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Measuring the effectiveness of an alternative education collaboration

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Purpose – Program efficacy and outcomes can often be determined through an examination of
collaborative activities between and among inner city school districts with high dropout rates and
private, public, and nonprofit organizations. Kettl (2004) adeptly describes additional collaborative
practice trends that not only transform governance structures, but blurs the line between and among
sectors. These trends illuminate the need for governmental agencies to collaborate with nonprofit and
for-profit organizations to address “wicked problems” where no single organization has sufficient
resources and the consequences are enormous. The paper aims to discuss theses issues.
Design/methodology/approach – Utilizing a quantitative approach, this research compares the
efficacy of a newly developed collaborative alternative education program to existing programs in
New Jersey’s Newark Public Schools during 2008-2009.
Findings – The results indicate that the overall performance of the students enrolled in the new
research models is significantly higher than in the existing program due to incentives and not
administrative collaboration.
Research limitations/implications – Implications for future research include: first, the need
for studies to reveal enduring, universal effects of collaboration; second, longitudinal studies of
the effects of collaboration on alternative education issues; and third, an evaluation of the effectiveness
of collaborative training.
Originality/value – This research intends to contribute to the literature concerning these distinctive
types of partnerships – specifically the integration of three very different systems into a collaborative
service. This single case study presents support of how these services subsist within four settings and
what force they have on special services for students in alternative education in the public schools.

Keywords Collaboration, Evaluation, Alternative education

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International Journal of Educational Management

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: Emerald Group., 2014

Deskripsi Fisik

International Journal of Educational Management Vol. 28 No. 4, 2014 pp. 432-450

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English

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