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Stedman, Lawrence C. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1988
Challenges Wilbur Brookover's response to the author's article "It's Time We Changed the Effective Schools Formula" appearing in the November 1987 issue of "Kappan." The author's Pennsylvania studies show that certain variables such as classroom climate, emphasis on basic skills, and time-on-task were inconsequential in predicting a school's…
Descriptors: Back to Basics, Classroom Environment, Elementary Education, School Effectiveness
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