Includes papers from a conference held March 2003 in Cambridge, Mass.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Moving from successful local practice to effective state policy : lessons from Union City / by Fred Carrigg, Margaret Honey, and Ron Thorpe -- Dewey goes digital : scaling up constructivist pedagogies and the promise of new technologies / by Martha Stone Wiske and David Perkins -- Adapting innovations to particular contexts of use : a collaborative framework / by Barry J. Fishman -- Designing for scalable educational improvement : processes of inquiry in practice / by Susan R. Goldman -- Scaling up professional development in the United Kingdom, Singapore, and Chile / by Laurence C. Peters -- Technology as Proteus : digital infrastructures that empower scaling up / by Chris Dede and Robert Nelson -- Scaling up data use in classrooms, schools, and districts / by Sam Stringfield, Jeffrey C. Wayman, and Mary E. Yakimowski-Srebnick -- Foundations for success in the great city schools : lessons from some faster-improving districts / by Michael Casserly and Jason C. Snipes -- Scaling up technology-based educational innovations / by Barbara Means and William R. Penuel -- Using dynamic statistics software to critique and improve use of data from high-stakes tests / by Jere Confrey and Katie M. Makar -- Scaling up success : a synthesis of themes and insights / by Chris Dede and James P. Honan.