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Scale-Up Study

University Preparatory Academy staff at the "Big Bang" Conference 2004 (Big Picture School in Detroit, Michigan)

Download PDF of Scaling Up The Big Picture 1 (February 2003 - 43 pages)

Download PDF of Scaling Up The Big Picture 2 (June 2003 - 46 pages)

Download PDF of Scaling Up The Big Picture 3 (February 2004 - 40 pages)

Download PDF of Scaling Up The Big Picture 4 (August 2004 - 39 pages)

In the spring of 2002, The Big Picture Company received funding from the Noyce Foundation to do a three-year study of its scale-up effort. The study is being used to provide immediate, formative feedback to Big Picture on its efforts to generate and sustain new schools around the country. In addition, the study documents Big Picture’s effort as a case-study for other organizations and programs that are interested in scaling up.

Shenandoah High School staff at the "Big Bang" Conference 2004 (Big Picture School in El Dorado, California)

The head researcher for the study is Joe McDonald, Associate Dean at New York University’s Steinhardt School of Education. He is joined by advanced doctoral students, Meg Riordan and Emily Klein. The first products of the study are four essays: Scaling Up the Big Picture 1,2,3,and 4. The final product will be a book that situates Big Picture’s scaling up efforts among those of several other innovative high school designs.