12-6: Trimesters in High Schools
Would a non-traditional academic schedule benefit Hostos students?
Research about the trimester schedule in High Schools
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Differences in Student Outcomes between Block, Semester, and Trimester Schedules. (High School)"A review of the literature shows positive and negative outcomes that depend on how teachers make use of schedule changes. The study described in this report compared the outcomes of achievement attained by high school students educated in block, semester, and trimester schedules in 1 urban district during 4 years."
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Scheduling Inequality in Math and Science: How Trimesters Hurt Students at Risk of Academic Failure"We present the results of a three-year ethnographic case study that examined the process of adoption of a trimester schedule at one Michigan high school. Michigan provides an ideal setting to study the adoption of the trimester in the context of high-stakes testing because the change to trimesters is a direct response to new rigorous high school graduation requirements called the Michigan Merit Curriculum (MMC), which were signed into law in 2006"