Cover -- Preface -- Dedication -- Figures -- Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Chapter One - Introduction: Framing the Problem -- Origins and Purpose of This Book -- Scale-Up in an Earlier Era of Educational Reforms -- Environmental Shifts in the 1980s and 1990s -- Lessons from the Field -- A Conceptual Framework for Scale-Up -- Outline of the Remainder of the Book -- References -- Chapter Two - Cognitively Guided Instruction: Challenging the Core of Educational Practice -- The Conceptual Basis for Scaling Up -- Cognitively Guided Instruction -- The Development of Children's Mathematical Thinking -- CGI in the Classroom -- The Nature of the Professional Development -- How Change Occurs -- Teacher and Student Outcomes -- Challenges -- Scaling Up -- Conclusions -- Making It Work -- References -- Chapter Three - The National Writing Project: Scaling Up and Scaling Down -- The NWP Design -- A Culture of Risk-Taking -- Practices of Scaling Down -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter Four - Impediments to Scaling Up Effective Comprehensive School Reform Models -- Assumptions About the Context and Nature of ScalingUp Comprehensive School Reform Models -- Problems in Scaling Up as a Function of the Demands ofthe Model -- Effective Models -- Patterns of Scaling Up and Their Relative Efficiency -- Special Challenges of Large School Districts -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter Five - Scaling Up Success For All: Lessons for Policy and Practice -- Success For All -- Program Characteristics Affecting Dissemination -- Obey-Porter Comprehensive School ReformDemonstration -- Extending Our Reach -- Organization and Capital -- District-Level Failures -- District-Level Implementations -- Reconciling District Successes and Failures -- Lessons Learned -- Policy Implications -- Recommendations -- Conclusions -- References.

Chapter Six - Taking Education Programs to Scale: Lessons from the Field -- A Brief History of Project GRAD -- Project GRAD Program Design Elements -- How Project GRAD Achieves Results -- The Effects of Project GRAD to Date -- Challenges in Scaling Up Project GRAD -- Funding Concepts and Their Effects on Scale-Up -- Final Observations on Scaling Up Project GRAD -- Reference -- Chapter Seven - Reaching for Coherence in School Reform: The Case of America's Choice -- The Need for Coherent Systems to Drive Up EducationalPerformance -- Building Capacity to Operate a Coherent System at Scale:The Story of the America's Choice School Design -- The Tools Needed for Building Capacity -- Building Capacity at the School, District, and State Levels -- The Case for Third-Party Assistance -- Putting Coherent Systems in Perspective -- References -- Chapter Eight - A Different Way of Growing -- Development and Implementation of the Different Waysof Knowing Design Through 1998 -- Responding to New Demands for School Reform ServicesAfter 1998: Building Capacity -- Challenges Associated with Supporting the Goals of theNo Child Left Behind Act -- The Future of Schoolwide Reform: Obtaining theResources to Support Intermediary Organizations -- References -- Chapter Nine - Co-nect at the Crossroads: Four Considerations on Getting to Scale -- The Climate and Conditions for Scaling Up -- Scaling Success: Attention to Results -- Scaling the Desirable -- The Feasibility of Scale -- Sustaining Reform: Co-nect at the Crossroads -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter Ten - Scaling Up Turning Points Through Autonomous Regional Centers -- The Turning Points Design -- A Brief History of the Turning Points Design -- Creating the Turning Points Network of Regional Centers -- Looking Ahead: Building on Strengths, Facing NewChallenges -- References.

Chapter Eleven - Scaling Up Talent Development High Schools: Lessons Learned from Comprehensive High School Reform -- What Is Wrong with Comprehensive High Schools, andWhy Are They So Difficult to Change? -- Challenges to Implementing and Scaling Up TDHS -- Meeting the Challenges -- It Is Not Too Late for Reforms in High Schools -- References -- Chapter Twelve - Taking High Schools That Work to Scale: The Evolution of a High School Reform Program -- Linking Career and Technical Education to High SchoolReform: The Impetus for HTSW -- Phase I: Launching HSTW -- Phase II: Scaling Up HSTW -- Phase III: Increasing Breadth, Depth, Stability, andFinancial Resources -- Achieving Success at Scale: Lessons from the Past andChallenges for the Future -- Closing Thoughts -- References -- Chapter Thirteen - The First Few Years of Edison Schools: Ten Lessons in Getting to Scale -- Lesson One:Start with a Proven Reform Model-and Standardize It -- Lesson Two:Hire and Fire Your Own Principals and Teachers -- Lesson Three:Build Effective and Efficient Support Systems -- Lesson Four:Build Site Capacity -- Lesson Five:Establish Clear and Simple Accountability Systems -- Lesson Six:Establish Strong Measurement Systems -- Lesson Seven:Get Measurable Results-Fast -- Lesson Eight:Satisfy Your Customers -- Lesson Nine:Adjust To Local Norms -- Lesson Ten:Find a Better Balance of Growth, Systems, andProfitability -- References -- Chapter Fourteen - School Districts as Learning Organizations: A Strategy for Scaling Education Reform -- Providing High-Quality Education for All Students -- The District as the Target of Reform -- Building High-Performance School Districts: A Theory ofAction -- Lessons from Experience -- Closing Thoughts -- References.

Chapter Fifteen - Choices and Consequences in the Bay Area School Reform Collaborative: Building the Capacity to Scale Up Whole-School Improvement -- Scaling Up Capacity for Continuous Improvement -- Building Capacity in Education Organizations -- A Focus on Cultural Change -- Organizational Capacity and Continuous Improvement inAction -- A Response: BASRC's History and Approach -- BASRC Results -- Early Strategic Choices and BASRC's View of Scale -- Building on the Policy Context: Choices and More Choices -- Lessons Learned About Scale -- References -- Chapter Sixteen - Leveraging the Market to Scale Up School Improvement Programs: A Fee-for-Service Primer for Foundations and Nonprofits -- My Vantage Point -- Philanthropy's Challenge -- How NAS Came to the Fee-For-Service Strategy -- Pursuing a Fee-for-Service Dissemination Strategy -- Are Developers Ready for Scale? -- The Role of Foundations in Attaining Scalability -- Conclusions -- Reference -- Chapter Seventeen - Summary: Toward a More Systematic Approach to expanding the REach of Educational Interventions -- Further Elaboration of the Scale-Up Process -- Core Tasks in the Scale-Up Process -- Conclusions -- References -- Appendix A - Contributors -- Appendix B - Program Descriptions and Contact Information.