summarize the following, identify key ponits: lack of readiness has been estimated to explain over 70 percent of failed implementation efforts. numerous studies in the educational lituerature document the prroblem of lackluster organizational readiness to change where the necessary recourses and supports are not in place prior to initiating implementation and the people are not psychologically and behaviorally ready to engage in it. there is consensus in the organizational literature that readiness is essential to change. readiness refelects whether people winthin a given organization are both willing and able to implement a particular program or practice. readiness is a necessary precursor to successful implentation and is often embedded as part of strategic implementation planning process that is designed to achieve particular outcomes of interest