Did the 4X4 Block Schedule Improve the Education of Students at a Small Rural High School?

block scheduling;high school;student acheivement;College of Arts and Sciences: Public Administration

Malenich, Julie K.Flint ;

University of Michigan

关键词: block scheduling;    high school;    student acheivement;    College of Arts and Sciences: Public Administration;   

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【 摘 要 】

This data explains the 4x4 block scheduling in a rural Michigan high school. The subject school switched from a traditional schedule to the 4x4 block schedule in 1995-96. The subject school;;s stated goal was to prepare all students to be successful leaners. The staff and administration did not believe that this goal was being met. This is why the subject school switched to the 4x4 block schedule. Many believe that the traditional schedule leads to fragmented instruction and fosters low student achiement. As a result of this concern, block scheduling emerged. Data analysis of the 4x4 block scheduling at the subject school was done by comparing data from 1993-1994, and 1994-1995, school years in which the traditional schedule was used, and from 1995-2000, in which the 4x4 block was being used. The population for this case study, was the entire high school student body, approximately 276 students at the start of the data analysis and approximately 230 students at the end of the analysis. A sample of 19 out of 57 students that started high school at the subject school in 1993-94, and graduated in 1996-97, were also analyzed. When analyzing the entire the entire student body population, their grade point averages (G.P.A.) increased slightly after the 4x4 block schedule was in place, failure rates dropped dramatically, drop-out rates remained quite low, American College Test (ACT) composite scores increased slightly, and student discipline referrals dropped dramatically. The sample had similar results. 13 out of the 19 studenst improved their G.P.A. during the 4x4 block schedule, and all 19 students either remained at a 0% failure rate, or experienced a dramatic drop.