Article Source: CS Monitor

Strong educational practices, not demographics or organizational philosophies, most affect middle school test scores, a survey of more than 300 California schools found.

Forget the oft-debated issue of whether middle-schoolers are better off in a separate school or in a K-8 environment. The real things that improve their test scores have more to do with educational practices than school structure, according to a major new study that examined middle grades in California.

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