L. Desimone et al., Whole school reform in a low-income African American community - The effects of the CoZi model on teachers, parents, and students, URBAN EDUC, 35(3), 2000, pp. 269-323
This article reports the results of a 1-year evaluation of the CoZi model,
a whole school reform model that combines Edward Zigler's School of the 21s
t Century (which includes on-site, daylong, and year-round preschool, after
-school care, and family support services) with James Comer's School Develo
pment Program, a school management and collaborative decision-making model.
The study used written surveys, in-depth intention, achievement tests, and
classroom observations to study teacher parent, and preschool outcomes in
a CoZi elementary school and a comparison school, both of which served pred
ominately disadvantaged students. The CoZi school had significantly higher
school climate and parent involvement throughout the year but across-school
changes and levels of achievement, parent-child interaction, parent social
and psychological outcomes, and teacher efficacy were not significantly di
fferent.