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Re-Conceptualizing Extra Help for High School Students in a High Standards Era.

Robert W. Balfanz, James C. McPartland, Alta Shaw

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One of the aims of the standards and accountability movement is to make intellectually demanding course work in high school the norm (Achieve, 2001; Committee for Economic Development, 2000). Significant progress has been made towards this goal. In 1980, for example, it was possible to graduate from high school in

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One of the aims of the standards and accountability movement is to make intellectually demanding course work in high school the norm (Achieve, 2001; Committee for Economic Development, 2000). Significant progress has been made towards this goal. In 1980, for example, it was possible to graduate from high school in

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One of the aims of the standards and accountability movement is to make intellectually demanding course work in high school the norm (Achieve, 2001; Committee for Economic Development, 2000). Significant progress has been made towards this goal. In 1980, for example, it was possible to graduate from high school in

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