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Simons, Celeste. "TAAS at the Crossroads of Organizational Change: Inoculating Against Institutional De-legitimization." Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, Marriott Hotel, San Diego, CA, May 27, 2003 <Not Available>. 2009-05-26 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p111584_index.html>

Simons, C. D. , 2003-05-27 "TAAS at the Crossroads of Organizational Change: Inoculating Against Institutional De-legitimization." Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, Marriott Hotel, San Diego, CA Online <.PDF>. 2009-05-26 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p111584_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Review Method: Peer Reviewed Abstract: Education systems lie at a crossroads between organizational and institutional existence, causing change within these systems to be highly contested and frustrating processes. As technical organizations, schools are accountable to both internal and external constituencies. As institutions, they rely on the public’s support of the system for legitimizing their existence. This paper examines that conflict. Following an application of institutional change principles laid out by Meyer and Rowan (1983), this study examines the implementation of the TAAS test in the Texas education system. From a review of public information from the TEA and news reports from the initial year of testing in 1990 up to 1999, public communication in the popular press is examined as it serves as the border between resistance and legitimization. A model is developed to explain the pattern that emerges from this review, and a metaphor of inoculation is proposed to explain the model more fully.

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