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Fobbs, Timothy J. – ProQuest LLC, 2015
Students who register for classes late have always been a challenge for community colleges. The student who registers late creates a burden on the enrollment staff, and they create academic achievement challenges for themselves as well. Late class registration has been linked to lower overall GPA's, and to overall lower academic performance. This…
Descriptors: School Registration, Scheduling, Change, Community Colleges
Wallace, Chad – ProQuest LLC, 2013
School systems continue to explore different ways to improve student achievement to meet the high expectations of preparing our students for a global community and market. For many years, educators have explored the use of time as an avenue for change to improve student scores on state end-of-course assessments. The purpose of this causal…
Descriptors: School Schedules, Block Scheduling, Algebra, Gender Differences
Gill, Willie Wallicia Allen – NASSP Bulletin, 2011
The purpose of this quantitative study was to examine whether a difference existed in the percentage performance of students earning a pass/advanced score on the Standards of Learning (SOL) Test in math and reading in Virginia's Region IV for schools using an A/B block schedule and those using a traditional schedule. The research also examined if…
Descriptors: Block Scheduling, Test Results, Middle Schools, Mathematics Achievement
Hinrichs, Peter – Education Finance and Policy, 2011
A number of high schools across the United States have moved to later bell times on the belief that their previous bell times were too early for the "biological clocks" of adolescents. In this article I study whether doing so improves academic performance. I first focus on the Twin Cities metropolitan area, where Minneapolis and several…
Descriptors: High Schools, Standardized Tests, Academic Achievement, Metropolitan Areas

Lotito, Anthony; Hoerner, James – Community Services Catalyst, 1992
Compares Adult Basic Education (ABE) in North Carolina where ABE is administered by community colleges and Virginia where ABE is delivered by the public school system. Reports differences in student recruitment, class scheduling, availability of facilities, commitment of institutional leadership, and program funding. Makes recommendations. (DMM)
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Adult Basic Education, College Role, Community Colleges