a common vision and theory of action for instructional reform across five dimensions of policy and organization: curriculum, professional learning, monitoring of interim outcomes, accountability, and system management and problem solving. Agents of the partnership external to the districts participated in reform efforts through "co-construction," a wide-ranging set of collaborative activities (planning, training, product design, piloting and evaluation) with a wide range of district actors (top management, departments of teaching and learning, principals, coaches, teachers).
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Summary of the Denver Public Schools (DPS) Inventory of Science Survey
Synthesis of the Outcomes of the 2003 SCALE Think Tank, November 4-5, 2003
