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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
Turner, John R. – 1988
The Integrating Studies Program at Vermont College was designed not only to help students master the dictates of established disciplines, but also to inquire about the nature of knowledge. As such, it reflects the growth of the general studies movement and that movement's desire to restore the bond between education and character-formation. The…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Back to Basics, Course Evaluation, Curriculum Design
Altschul, D. Robert – 1984
A geographer responds to three themes found in the U.S. National Commission on Excellence in Education report "A Nation at Risk": (1) the return to basics theme, (2) the science and technology theme, and (3) the social science theme. The report recommends the adoption of "New Basics," which, in four years of high school, would…
Descriptors: Back to Basics, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational Needs
