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Download full textWilliams, Trish; Rosin, Matthew; Kirst, Michael W. – American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, 2011
Educators and policymakers have debated in recent years how best to improve academic performance in the middle grades. In the absence of outcomes-based research about what works, school districts have reshuffled grade configurations, bolstered their focus on "academic rigor," and worked to ensure that students are engaged in school as…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Change, Achievement Gains, Middle School Teachers
