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Peer reviewedOffenberg, Robert M. – Middle School Journal, 2001
Natural experiments explored the effects of attending public Philadelphia K-to-8 schools or public middle schools on eighth- and ninth-grade achievement. Found that students attending K-8 schools had higher reading, mathematics, and science achievement than students attending middle schools serving similar communities. Suggested that number of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Schools, Mathematics Achievement
