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Natale, Jo Anna – American School Board Journal, 1995
In 1990 two Baltimore, Maryland, schools began an educational experiment. The Barclay School, a public elementary and middle school, won permission to bypass the city's curriculum and adopt the program of the Calvert School, a private elementary school. Test scores and writing skills of Barclay students have improved using the back-to-basics,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Back to Basics, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education
Download full textAlexander, Karl L.; Pallas, Aaron M. – 1983
This report examines whether a high school curriculum organized around the five "new basics" suggested by the National Commission on Excellence in Education is likely to enhance student achievement. Data from the ETS Growth Study reveals that completion of the core curriculum has sizable effects on senior-year test performance, even when…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Back to Basics, Core Curriculum, Curriculum Development
