The publication "Bootstraps, Part III" serves as a starter for working committees which are formulating a language arts curriculum (kindergarten through grade 12); it allows for additions and changes appropriate for individual schools, contains identifiable strands (such as "speaking") extending through the 13 grade levels, and gives long-range…

This article reports on a study which examines open corridor structures and processes for teachers' curricular decision-making. Discussions of sample interviews and classroom observations are included. (Author/EB)

Continuous progress education (CP) provides for the individualization of all significant aspects of learning, including materials, content, objectives, methods, pacing, and student-teacher relationships. It is based on the proposition that no general prescriptions are equally appropriate for all students. A brief description of Hood River Valley…

A city-wide elementary school reading program that emphasizes mastery learning and continuous progress in Chicago, Continuous Progress--Mastery Learning, is blamed for the declining reading test scores of high school students there. The program's origins and evolution are described along with a new program, Chicago Mastery Learning Reading, which…

This newsletter examines the continuous progress (CP) curriculum, the primary characteristic of which is flexible pacing for the student. The newsletter notes some of the practical concerns limiting implementation of CP curricula, and how some schools have overcome them. It then discusses four issues that schools must address to employ a…