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Viadero, Debra – Education Week, 2009
A study released last week suggesting that California's high school exit exams are affecting some student demographic groups more than others is the latest in a small spate of studies pointing to trade-offs from policies that require high school students to pass state tests to graduate. Twenty-six states have exit exams in place or will by 2012,…
Descriptors: High Schools, Females, Graduation Rate, Graduation
Fersch, Ellsworth; Smith, Mary – 1978
High school sophomores participating in the second year of Project Adventure, an educational program expanded to include community service, experiential learning, and a rigorous physical education program, showed improvements in physical abililty and self-concept consistent with improvements shown by students in the program's first year.…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Affective Objectives, Comparative Analysis, Educational Environment
Fersch, Ellsworth; Smith, Mary – 1978
Project Adventure, an innovative educational program combining experiential learning in academics with a rigorous physical education curriculum at the high school level, was successful in its first year (1971-72). Project staff attempted to: develop and teach the physical education component; involve students and faculty in experiential dimensions…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Affective Objectives, Educational Environment, Experiential Learning