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Direct linkVincent, Anfara A., Jr.; Patterson, Faye; Buehler, Alison; Gearity, Brian – NASSP Bulletin, 2006
This mixed-methods study focuses on school improvement planning in middle schools in east Tennessee. Utilizing the improvement plans of 17 middle schools and surveys that were administered to 493 teachers and 35 administrators, this study found that there was (A) an overemphasis on academic goals, (B) an overreliance on the use of…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Educational Planning, Middle Schools
Flynn, Leslie; Lawrenz, Frances; Schultz, Matthew J. – NASSP Bulletin, 2005
This study investigates differences in eighth-grade mathematics students' engagement in standards-based curriculum and instruction practices between block and traditional-schedule schools. Survey data were gathered from 156 middle level mathematics teachers to access the use of standards-based curriculum and instruction practices in their…
Descriptors: Block Scheduling, Mathematics Instruction, Grade 8, Comparative Analysis
