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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
Plummer, Diane Loretta – 1982
Differential effects of promotion from and retention in grade on second- and fifth-grade students were investigated. It was hypothesized that (1) children retained in grade will evoke negative perceptions and thus have lower status than children regularly promoted; (2) more favorable attributions will be made to children who are regularly promoted…
Descriptors: Back to Basics, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students