ABSTRACT
Teachers, school administrators and board personnel are all involved in the search for excellence.‘How can we improve our schools?’ is a frequently posed question. Researchers in the effective schools movement have identified characteristics that are associated with enhanced student outcomes, particularly achievement. Schools, however, still need to deal with the practicalities of how to translate this knowledge into realistic implementation strategies. Lezotte (1989) reflects:‘[T]he effective schools research provided a vision of a more desirable place for schools to be, but gave little insight as to how best to make the journey to that place’.
