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Chapter 9 of the book "Dos & Don'ts of Education Reform: Toward a Radical Remedy for Educational Failure," by Anthony M. Roselli, is presented. The chapter discusses education reform efforts in the U.S. since the early 1990s. Also described are specific reform programs and their failure to deliver reform in the educational system. The chapter also recommends the use of models of change and multiple perspectives relevant to education reform.

Chapter 8 of the book "Dos & Don'ts of Education Reform: Toward a Radical Remedy for Educational Failure," by Anthony M. Roselli, is presented. The chapter explores the nature of success, the sociocultural dimensions of success and the cultural context of schooling. Comparative studies in education that explored sociology of education are discussed. Also provided are the principles of sociologists such as Emile Durkheim, Basil Bernstein and Pierre Bourdieu regarding education.

Chapter 7 of the book "Dos & Don'ts of Education Reform: Toward a Radical Remedy for Educational Failure," by Anthony M. Roselli, is presented. The chapter discusses assessment of student learning and education in the U.S. Wholistic assessment of schools is explored. Also discussed is the correlation between standardized test results of the Educational Record Bureau (ERB) and the Massachusetts Educational Assessment Program (MEAP) for eighth graders.

Chapter 6 of the book "Dos & Don'ts of Education Reform: Toward a Radical Remedy for Educational Failure," by Anthony M. Roselli, is presented. The chapter examines the gap between U.S. education and application of instruction as a science and theoretical and empirical object of study. Some principles for a theory of instruction offered by theorist Jerome Bruner include sequencing of knowledge and structure of knowledge. Also discussed are models of teaching compiled by Bruce Joyce and Marsha Weil.

Chapter 5 of the book "Dos & Don'ts of Education Reform: Toward a Radical Remedy for Educational Failure," by Anthony M. Roselli, is presented. The chapter discusses the relation of curriculum with culture and identity of citizens within a community. Author Alex Molnar examined controversies concerning schools and their curriculum in the 1985 yearbook of the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) "Current Thought on Curriculum." Psychological aspects of curriculum development include critical thinking and language acquisition.

Chapter 4 of the book "Dos & Don'ts of Education Reform: Toward a Radical Remedy for Educational Failure," by Anthony M. Roselli, is presented. The chapter discusses educational failure due to problems with policy or education reform law in the U.S. Factors to consider regarding education reform include involvement of teachers, curriculum and testing. Also explored is the use of linguistic theory to provide conceptualization mechanisms used by policymakers to convince the public regarding education reform packages.

Chapter 3 of the book "Dos & Don'ts of Education Reform: Toward a Radical Remedy for Educational Failure," by Anthony M. Roselli, is presented. The chapter discusses the use of standardized test results in presenting education reform in the U.S. Arguments presented by author Alfie Kohn in his commentary about standardized testing published in the September 27, 2000 issue of "Education Week," are also provided. Principles of school change that emerge from an analysis of total quality thinking include role of teachers and student performance.

Chapter 1 of the book "Dos & Don'ts of Education Reform: Toward a Radical Remedy for Educational Failure," by Anthony M. Roselli, is presented. The chapter discusses education reform in fifty states in the U.S. Findings of the report "The Nation's Report Card: Mathematics 2000, published by the National Center for Education Statistics in Washington, D.C. are provided. Also explored are the data reported on the National Assessment for Educational Progress (NAEP) mathematics and reading tests from 1994 to 2003.

This section presents the conclusion of the book "Dos & Don'ts of Education Reform: Toward a Radical Remedy for Educational Failure," by Anthony M. Roselli. It discusses the widespread educational failure in the U.S. The author believes that school failure should be addressed at the macrolevel. Factors to consider regarding education reform include curriculum, instruction, assessment and personnel.