It has been called many names: Continuous Progress Format, Advancement Based on Competency (ABC), Continuous Progress Schools, and Continuous Progress Education. The idea of "Continuous Progress" refers to academic and developmental growth of students in a multi-age program. Students learn new materials as they are ready, regardless of…

In this article, the author profiles Charles Dickens Elementary School in Vancouver, British Columbia, a school that dares to be different from the rest. This elementary school operates on a child-centered, multi-aged framework that is based on belief in an orientation towards continuous progress, appropriate evaluation of progress, schoolwide…

We examined the extent to which use of a technology-enhanced continuous progress monitoring system would enhance the results of math instruction, examined variability in teacher implementation of the program, and compared math results in classrooms in which teachers did and did not use the system. Classrooms were randomly assigned to within-school…

Ideas about what a school building should cost and what sort of program it should offer the community. (Author)

Discusses the alternative learning and teaching system, Individually Guided Education (IGE). (JF)

A much needed addition to the Jamestown Elementary School turned out to be more than an expansion of walls for more space. A new educational program, a limited budget, and a short time line were tackled on a team approach basis and were successfully resolved. (Author)

The planning and realization of a one room schoolhouse in Houston, Texas to be part of a complex which will include a junior and senior high school. The educational premise of the structure is that the school which traditionally has been an instrument organized around the concept of convenience for the administrator and the teacher, now…

Seventh grade junior high school students, who formerly attended an open space elementary school, were compared on social and emotional factors with fellow students previously educated in self-contained elementary classrooms. (Author/MLF)

Guidelines are intended to assist elementary school principals in adopting a nongraded or continuous progress plan. Guidelines are presented specifically for (1) committing the faculty and staff of the school to the plan, (2) grouping students, (3) working with parents, and (4) organizing the plan. A bibliography, sample letters to parents,…

The Directed Learning Program, developed to provide the best possible individualized type of education, is nongraded in organization: students are grouped into Educational Families, each composed of approximately 175 students, seven teachers, four to six educational assistants, and a master teacher. (Author/JM)

SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, HAS MADE EFFORTS TO IMPROVE RACIAL BALANCE IN THE SCHOOLS BY INSTITUTING VOLUNTARY, MANDATORY, AND REVERSE TRANSFER PROGRAMS, IN WHICH 1500 NEGRO AND 90 WHITE STUDENTS HAVE ALREADY PARTICIPATED. MOREOVER IN ANTICIPATION OF INCREASED INMIGRATION, THE CITY HAS DEVELOPED A NEW TYPE OF SCHOOL STRUCTURE FOR URBAN LIVING, THE…

Incorporating various elements of individualized instructional programs and continuous progress plans, a type of open-end education is recommended as a way to enable each child to realize his own potential and make his greatest contribution to society. Aspects of open-end education discussed briefly include a definition of the term (it…