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Wood, Karlyn E. – 1977
Although the failure of open education experiments are often attributed to declining reading and mathematics scores, overwheming class sizes, and practical difficulties in implementing theory, the examination of a particular open education program in a suburban New York school district points to other possible reasons for the program's failure.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Education, Experimental Programs, Failure