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Weber, Larry J.; And Others – 1985
This study compared the academic achievement and other outcomes of three public fundamental elementary schools with three regular elementary schools in a metropolitan school district. Modeled after the John Marshal Fundamental School in Pasadena, California, which opened in the fall of 1973, fundamental schools differ from regular schools in that…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Back to Basics, Classroom Environment, Comparative Analysis
Taylor, Bob L.; Birchell, Gregory R. – 1983
To test whether elementary social studies texts have changed in response to the back-to-basics movement, a content analysis was made of selected basal texts series published between 1969-1972 and reissued between 1979-1982. Quantitative data, anecdotal data, and educational criticism were used to compare eight matched text series for knowledge…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Back to Basics, Basic Skills, Citizenship Education
Download full textNowak, Jon; Hiatt, Diana Buell – 1986
This study focuses on vocational education curriculum and staffing changes among California school districts as a result of 1983 state back-to-basics educational reform legislation (Hughes-Hart Educational Reform Act of 1983). Data were gathered from 1981-86, beginning with baseline data two years prior to, during, and two years after legislation.…
Descriptors: Back to Basics, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational Trends
