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Direct linkMarcotte, Dave E.; Hansen, Benjamin – Education Next, 2010
Students in the United States spend much less time in school than do students in most other industrialized nations, and the school year has been essentially unchanged for more than a century. This is not to say that there is no interest in extending the school year. While there has been little solid evidence that doing so will improve learning…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Academic Achievement, Accountability, Extended School Year
Braer, Gerd – Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Strategies, Issues and Ideas, 2006
The 2000 and 2003 international studies of the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) among all Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries presented disappointing results for Germany's fifteen-year-old students' reading skills. These studies pointed out two necessities for future reform: to extend the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, International Studies, Special Needs Students, Educational Change
