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Peer reviewedMoreau, Richard – Research in Rural Education, 1987
Finds no relationships between school district size and academic achievement in Maine's eighth grade students. Provides evidence that school systems within single level jurisdiction vary in the level of pupil achievement produced. Reports positive significant relationship that better qualified teachers are associated with larger school systems.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Grade 8, Rural Education, School District Size
Hamrin, Jeannie M. – 1981
To identify promising practices, issues, and problems concerning education for the gifted in Maine, 239 classroom teachers and 14 administrators from 11 school districts geographically distributed throughout the state responded to questionnaires which profiled teacher personal characteristics and styles, described the educational setting and…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted, Needs
