This ground-breaking text gathers the foremost researchers, scholars, and practitioners to describe and define the new and burgeoning field of improvement-focused educational research and practice. The handbook represents the breadth and depth of improvement-focused educational research and the diversity of improvement efforts underway, covering the historical and theoretical foundations of improvement, the varied contexts of and approaches to improvement, and the designs, strategies, and tools of continuous improvement.

This ground-breaking text gathers the foremost researchers, scholars, and practitioners to describe and define the new and burgeoning field of improvement-focused educational research and practice. The handbook represents the breadth and depth of improvement-focused educational research and the diversity of improvement efforts underway, covering the historical and theoretical foundations of improvement, the varied contexts of and approaches to improvement, and the designs, strategies, and tools of continuous improvement.