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Download full textEvans, Charles L. – 1972
The Fort Worth Trimester Plan (Intensified Learning Plan) employes three terms of approximately 60 days, each to replace a 90-day semester. To maintain an equivalent amount of classroom time, class periods are extended to 80 minutes at the high school level. The plan was implemented at one high school and three middle schools in 1970-71. The…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Course Organization, Extended School Year, Flexible Scheduling
Brown, E. Don – 1975
The author details the steps involved in the adoption of a trimester program at a Texas junior high school. The trimester schedule divides the regular school year into three equal 60 day periods. The option of a summer quarter can be added as the need arises. Under the plan, school periods are 70 minutes long in the junior high school and 80…
Descriptors: Extended School Year, Flexible Schedules, Junior High Schools, Program Descriptions
Suslow, Sidney; Riley, Michael J. – 1968
In 1966 a decision was made to begin operating the University of California at Berkeley on a year-round basis. Included in this report are discussions of year-round education in general; various methods of year-round education, including the semester summer session plan, the quarter plan, and the trimester plan; and background, implementation, and…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Extended School Year, Higher Education, Program Evaluation
Report of the Committee To Study the Feasibility of the Extended School Year. End of Project Report.
Richland County School District 1, Columbia, SC. – 1972
The major activities carried out in the study were the researching of available data pertaining to past attempts at extended school year programs; programs now in operation; and current theories, projections, and sociological trends relative to extended school year plans. Each plan was evaluated according to its potential to contribute…
Descriptors: Continuous Progress Plan, Elementary Schools, Extended School Year, Feasibility Studies
Wollaston, Twila – 1974
The Pennsylvania Legislature funded a two-year program to enable interested local schools to conduct exploratory programs on all-year scheduling. Funds were allocated by contract on the basis of the local school's need and readiness to conduct some type of all-year school program or to study the feasibility of such a program. Findings indicate…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Curriculum Development, Efficiency, Elementary Secondary Education
Nygaard, Debra D. – 1974
To provide educators with a compilation of available data on the implementation and operation of year-round programs, this publication incorporates reviews of evaluative studies conducted by six year-round programs: the Prince William County, Virginia, 45-15 Plan; the Valley View, Illinois, School District, 45-15 Plan; the Dade County, Florida,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Role, Community Attitudes
