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=== Alternate Day Block Scheduling ===
Also referred to as A/B block scheduling, Odd/Even block scheduling, or Day 1/ Day 2 block scheduling. Students take three to four courses, around 90-120 minutes in length, per day all year long on alternating days resulting in a full six or eight courses per year.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last1=Trenta|first1=Louis|last2=Newman|first2=Isadore|date=Fall 2002|title=Effects of a High School Block Scheduling Program on Students: A Four-Year Longitudinal Study of the Effects of Block Scheduling on Student Outcome Variables|url=|journal=American Secondary Education|volume=31|pages=54|via=EBSCOhost}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite journal|last1=Lewis|first1=Chance W.|last2=Dugan|first2=James J.|last3=Winokur|first3=Marc A.|last4=Cobb|first4=R. Brian|date=December 2005|title=The Effects of Block Scheduling on High School Academic Achievement|url=|journal=NASSP Bulletin|volume=98|pages=72-87|via=EBSCOhost}}</ref> An example table of a possible schedule is provided below.
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! colspan="63" |A/B Block Scheduling
|-
|Time
! colspan="6" |A/B Block Scheduling
|A Day
|B Day
|-
|7:30-9:00
! Time !! Mon (A)!! Tue (B)!! Wed (A)!! Thu (B)!! Fri (Mixed)
| Math
| English
|-
| 089:45 – 05-10:2035
|Spanish
| rowspan="2" | Math
|Computers
| rowspan="2" | English
| rowspan="2" | Math
| rowspan="2" | English
| Math
|-
| 10:20 – 1240-11:0525
!| colspan="52" | Lunch
| English
|-
|11:30-1:00
| 12:05 – 12:45
| History
! colspan="5" | Lunch
| Science
|-
|1:05-2:35
| 12:50 – 14:20
|Physical Education
| rowspan="2" | History
|Health
| rowspan="2" | Science
| rowspan="2" | History
| rowspan="2" | Science
| Science
|-
| 14:25 – 16:00
| History
|}
 
=== 4x4 Block Scheduling ===
A method called 4×4 block scheduling splits the academic year into quarters, and uses a four-period day.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.internet-high.com/4x4/may93.zip|title=Organizing a World Class High School|author=Clarence M. Edwards|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070815000000/http://www.internet-high.com/4x4/may93.zip|archivedate=August 15, 2007|deadurl=yes}}</ref> This leaves eight slots available for classes during a semester (four classes in each of two quarters). The 4×4 method is somewhat more flexible in that students can take two sequential classes (such as Algebra 1 and 2) in the same semester (in different quarters), which would not be possible on a traditional schedule. This also allows students in their final year to fail a third-quarter class but repeat it in the fourth quarter in order to graduate.