Continuous-Progress Instruction. Research Study.

Based on surveys of military student attitudes toward American Preparatory Institute (API), the study provided information about competency-based, continuous-progress high school level instruction at API, a private high school for military adults. Students were predominantly male enlisted military personnel, the mean age was approximately 20 years, and the average student had dropped out of school during grade 10. Survey A included all 352 students enrolled in a six-week cycle at First Calvary Academy site at Fort Hood, Texas, and Survey B consisted of 60 randomly selected students enrolled in a 12-week cycle at Central College campus site near Fort Hood. Information about drop-outs or habitual absntees was not included in the study. A 29-item questionnaire was developed to quantify the students, attitudes, with frequencies for each response category converted to percentages. Overall impression from bot