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What Do the California Standards Test Results Reveal about the Movement toward Eighth-Grade Algebra for All?
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Liang, Jian-Hua; Heckman, Paul E.; Abedi, Jamal – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2012
In California, an increasing number of 8th graders have taken algebra courses since 2003. This study examines students' California Standards Test (CST) results in grades 7 through 11, aiming to reveal who took the CST for Algebra I in 8th grade and whether the increase has led to a rise in students' taking higher-level mathematics CSTs and an…
Descriptors: Test Results, Algebra, Standardized Tests, Required Courses
Assessing Why Some Students Learn Math in High School: How Useful Are Student-Level Test Results?
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Baird, Katherine – Educational Policy, 2011
Educational systems in the United States are generating vast amounts of data on student achievement. This may provide researchers and policy makers with long sought-after insight on the factors explaining student performance. This study uses recent data from Washington 10th graders to examine why some students learned more math than others.…
Descriptors: Test Results, Academic Achievement, Grade 10, High Schools
Achievement Gap Projection for Standardized Testing through Logistic Regression within a Large Arizona School District
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Kellermeyer, Steven Bruce – ProQuest LLC, 2011
In the last few decades high-stakes testing has become more political than educational. The Districts within Arizona are bound by the mandates of both AZ LEARNS and the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. At the time of this writing, both legislative mandates relied on the Arizona Instrument for Measuring Standards (AIMS) as State Tests for gauging…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, High Stakes Tests, Achievement Gap, Reading Tests
Examining the Effectiveness of a Ninth-Grade Transition Program
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VanMetre, Jason Paul – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This study was designed to examine the effectiveness of a ninth grade transition program at a suburban high school in Louisiana. Student data were analyzed from two groups of first time freshmen who indicated a need for help in mathematics: one without a transition program and one with a transition program. Academic data included standardized test…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, Test Results, Educational Assessment, Standardized Tests
A Comparison of Pupil Learning and Achievement in Computer Aided Learning and Traditionally Taught Situations with Special Reference to Cognitive Style and Gender Issues
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Atkinson, Stephanie – Educational Psychology, 2004
This article is concerned with comparing learning and achievement in the context of computer aided learning (CAL) and traditionally taught environments. The results of a small-scale study involving 49 Year 10 pupils from a school in the north-east of England are reported. Cognitive style, gender, attitude to CAL, and test results from a unit of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Test Results, Teaching Methods, Computer Assisted Instruction
National Assessment Program--Civics and Citizenship Year 10 School Assessment, 2004
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Ministerial Council on Education, Employment, Training and Youth Affairs (NJ1), 2004
In 2004, the Ministerial Council on Education, Employment, Training and Youth Affairs (MCEETYA) conducted an assessment of a sample of Year 6 and Year 10 students across Australia to assess their proficiency in civics and citizenship. The assessment of civics and citizenship is part of a national plan that is being put progressively in place to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Civics, Citizenship Education, Grade 10