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Direct linkRichard, Alan – Education Week, 2004
This article discusses Mississippi's use of a reform model that helped dozens of schools that had failed to induce academic progress under the No Child Left Behind Act. In a forgotten corner of Mississippi's state capital, test scores are going up at a middle school for struggling students. The progress of students at risk of dropping out at the…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, High Risk Students, Teaching Methods, Student Research
