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Download full textMassachusetts State Dept. of Education, Boston. Massachusetts Educational Assessment Program. – 1988
This report presents the results of an assessment of social studies in the state of Massachusetts. From 240 to 390 test items were administered to all students in grades 4, 8, and 12. The test covered history, government/citizenship, geography, sociocultural environment, economics, multicultural environment, social studies process skills, and…
Descriptors: Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Assessment, Educational Objectives, Educational Testing
Vanneman, Alan – NAEP Facts, 1996
This document summarizes the results of a national survey that tested 4th, 8th, and 12th graders' ability to analyze geographic data in a variety of formats; explain complex geographic phenomena and processes; and show knowledge of relationships between human and geographic events. The survey tested three content dimensions: space and place,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Formative Evaluation
Mullis, Ina V. S.; Dossey, John A.; Owen, Eugene H.; Phillips, Gary W. – 1991
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), also known as "The Nation's Report Card," is a congressionally mandated survey of educational achievement of American students in a variety of curriculum areas and of changes in that achievement across time. Part 1 of this report consists of the results of NAEP's 1990 national…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Assessment, Grade 12, Grade 4
National Academy of Education, Stanford, CA. – 1992
This report presents findings of the National Academy of Education Panel on the Evaluation of the Trial State Assessment (TSA) concerning the 1990 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) mathematics TSA program. The Panel's recommendations regarding the continuation of TSAs for review by the Congress, states, and Executive Branch of the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Advisory Committees, Educational Assessment, Educational Policy
Manitoba Dept. of Education and Training, Winnipeg. – 1991
This report describes the results of an assessment of social studies for grades 4, 8, and 10 of English language schools in Manitoba. Students in each grade were given a written test, the results of which are reported here. The results of a survey of teachers of each grade also are reported. Additionally, interviews with grade four teachers and an…
Descriptors: Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Assessment, Educational Objectives, Educational Testing
Larsen, Greg – 1991
Scheduling concerns such as how to keep instructors teaching in the areas for which they are qualified and how to allow for elective offerings in a student's schedule led North Cache Middle School, a year-round education school serving grades 8 and 9 in Richmond, Utah, to explore a number of solutions. Seven solutions are examined along with…
Descriptors: Class Organization, Educational Environment, Educational Planning, Grade 8
Oregon State Dept. of Education, Salem. – 1990
In February 1989, statewide assessment tests in reading, mathematics, and writing were given to a sample of eighth graders throughout Oregon. The results and analyses of reading and mathematics assessments are presented. Important trends are described based on the analysis of data from 1985, 1987, and 1989. The 1989 information provides the first…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Core Curriculum, Educational Assessment, Elementary School Students
Claus, Richard N.; And Others – 1990
In the spring of 1990, an evaluation was conducted of Saginaw, Michigan's Laser Learning Project (LLP), which was designed to provide eighth grade students with an alternative mathematics instructional program using specially designed curriculum and interactive video. It was hypothesized that participating students would not only achieve higher…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Analysis of Variance, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Evaluation
Abbott, Muriel M.; Lisa-Johnson, Barbara – 1988
Fifth and eighth grade students in New York City participated in a citywide science survey for the fourth consecutive year in 1987. These surveys were designed to assess overall achievement in the pre-high school grades and to provide school, district and citywide summary information about student performance in basic areas of the science…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests, Biology, Chemistry
Moore, Denis W. – 1984
A comparison of seventh and eighth graders' behaviors and achievement in K-8 and junior high schools shows K-8 students performing more favorably in all areas. Students in nine K-8 schools and nine junior high schools in the City School District of New York City were compared on reading achievement, attitude toward school, students' self-esteem,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance, Comparative Analysis, Discipline
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The study described in this report examined the characteristics of eighth-grade students who were at risk of school failure. The study used data from the National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988, which is a large-scale, national longitudinal study begun in the spring of 1988 when 25,000 eighth graders attending public and private schools…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, American Indians, Black Students, Demography
Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ. Policy Information Center. – 1989
This is the first of a series of reports providing information and statistics on subjects of interest to educational policymakers and practitioners. Based on a research paper, "Course-Taking Patterns in the 1980s," by Margaret E. Goertz, the report's focus is on what is being studied and how this has changed over time (generally between 1982 and…
Descriptors: College Bound Students, Course Selection (Students), Educational Change, Educational Policy
Connecticut State Dept. of Education, Hartford. Bureau of Research, Planning, and Evaluation. – 1989
This report of statewide enrollments in Connecticut public schools based on enrollments through October 1988 includes projections for: (1) elementary; (2) middle/junior high; (3) high; (4) kindergarten, grade 8, and grade 12; and (5) racial/ethnic groups. Information on the following background factors are also included: (1) births; (2) high…
Descriptors: Dropout Rate, Elementary Schools, Enrollment Projections, Enrollment Trends
Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. – 1999
In 1999, the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT) was administered to students in grades 4, 5, 8, and 10 to assess student achievement of the Sunshine State Standards in reading and mathematics as mandated by the Florida legislature. This report informs administrators, legislators, and the general public about the reading and mathematics…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Achievement Tests, Grade 8
Achilles, C. M.; Lintz, M. N. – 1985
Some ninth-grade students from three Knoxville City high schools have continuously performed substantially less well than those from other city schools in the Tennessee State proficiency tests. A task force developed a plan to work with grade 8 in the middle schools and grade 9 in the high schools to prepare students to perform better on state…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Comparative Analysis, Competency Based Education
