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Download full textTexas Education Agency, Austin. Div. of Research and Evaluation. – 1999
The study reported in this document examined the relationship between block scheduling (class periods longer than 50 minutes) and overall student performance. Performance was measured in terms of dropout rates, grade-level retention rates, campus-level results for the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills, and participation in and performance on…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Advanced Placement, Block Scheduling, Dropouts
