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Direct linkPickell, Russell E. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This study reviews research and data to determine whether student achievement is affected by the high school scheduling model, and whether changes in scheduling models result in statistically significant changes in student achievement, as measured by the ACT Composite, ACT English Language Arts, and ACT Math scores. The high school scheduling…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, High Schools, Models, High School Students
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Download full textShowell, Joseph L.; Brown, Casey Graham – International Journal of Educational Leadership Preparation, 2019
The participants of this phenomenological study were employed at a school that previously was not performing on assessments at a level equal to schools in the state comparison group. Due to low student achievement, school leaders explored pathways to improve instruction and changed the school schedule from a semester schedule to a trimester…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, School Schedules, Semester System, Trimester System
Lighthall, Christina – Educational Facility Planner, 2012
The greatest capital expenditure a school system can make is a high school. What can be done to accommodate students and programs when funding is scarce, high schools are crowded, and more students are expected? The Wake County Public School System (WCPSS) in Raleigh, North Carolina, first addressed this issue when enrollment growth more than…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, High Schools, Public Schools, Crowding
Education Partnerships, Inc., 2012
Why do a trimester schedule? With the advent of block scheduling, many high schools conducted research on utilizing that plan in a trimester format. There appeared to be three issues that most schools faced: (1) How to provide substantive instructional time that was not fragmented?; (2) How does the school climate contribute positively to…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Teaching Methods, Block Scheduling, Trimester System
VanderJagt, Douglas D. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this qualitative case study was to examine how students experience and respond to Michigan's increased graduation requirements. The study was conducted in a large, suburban high school that instituted a change to a trimester system in response to the state mandate. A criterion-based sample of 16 students, both college bound and…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Student Experience, Student Attitudes, Qualitative Research
Bair, Mary Antony; Bair, David – American Secondary Education, 2010
Although many high schools are switching from a semester to a trimester schedule as a response to increased high-school graduation requirements, there is very little empirical research on trimesters. In this ethnographic case study (2006-2009), we observed 22 math and science classrooms, interviewed seven administrators, two counselors and 22…
Descriptors: Trimester System, High Schools, At Risk Students, Graduation Requirements
