美国农村中小学合并研究

Study on the Merge of American Rural Elementary and Middle School

美国学者对农村中小学合并进行过大量的研究，主要集中在农村中小学合并的原因、政策、实施策略与效果以及合并的争论等方面。这些研究对我国推进农村中小学“撤点并校”具有参考意义：正确认识农村中小学校的合并现象;合并应因地、因时制宜；针对合并过程中的不同环节采取相应的有效措施；大量开展对农村中小学合并案例的实证研究。

American researchers have done many studies on the merge of elementary and middle school in rural areas of the United States. The studies primarily focus on the causes， the policies， the implementation strategies and the results of the merge as well as the dispute around it. These studies provide some enlightenment to 、China in its own merge of rural elementary and middle school in the following areas: understanding the needs for the merge; adapting the merge policies and strategies to local schools; taking different approaches in various phases of the process accordingly; and carrying out case studies at a grand scale.