A Study of the Dimension of Educational Policy Execution during the Third Economic, Political and Socio-Cultural Development Plan (2000-2004) at Ahvaz City

The aim of this research was to explore the extent to which the educational policies adopted for the third economic development plan were carried out in education at Ahvaz local office of secondary education (ALOSE) during the third development plan (2000-2004). A qualitative methodology was used and data were collected via smi-structured interview (Interviews done with Education Local Authorities) and documents analysis. The results indicated that: 1) during the third development plan in ALOSE, a series of models of educational change such as preplan change, evolutionary change, organizational cycle, political, social recognition and cultural change were taken into consideration; 2) the level of performance was significantly higher in the fifth year of the developmet plan compared to the first year with regards to reforms such as: Competition oriented reforms, financial oriented reforms, justice oriented reforms and quality and productivity oriented reforms.