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Direct linkProtheroe, Nancy – Principal, 2007
This Research Report summarizes various strategies that have been found to help struggling students succeed without having to repeat a grade. They include aligning instruction with standards, providing "early warning" assessments, multiage grouping, accelerated learning, increased professional development for teachers working with low-performing…
Descriptors: Acceleration (Education), Mixed Age Grouping, Standards, Evaluation
Lodish, Richard – Principal, 1992
Recently, numerous larger schools have tried to capture the potential advantages of a wide age range in their classrooms. The nongraded organizational system recognizes and plans for varied student abilities, provides for different rates of progress, and adjusts to individual emotional and social needs. Both advantages and disadvantages are…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Early Childhood Education, Educational Benefits
Forsten, Char; Grant, Jim; Richardson, Irv – Principal, 1999
The revived interest in multiage and looping (multiyear) classrooms addresses today's children's needs for a long-term, caring, learning environment. Although these practices are not panaceas, they are time-effective and instructionally efficient, allowing for continuous learning and less repetition, when teachers have adequate support, training,…
Descriptors: Attendance, Diversity (Student), Educational Benefits, Elementary Education
Ishler, Richard E.; Vogel, Bobbi – Principal, 1996
A model professional development school (PDS) serves Celebration, Florida, a planned community built by the Disney Corporation. The K-12 Celebration School resulted from cooperation among the Osceola County School District, Stetson University, and Disney. In this PDS, featuring multiage groupings and individualized instruction, students, staff,…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Community Involvement, Community Schools, Elementary Secondary Education
Domenech, Daniel A. – Principal, 1999
The Fairfax County (Virginia) Schools have developed a pilot program, Success by Eight, that groups students ages 5 to 8 for different types of learning, based on performance in each subject. By restructuring K-2 classes into multiple, flexible groups, the program provides opportunities for continuous learning and development during critical…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Continuous Progress Plan, Diversity (Student), Educational Benefits
Nelson, Regena Fails – Principal, 2000
Examines four types of kindergarten programs (developmental, multiage, full-day, and lower class size) to determine which best accommodates developmental differences while enhancing youngsters' readiness for formal schooling. Low-income, urban areas should implement full-day kindergarten programs and smaller classes in first through third grades.…
Descriptors: Developmental Programs, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Diversity (Student), Full Day Half Day Schedules
