March 1999
Vol. X, No. 6

Transition centers

From the Editor: Midcourse correction needed

Main story—Transition centers:
Services praised, instruction questioned, results withheld
A status report on the Reform Board’s program to prepare older,
low-scoring 8th-graders for high school.
See also: Results withheld

Classes revolve around test prep
A day in the life of Rosedell Chester III, a student at Transition Center F.

‘Tests have error,’ test author warns
Arguments for and against using only the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills
to determine student retention.
See also: Two different approaches

‘Look, I’m in 10th grade’
How two transition students entered high school as sophomores.
See also: Spotcheck shows few schools tracking students

Web extra: our Topic Index lists past stories on transition centers and student retention

Chicago’s brand of retention, summer school all wrong, by Philip M. Katz

From Cozette Buckney, Hank Rubin

Reform Phase II:
The Best Practice Chronicles
Applications up at teacher-run school

Elsewhere

Extracurricular policy off to slow start ...
LSC advocates lobby for Chapter 1 boost ...
10,000 teachers top Gov. Ryan’s education budget

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