Www.cogtech.usc.edu/publications/kirschner_Sweller_Clark.pdf. Overview of the Comprehensive School Reform Program (CSR) An important opportunity to improve entire schools and raise student achievement using scientifically based research and effective practices View an overview presentation of the CSR Program. Helping Schools Adopt Comprehensive Improvements With a Track Record of Success. The Comprehensive School Reform (CSR) Program began in 1998 and was authorized as Title I, Part F of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, which was signed into law on January 8, 2002. The CSR Program is an important component of the No Child Left Behind Act. The focus of the CSR Program is to raise student achievement by employing proven methods and strategies to produce comprehensive school reform. Over 1,800 schools in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico & schools funded by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) received grants as part of the original 1998 cohort.
A Strong Focus on Approaches that Strengthen the Entire School. Eleven Components of a Comprehensive School Reform Program. JSTOR: Review of Educational Research, Vol. 73, No. 2 (Summer, 2003), pp. 125-230. Www.edexcellencemedia.net/publications/2000/200004_whyeducationexpertsresist/carnine.pdf. JSTOR: Isis, Vol. 94, No. 4 (December 2003), pp. 689-690. EBSCOhost: An Elusive Science: The Troubling History of Education Research (Book)