Culture+of+high+expectations+and+academic+rigor+for+all+students

=**Research**=

Accountability, Rigor, and Detracking: Achievement Effects of Embracing a Challenging Curriculum As a Universal Good for All Students. Teachers College Record, Mar2008, Vol. 110 Issue 3, p571-607

Resolving the Tension between Academic Rigor and Developmental Appropriateness (Part 1). By: Anfara, Vincent A., Jr.; Waks, Leonard. Middle School Journal, v32 n2 p46-51 Nov 2000. (EJ626860)

Resolving the Tension between Academic Rigor and Developmental Appropriateness (Part II). By: Anfara, Vincent A., Jr.; Waks, Leonard. Middle School Journal, v32 n3 p25-30 Jan 2001.

[|Middle-Level Reform: The Introduction of Advanced English and Science Courses] By: Friend, Jennifer I.; Degen, Elizabeth. Journal of Advanced Academics, Winter2007, Vol. 18 Issue 2, p246-276

Talent Development and Grouping in the Middle Grades: Challenging the Brightest without Sacrificing the Rest. By: George, Paul S.; Grebing, Walt. Middle School Journal, v26 n4 p12-17 Mar 1995

Evaluating Middle Grades Curricula for High Standards of Learning and Performance. By: Goldsmith, Lynn T.; Kantrov, Ilene. NASSP Bulletin, v84 n615 p30-39 Apr 2000.

[|Work Partly Accomplished, Benefactors Exit Middle Grades]. By: Manzo, Kathleen Kennedy. Education Week, 5/21/2003, Vol. 22 Issue 37, p11, 1/2p

[|Middle School Report Urges Academic Rigor.] By: Manzo, Kathleen Kennedy. Education Week, 11/08/2000, Vol. 20 Issue 10, p3

. By: Mikyung Kim Wolf; Crosson, Amy C.; Resnick, Lauren B.. Reading Psychology, Jan-Mar2005, Vol. 26 Issue 1, p27-53

[|THE NONGRADED MIDDLE SCHOOL: CAN IT IMPROVE LIFE FOR EARLY ADOLESCENTS?] By: Petrie, Garth; Lindauer, Patricia; Dotson, Kathy; Tountaskis, Michael. Education, Summer2001, Vol. 121 Issue 4, p781

[|Which Way, the Middle?] By: Scherer, Marge. Educational Leadership, Apr2006, Vol. 63 Issue 7, p7-7