Introduction

Early Lessons from the Challenge

How the Challenge Is Helping Schools

How Students Are Benefiting

How the Challenge Is Influencing
the Larger Educational System

What Lies Ahead

Appendices

1. An Initial Look at the Bay Area School Reform Collaborative: The First Six Months of Leadership Funding and Program Activities, Milbrey McLaughlin, Joan Talbert, and Becky Crowe, with project staff, Center for Research on the Context of Teaching, Stanford University, March 1997.
   
   
2. An Initial Look at the Bay Area School Reform Collaborative: The First Six Months of Leadership Funding and Program Activities, Milbrey McLaughlin, Joan Talbert, and Becky Crowe, with project staff, Center for Research on the Context of Teaching, Stanford University, March 1997.

1. Evaluation Report on Year Two: The Boston Plan for Excellence's 21st Century Schools Program, Barbara Neufeld and Katrina Woodworth with Jessica Evans, Guiomar Garcia, Tracy Huebner, and Judy Swanson, Education Matters, Inc., July 1998.

1. The Chicago Annenberg Challenge Study: Year One Activities and Accomplishments, Mark Smylie, Consortium on Chicago School Research, University of Illinois at Chicago, June 1997.
   
   
2. Getting Started: A First Look at Chicago Annenberg Challenge Schools and Networks, Mark Smylie with Diane King Bilcer, Julie Kochanek, Karin Sconzert, Dorothy Shipps, and Holly Swyers, Consortium on Chicago School Research, University of Illinois at Chicago, March 1998.
   
   
3. The Chicago Annenberg Research Project: Year Two Activities and Accomplishments, Mark Smylie, Consortium on Chicago School Research, June 1998.
   
   
4. The Quality of Intellectual Work in Chicago Schools: A Baseline Report, Fred Newmann, Gudelia Lopez, and Anthony Bryk, Consortium on Chicago School Research, University of Illinois at Chicago, October 1998.
   
   
5. Social Support and Student Achievement in Chicago Schools: A View from the Middle Grades, Valerie Lee and Julia Smith, Consortium on Chicago School Research, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1999.
   
   
6. Opportunities for Teacher Professional Learning and Development in Chicago, Mark Smylie, Elaine Allensworth, Diane King Bilcer, Rebecca Greenberg, and Rodney Harris, Consortium on Chicago School Research, 1999.
   
   
7. The Chicago Annenberg Challenge in Institutional Context, Dorothy Shipps, Karin Sconzert, and Holly Swyers, Consortium on Chicago School Research, University of Illinois at Chicago, February 1999.
   
   
8. Annenberg Networks: Partners in Improving Chicago's Schools, Kathleen Hall and Anthony Bryk, Consortium on Chicago School Research, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1999.

1. The Annenberg Challenge in Detroit: Beginnings, Z. A. Barley, unpublished case study, June 1998.
   
   
2. Pulling Together: A Report on the Stakeholder Agreement - Schools of the 21st Century, Z. A. Barley, K. Holaday, and M. Jenness, SAMPI-Western Michigan University, 1998.
   
   
3. Getting Started: Schools of the 21st Century Implementation Report, External Evaluation Team, SAMPI-Western Michigan University, Abt Associates, and Roegan Enterprises, Inc., 1998
   
   
4. Brief Summary Report: Stakeholder Interviews - Schools of the 21st Century, SAMPI-Western Michigan University, 1997.
   
   
5. Ambassador Training, Community Awareness and All Schools Engagement Sessions: Summary Report, SAMPI-Western Michigan University, 1998.

1. Status Report on the Los Angeles Annenberg Metropolitan Project, Los Angeles Compact on Evaluation (University of California, Los Angeles, University of Southern California), February 1997.
   
   
2. Annual Report, Los Angeles Annenberg Metropolitan Project, Los Angeles Compact on Evaluation (University of California, Los Angeles, University of Southern California), February 1998.

1. Who We Are: Students and Schools in the NYNSR Project, 1995-96, John Schoener, Jodi Paroff, Carolyn Jarvis, and Patrice Ford, Institute for Education and Social Policy, New York University, July 1997.
   
   
2. NYC Board of Education's Data Systems: An Initial Approach, Carolyn Jarvis, Jodi Paroff, Cynthia Centeno, and Norm Fruchter, Institute for Education and Social Policy, New York University, April 1998.
   
   
3. The Effects of Size of Student Body on School Costs and Performance in New York City High Schools, Leanna Stiefel, Patrice Iatarola, Norm Fruchter, and Robert Berne, Institute for Education and Social Policy, New York University, April 1998.
   
   
4. The New York Networks for School Renewal Parent and Guardian Survey: A Report on the Satisfaction of Parents whose Children Attend the Annenberg Challenge's Small Public Schools in New York City, Sarah Arnold, Community Service Society of New York, October 1998.
   
   
5. Progress Report on the Evaluation of the New York Networks for School Renewal from July 1998 through January 1999, NYNSR Research Collaborative (Institute for Education and Social Policy/New York University, Center for Puerto Rican Studies/Hunter College, Lang College/The New School for Social Research, and Community Service Society), January 1999.

1. A First-Year Evaluation Report of Children Achieving: Philadelphia's Education Reform, 1995-96, Consortium for Policy Research in Education, University of Pennsylvania, Research for Action, and OMG Center for Collaborative Learning, September 1996.
   
   
2. A Second-Year Evaluation Report of Children Achieving: Philadelphia's Education Reform, 1996-97, Consortium for Policy Research in Education, University of Pennsylvania, Research for Action, and OMG Center for Collaborative Learning, 1997.
   
   
3. Guidance for School Improvement in a Decentralizing System: How Much, What Kind, and From Where?, Jolley Bruce Christman with Ellen Foley and Claire Passantino, Consortium for Policy Research in Education, University of Pennsylvania, and Rhonda Mordecai-Phillips, Research for Action, February 1998.
   
   
4. Restructuring Student Support Services: Redefining the Role of the School District, Ellen Foley, Consortium for Policy Research in Education, University of Pennsylvania, March 1998.
   
   
5. The Accountability System: Defining Responsibility for Student Achievement, Theresa Luhm, Ellen Foley and Tom Corcoran, Consortium for Policy Research in Education, University of Pennsylvania, April 1998.
   
   
6. Making Sense of Standards: Children Achieving and Changing Instructional Practice, Elaine Simon, Claire Passantino, and Ellen Foley, Consortium for Policy Research in Education, University of Pennsylvania, May 1998.
   

1. Annenberg Rural Challenge Research and Evaluation Team Annual Report for 1997: Learning from Rural Communities; Alaska to Alabama, Annenberg Rural Challenge Research and Evaluation Team, Harvard University, November 1997.
   
   
2. Living and Learning in Rural Schools and Communities: A Report to the Annenberg Rural Challenge, Rural Challenge Research and Evaluation Team, Harvard University, January 1999.
   

1. First-Year Evaluation Report to the South Florida Annenberg Challenge, Jeffrey Gorrell (Auburn University), Nancy Ares (Auburn), David Shannon (Auburn), Okhee Lee (University of Miami), and Edith Miller (Auburn), December 1998.