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Hochbein, Craig – Leadership and Policy in Schools, 2012
The purpose of this study is to determine the validity of common assumptions about the rate at which school decline manifests. From a population of 981 elementary schools in the state of Virginia, the author uses three operational definitions of school decline to identify samples of declining schools: Absolute (n = 217), Relational (n = 510), and…
Descriptors: Definitions, Low Achievement, Educational Quality, Elementary Schools
Freeman, Jayne – OSSC Bulletin, 1992
Many Americans share the belief that public education is in crisis; however, a number of researchers have challenged that assumption. This document examines what research reveals about public education in the United States and its students. Further, it distinguishes the areas in which education can affect children from the areas that lie beyond…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Bound Students, Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies