Successful Approaches for Improving Academic Achievement in Inner-City Elementary Schools.

Levine, Daniel U.

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ERIC Number: EJ261515

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Publication Date: 1982-Apr

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Successful Approaches for Improving Academic Achievement in Inner-City Elementary Schools.

Levine, Daniel U.

Phi Delta Kappan, v63 n8 p523-26 Apr 1982

Presents two new approaches to improving academic achievement in inner-city schools--group-based, mastery-learning reading instruction and curriculum alignment. Explains why fundamental school reform and incremental improvement, introduced in the 1970s, failed to yield consistent results. (Author/WD)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Curriculum Development, Educational Improvement, Elementary Education, Mastery Learning, Reading Instruction, School Effectiveness, Urban Schools

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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