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District of Columbia Public Schools, Washington, DC. Div. of Quality Assurance. – 1986
The District of Columbia's Student Progress Plan (SPP) was designed as the delivery system for the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC), and regulates student promotions based on skill attainment and mastery of the instructional objectives. An evaluation of SPP was conducted in the second semester of school year 1985-86, and its findings are…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Mathematics Instruction
Peer reviewedMcPartland, James M.; Nettles, Saundra Murray – American Journal of Education, 1991
Evaluation after two years of Project RAISE, a multifaceted program with seven community sponsors in the large Baltimore (Maryland) school district, indicates the effectiveness of using community adults as advocates and mentors in improving student attendance and some report card grades, but not promotion rates or standardized test scores. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adults, Attendance, Child Advocacy
