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Lipsitz, Joan Scheff – 1980
This review of the status of junior high schools, prepared as a testimony for the Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary, and Vocational Education, argues that, despite the fact that early adolescence is a critical time in human development, schooling for young adolescents is the weakest link in the chain of public education. Middle and junior high…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Educational Assessment, Educational Experience
