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Download full textAlexander, William M.; McEwin, C. Kenneth – 1989
Designed as an overview of the progress of middle schools in the last two decades, this document compares results from a 1968 survey that sampled 10 percent of middle schools with at least three, and not more than five grades, and including grades 6 and 7, with those of a similar 1988 survey. Following a brief summary of the origins of the middle…
Descriptors: Educational Development, Graphs, Instructional Program Divisions, Intermediate Grades
Peer reviewedAlexander, William M.; McEwin, C. Kenneth – NASSP Bulletin, 1986
Middle schools are here to stay. The overriding purpose of middle-level education continues to be that of providing programs based on the unique characteristics, needs, and interests of middle-level students. (Author/TE)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Grouping (Instructional Purposes), Intermediate Grades, Middle Schools
