Study Shows Test Gains in 'Accelerated Schools'

SCHOOL improvement programs; CURRICULUM enrichment; ACADEMIC achievement; MANPOWER Demonstration Research Corp.

Reports on a study by Manpower Demonstration Research Corp. on the performance of Accelerated Schools, a school improvement program in the United States. Program's goal of bringing challenging curricula to disadvantaged students; Test-score data for third graders in schools that were using the program in the early 1990s; Program's potential to improve student achievement.