Case Study Evaluation Design

This paper was presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, April 11-15, 2005, in Montrèal, Québec, Canada.

This paper discusses the design of the case studies of the effects of the SCALE partnership on district policy and organization. Part I discusses the SCALE theory of action -- how the partnership goes about producing change -- which then becomes the focus of the evaluation. Part II discusses research methods.

Clune, W.H. February 2005. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wisconsin Center for Education Research.