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High Failure Rates in Required Mathematics Courses: Can a Modified Block Schedule Be Part of the Cure?

James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Va.

Robert Lynn Canady

Department of Leadership, Foundations, and Policy, Curry School of Education, University of Virginia, Charlottesville

Given the diversity in public schools and the growing trend toward requiring the successful completion of Algebra I for graduation, a schedule that allows students to complete this course in different amounts of time may be one key to success.

NASSP Bulletin, Vol. 82, No. 596, 56-65 (1998)
DOI: 10.1177/019263659808259611


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