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Colorado's Alternative School Calendar Program and the Four Day Week.

Brubacher, Roy G.; Stiverson, C. L. – 1982

Taking advantage of legislation permitting modified school calendars, the four-day work week has been implemented by 23 small, rural Colorado school districts representing 5,200 children. Thirteen districts implemented the four-day program in the 1980-81 school year. Ten additional districts applied as first year pilot programs in the 1981-82…

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cost Effectiveness, Elementary Secondary Education, Energy Conservation

An Evaluation of the Four-Day School Week in Colorado. The Final Report.

Richburg, Robert W.; Edelen, Robert W. – 1981

In 1980, the Colorado State Legislature passed legislation which enabled 12 southeastern Colorado school districts with enrollments from 30 to 330 to experiment with a 4-day school week as an alternative to reducing programs. Each district was allowed to determine which weekday its schools would not be in session, length of the school day, and…

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Average Daily Attendance, Cost Effectiveness, Data Collection