Redesigning American Education

This book draws on several principles of sociological theory and constructs a new design for American schooling. It examines the organizational structure of public schools and explores the importance between family educational attainment and student test scores.

James Coleman, Stephen Plank, Kathryn Schiller

Incentives for Reforming Schools -- Output-Driven Schools: Principles of Design -- A Comparison of 1980 and 1990 Sophomore Mathematics Achievement -- Academic Press, Sense of Community, and Student Achievement -- Reconsidering Roles and Incentives in Schools -- External Examinations as an Incentive System -- Prognosis for Reform: Lessons from an Output-Driven Educational System