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Download full textZoda, Pamela; Combs, Julie P.; Slate, John R. – International Journal of Educational Leadership Preparation, 2011
In this article, we reviewed the empirical literature concerning the relationship between school size and student performance with a focus was on determining the extent to which school size, specifically elementary school size, was related to student academic achievement. Most of the extant literature was on secondary school size with fewer…
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, School Size, Academic Achievement, School Effectiveness
South Carolina State Dept. of Education, Columbia. Div. of Public Accountability. – 1987
This assessment report examines the impact of the South Carolina Educational Improvement Act (EIA) by focusing on six specific areas relevant to improving education in South Carolina during the school year 1986-87. The report is divided into six areas that show the following improvements: (1) Academic Achievement: performance on standardized tests…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Community Support, Compensatory Education, Educational Change
Block, Alan W. – 1983
This review summarizes and analyzes the body of research on the characteristics of effective schools in addition to early input-output research, which implied that the determinants of student achievement lay chiefly outside the control of the schools. Chapter 1 discusses patterns in the results of input-output studies, including research…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Role, Community Support, Educational Administration
Pope, Jean; Gillian, Russ – 1984
This booklet surveys the possibilities in instituting a 4-day school week, an approach which has gained favor in some small school districts. The history of the 4-day week and its characteristics are first described. Drawing on case studies of districts that have begun the 4-day schedule, the authors enumerate the steps in proposing and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Community Support, Cost Effectiveness, Curriculum Design
Starnes, Lisa – 1990
This paper discusses public school-based child care facilities and the ways in which they benefit students, schools, communities, and children. It is argued that when there are child care centers in public high schools, teen-age parents whose children attend the facility are more likely to complete their education and less likely to become…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Child Caregivers, Community Benefits, Community Support
Redding, Sam – 2002
This report describes the Alliance for Achievement project, a guide for constructing a school community that takes into account influences of the home on school performance. The project began in 1989 when 5 Illinois schools developed a plan to focus parental involvement on "the curriculum of the home" and integrate these efforts into a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Community Influence, Community Schools, Community Support
