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von Allmen, Benjamin; Schüpbach, Marianne; Frei, Lukas; Nieuwenboom, Wim – International Journal for Research on Extended Education, 2019
This paper investigates the effect of primary school students' utilization of extended education offerings and of the quality of extended education on reading achievement in the German-speaking part of Switzerland. All-day schools are being set up. Among other reasons, as a means to level the increasing scholastic demands in the primary schools.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, School Schedules, Elementary School Students, Educational Quality
Farbman, David A.; Novoryta, Ami – National Center on Time & Learning, 2016
In "Creating Learning Environments in the Early Grades that Support Teacher and Student Success," the National Center on Time & Learning (NCTL) profiles three expanded-time elementary schools that leverage a longer school day to better serve young students. In particular, the report describes how a longer day opens up opportunities…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Elementary Schools, Primary Education, Extended School Day
Stein, Marc L.; Rose, Bess A. – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2011
This study looks at the question of whether charter schools are more innovative in their provision of extended time policies than a matched set of traditional public schools. Data for this study was collected from a sample of traditional public and charter schools that partner with the Northwest Evaluation Association (NWEA) for interim…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Comparative Analysis, Educational Policy, Public Schools
Zakaluk, Beverley L.; Straw, Stanley B.; Smith, Karen E. – Online Submission, 2005
Background: This is the fourth formal report describing the efficacy of the full-day, every day kindergarten program in the St. James School Division which was initiated in one school located in an economically-disadvantaged neighborhood in the 1997-1998 school year. The success of this undertaking led to the extension of the program in 1998-1999,…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Neighborhoods, Middle Class, Placement