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ERIC Number: EJ615882
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2000
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ISSN: ISSN-0162-3737
All That Glitters Is Not Gold: School Reform in Charlotte-Mecklenburg.
Smith, Stephen Samuel; Mickelson, Roslyn Arlin
Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, v22 n2 p101-27 Sum 2000
Compared the progress of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school district, North Carolina, in improving student outcomes with progress in two other North Carolina school districts and the entire state. There was no evidence that the sweeping program of school reform in Charlotte-Mecklenburg improved academic outcomes except in a few advanced placement courses. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Educational Change, Outcomes of Education, School Districts, Urban Schools
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative; Speeches/Meeting Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Charlotte Mecklenburg Public Schools NC; Reform Efforts
Note: Version of a paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association (Norfolk, Virginia,1997).