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Utah State Board of Education, Salt Lake City. – 1989
This report summarizes the statewide evaluation of Utah's year-round and extended-day schools, two scheduling models developed to expand the capacity of existing school facilities to serve the needs of a burgeoning student population in some Utah school districts. When asked about their family's experience with year-round education, a substantial…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Elementary Secondary Education, Extended School Day, Program Evaluation
Merrell, Russell G. – 1980
It is estimated that Utah will need to spend $1.7 billion for new school construction during the next decade, and that this should be concentrated mainly in a few rapidly growing districts. The projection of school construction need represents a six-fold increase during the coming decade; however, assessed valuation (the measure of a school…
Descriptors: Busing, Construction Costs, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Facilities Planning
Download full textShields, Carolyn M. – 1996
This paper presents findings of a study that examined the impact of year-round education on academic achievement in a large Utah school district. Student-achievement data for years 1990-95 were compared by type of school schedule. A case-study component examined the impact of school schedules used by two elementary schools--one adhered to a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Attitudes, Efficiency, Elementary Education
Zsiray, Stephen W., Jr.; Peterson, Holly – 1990
This paper summarizes an effective peer tutoring program used in both elementary and middle school programs in the Cache School District (North Logan, Utah). In year-round education programs, students have off-track time during the school year at four different intervals. This time is often utilized by school districts to give students additional…
Descriptors: Cross Age Teaching, Elementary Secondary Education, Extended School Year, Extracurricular Activities
Larsen, Greg – 1991
Scheduling concerns such as how to keep instructors teaching in the areas for which they are qualified and how to allow for elective offerings in a student's schedule led North Cache Middle School, a year-round education school serving grades 8 and 9 in Richmond, Utah, to explore a number of solutions. Seven solutions are examined along with…
Descriptors: Class Organization, Educational Environment, Educational Planning, Grade 8
Petterson, Carl Emmanuel – 1966
This study examines the extended school year and summer school program supported by the State of Utah during the summer of 1965. Facts, statistics, opinions, and other information enable educators and legislators to make informed decisions concerning the future of summer school programs in Utah. Information for the study was obtained from three…
Descriptors: Class Size, Curriculum Development, Educational Finance, Educational Improvement
