Block-Scheduled High Schools: Impact on Achievement in English and Language Arts
@article{Nichols2005BlockScheduledHS,
title={Block-Scheduled High Schools: Impact on Achievement in English and Language Arts},
author={J. Nichols},
journal={The Journal of Educational Research},
year={2005},
volume={98},
pages={299 - 309}
}One of the most important concerns expressed in A Nation at Risk (National Commission on Excellence in Education, 1984) was being related to how effectively classroom instruction time was being used in America's schools. In response to that report, many concerned educators and community patrons at national, state, and local levels argued that schools should increase the length of the school day and the school year and simultaneously restructure the traditional daily school schedule. The author… Expand
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