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PDF pending restorationBanta, Trudy W. – 1977
A voluntary quinmester plan for extending the school year was tried in five Knox County Tennessee schools. Ten University of Tennesse faculty members teamed to evaluate the program's K-12 curriculum revision, administration, public opinion, costs, student and staff morale, and student achievement. Achievement was not significantly influenced, but…
Descriptors: Attendance Patterns, Educational Innovation, Elementary Secondary Education, Experimental Programs
Download full textBanta, Trudy W.; And Others – 1976
The Knox County extended school year (ESY) program emphasized K-12 curriculum improvement. During the trial of the ESY scheduling and curriculum changes, there was an increase in English and social studies scores at the high school, an increase at all levels in the extent to which students perceived that individualization of instruction was taking…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Attitudes, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education
Banta, Trudy W.; And Others – 1976
A three-year trial of a voluntary quinmester plan for extending the school year began in June 1974 in five Knox County, Tennessee, schools. Curriculum revision, K-12, was the principal thrust of the ESY (Extended School Year) project, but administrators also hoped to relieve overcrowding in the schools and to effect more efficient use of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance, Cost Effectiveness, Curriculum Development
Banta, Trudy W.; And Others – 1980
The Tennessee Nutrition Education and Training (NET) program is part of a U.S. Department of Agriculture effort to develop a coordinated nutrition education program for children from preschool through grade 12. In its first year of operation, the Tennessee NET program conducted summer nutrition education workshops for elementary teachers and…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Federal Programs
Banta, Trudy W. – 1975
Evaluation questionnaires were administered to more than 92 percent of the professional staff associated with the Knox County Extended School Year (ESY) Program during the summer and fall of 1974 and to more than half of the students enrolled in the summer quinmester, along with a random sample of 10 percent of the students enrolled in October…
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Assessment
Banta, Trudy W.; Boser, Judith A. – 1981
Data from individual final project reports and evaluation reports prepared by external evaluators were compiled to evaluate the 17 local projects that were conducted in Tennessee during 1980-81 under the provisions of the Career Education Incentive Act. Included among those areas examined during the evaluation were the following: project…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Career Education, Educational Cooperation, Educational Needs
