EdFOCUS Initiative's growing library of publications and research findings on effective schools, comprehensive school reform, curriculum development and classroom reform.

Curriculum Development And Instructional Design In The Effective Schools Process
By Judith K. March and Karen H. Peters

Ms. March and Ms. Peters describe a three-year, six-district demonstration project that is proving to be one of the most exciting examples of curricular development in the long history of the Effective Schools movement.

A Collaborative Approach for Small Districts to Use the Effective Schools Process for Comprehensive School Reform (Download the PDF)
By Judith K. March and Karen H. Peters

This article describes the Ohio Demonstration Project, a three year initiative, involving a collaborative of eight small districts using the effective schools process for comprehensive school reform in conjunction with the Ohio Center for Effective Schools.

Developing High-Performing Schools: Instructional Redesign for Learner-Centered Classroom Reform
Judith K. March and Karen H. Peters, Bloomington, IN: Phi Delta Kappa International. 1999.

Collaborative Observation: Putting Classroom Instruction at the Center of School Reform
Karen H. Peters and Judith K. March, Thousand Oaks, CA: The Corwin Press, Inc. 1999.