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Direct linkKenkel, Sue; Hoelscher, Steve; West, Teri – Educational Leadership, 2006
When 29 percent of final grades for students at Bendle Middle School showed up as Ds and Es, teachers knew something had to give. Kenkel, Hoelscher, and West describe how the ABCI approach, based on mastery learning, shook up a community culture of low expectations for working class kids, and opened the way for more appropriate teaching methods…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Middle School Students, Grades (Scholastic), Mastery Learning
