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"Creating 'No Excuses' (Traditional) Public Schools: Preliminary Evidence From an Experiment in Houston"
A nationally watched experiment designed to improve nine struggling middle and high schools in the Houston Independent School District increased students’ math skills but had a minimal impact on reading achievement, an evaluation of the program’s...
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