ERIC Number: EJ821080
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2009
Pages: 14
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0671
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Urban Middle-Grade Student Mathematics Achievement Growth under Comprehensive School Reform
Mac Iver, Martha Abele; Mac Iver, Douglas J.
Journal of Educational Research, v102 n3 p223-236 Jan-Feb 2009
Recognizing the need to implement standards-based instructional materials with school-wide coherence led some Philadelphia schools to adopt whole-school reform (WSR) models during the late 1990s. The authors report on the relation between mathematics achievement growth for middle-grade students on the Pennsylvania System of School Assessments and the number of years schools implemented either a WSR model with National Science Foundation-supported mathematics curriculum or a WSR model without a mathematics curriculum component, from 1997 to 2000. As the authors hypothesized, mathematics achievement gains (Grades 5-8) were positively related to the number of years those schools were implementing a specific mathematics curricular reform. Additional analyses indicated that the relation held for both computation skills and ability to apply mathematics concepts. (Contains 1 figure, 5 tables, and 4 notes.)
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Mathematics Curriculum, School Restructuring, Achievement Gains, Mathematics Achievement, Instructional Materials, Educational Change, Grade 5, Change Strategies, Middle School Students, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Academic Standards, Models, Correlation, Computation, Mathematics Skills, Mathematical Concepts
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Grade 5; Grade 6; Grade 7; Grade 8; Middle Schools
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Pennsylvania
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IES Cited: ED565883