Explores the challenges of implementing and assessing educational interventions in varied classroom contexts. This book includes reflections on the challenges of designing studies for improving the instructional core of schools, and guidelines for establishing evidence of interventions' impacts across a range of settings.

Part 1 Part I - Researching Scale-Up Chapter 2 Overview - Scaling Up Promising Educational Interventions: Rigorous Research and a Focus on the Instructional Core Chapter 3 Chapter 1- Designing Field Trials of Educational Innovations Chapter 4 Chapter 2 - National Efforts to Bring Reform to Cale in High-Poverty schools: Outcomes and Implications Chapter 5 Chapter 3 - Scaling Assessment-Driven Instruction Using the Internet and Handheld Computers Chapter 6 Chapter 4 - Scaling Up Highly Rated Middle Science Curriculum Units for Diverse Student Populations: Features that Affect Collaborative Research and Vice-Versa Chapter 7 Commentary - Implementation and Evaluation of Scale-Up Part 8 Part II - Implementing Scale-Up Chapter 9 Overview - From Early Reading to High School Mathematics: Matching Case Studies of Four Educational Innovations Against Principles for Effective Scale Up Chapter 10 Chapter 5 - Scaling Up High School Reforms: Model Specificity and Local Buy-In Chapter 11 Chapter 6 - Rethinking Sustainability of Curricular Innovations: Notes from Urban Detroit Chapter 12 Chapter 7 - When the Rubber Meets the Road: Lessons from the In-School Adventures of an Automated Reading Tutor that Listens Chapter 13 Chapter 8 - Scaling Up Success for All: The First 16 Years Chapter 14 Commentary - Challenges, Incentives, and Obligations of Conducting Scale-Up Research