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Item Block Scheduling: Structure and Professional Community Matter(Center for Applied Research and Educational Improvement, 1998-09) Freeman, CarolThe question examined here is whether differences in the characteristics of professional community found in the schools related to their success in implementing block scheduling. The name block scheduling is given to a schedule that has fewer, usually four, class periods per day for approximately twice the usual number of minutes. This paper draws from data collected in a broader study conducted by the Center for Applied Research and Educational Improvement (CAREI), University of Minnesota, on effects of block scheduling on high school teaching and learning.Item Review of Literature on Grade Configuration and School Transitions(Center for Applied Research and Educational Improvement, 2011-03) Gordon, Molly; Peterson, Kristin; Gdula, Julie; Klingbeil, DaveBeginning with the junior high school movement in the 1920s and continuing through the middle school movement in the 1960s, educational researchers have investigated the impact of school transitions and different grade configurations on a variety of student outcomes. In this report, we review the most salient empirical research to date on how school transitions and different grade configurations impact student achievement and behavior, as well as student psychological and social-emotional outcomes.