1. Editorial

   • Jill Blackmore
   • Noel Gough
   • Bill Green

   EditorialNotes Pages: i - iv

2. Beyond caricature: Exploring theories of educational policy production and implementation

   • T. C. Gale

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1 - 12

3. Some contributions by research in the sociology of education to education policy development in Australia

   • Michael Garbutcheon Singh

   OriginalPaper Pages: 13 - 28

4. Redefining a ‘national agenda’ in education: The states fight back

   • Leo Bartlett
   • John Knight
   • Paige Porter

   OriginalPaper Pages: 29 - 44

5. Australian perspectives on leadership: The principal’s role in radical decentralisation in Victoria’s schools of the future

   • Brian J. Caldwell

   OriginalPaper Pages: 45 - 62

6. School context research: Design choices, tradeoffs and payoffs

   • Milbrey W. McLaughlin
   • Joan E. Talbert

   OriginalPaper Pages: 63 - 85

7. A comparison of student performance in western Australian schools: Rural and urban differences

   • Deidra J. Young

   OriginalPaper Pages: 87 - 105

8. Book reviews

   • Johanna Wyn
   • Zita M. Unger
   • Christine Halse

   BookReview Pages: 107 - 124