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Download full textEkstrom, Ruth B. – 1985
Using the High School and Beyond 1980 to 1982 Longitudinal Study data base, this paper focuses on cognitive growth as evidenced by changing scores on achievement tests of adolescents during their last two years of high school. The analysis had two major phases: (1) a descriptive analysis which provided a variety of cross tabulations of change in…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests, Cognitive Development, Grade 11
Holmes, Barbara J. – State Education Leader, 1983
The paper summarizes a National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) report, "Reading, Science and Mathematic Trends: A Closer Look," in which achievement trends are compared in several subjects for 4th, 8th, and 11th grade black students, white students, low achievers, and high achievers. Findings indicate that while overall…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Education, Academic Standards, Achievement Gains
