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Naik, Reetu – Online Submission, 2011
This report examines the student outcomes of Travis County Collaborative Afterschool Program (TCCAP) participants compared to non-participants. Students who attended the afterschool program at most campuses more often had better outcomes.
Descriptors: After School Programs, Program Effectiveness, School Districts, Counties
Naik, Reetu; Christian, Cinda – Online Submission, 2011
The AISD Student Substance Use and Safety Survey, administered annually to a random, representative sample of AISD students, provides self-report data on student knowledge, attitudes, and behavior related to substance use and school safety issues. This report summarizes results from the 2010-2011 school year.
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, School Safety, School Districts, Student Attitudes
Froman, Terry; Brown, Shelly; Lapadula, Maria – Research Services, Miami-Dade County Public Schools, 2008
This Research Brief presents a method for predicting 10th grade Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT) success from 6th grade FCAT performance. A simple equation provides the most probable single score prediction, and give-or-take error margins define high and low probability zones for expected 10th grade scores. In addition, a double-entry…
Descriptors: Low Achievement, Mathematics Tests, Probability, Grade 6
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Crystal, David S.; Kakinuma, Miki; DeBell, Matthew; Azuma, Hiroshi; Miyashita, Takahiro – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2008
Japanese and U.S. sixth, eighth, and tenth graders (N = 2141) responded to questionnaires asking whom they depended on in six contexts of need. These contexts were: morning awakening, physical illness, emotional upset, help with homework, causing a problem, and guidance in extracurricular activities. Findings indicated that, relative to culture,…
Descriptors: Extracurricular Activities, Cross Cultural Studies, Foreign Countries, Grade 10
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O'Conner, Rosemarie; Abedi, Jamal; Tung, Stephanie – Regional Educational Laboratory Mid-Atlantic, 2012
This study describes English language learner (ELL) student enrollment and achievement trends in Delaware public schools from 2002/03 to 2008/09. Two research questions guide this study: (1) How did the enrollment of ELL students in Delaware public schools change between 2002/03 and 2008/09?; and (2) How did performance (the percentage scoring at…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gap, Comparative Analysis, Educational Change
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O'Conner, Rosemarie; Abedi, Jamal; Tung, Stephanie – Regional Educational Laboratory Mid-Atlantic, 2012
This study describes English language learner (ELL) student enrollment and achievement trends in Delaware public schools from 2002/03 to 2008/09. Two research questions guide this study: (1) How did the enrollment of ELL students in Delaware public schools change between 2002/03 and 2008/09?; and (2) How did performance (the percentage scoring at…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gap, Comparative Analysis, Educational Indicators
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Wagner, Petra; Schober, Barbara; Spiel, Christiane – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2008
This paper deals with the time students spend working at home for school. In Study 1, we investigated amount and regulation of time. Study 2 serves to validate the results of Study 1 and, in addition, investigates the duration of the time units students used and their relation to scholastic success. In Study 1, the participants were 332 students…
Descriptors: Homework, Assignments, Time Management, Grade 6
Zambo, Ron; Zambo, Debby – Teacher Education Quarterly, 2008
The "No Child Left Behind" legislation requires states to classify schools based on students meeting the state's academic standards. A combination of factors, including scores on state specific tests and nationally normed tests, can result in a school being awarded a low classification or a high classification. In the authors' state,…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Federal Legislation, Standardized Tests, Academic Achievement
Cornetto, Karen M.; Schmitt, Lisa N. T. – Online Submission, 2009
This report describes district-level results from the Austin Independent School District (AISD) 2008-2009 Student Climate Survey. [Abstract modified to meet ERIC guidelines.]
Descriptors: School Districts, Educational Environment, Student Behavior, Elementary Secondary Education
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Hankin, Benjamin L. – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2009
This study investigated psychosocial mechanisms that may account for sex differences in internalizing symptoms of depression and anxiety during adolescence using data from a prospective, multiwave study with a sample of early and middle adolescents (N = 350, 6th to 10th graders; 57% female). Girls showed higher initial levels of only depressive…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Females, Adolescents, Interaction
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Attali, Yigal; Powers, Don – ETS Research Report Series, 2008
This report describes the development of grade norms for timed-writing performance in two modes of writing: persuasive and descriptive. These norms are based on objective and automatically computed measures of writing quality in grammar, usage, mechanics, style, vocabulary, organization, and development. These measures are also used in the…
Descriptors: Grade 4, Grade 6, Grade 8, Grade 10
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Poulin, Francois; Pedersen, Sara – Developmental Psychology, 2007
This article describes both normative changes and individual differences in the gender composition of girls' and boys' friendship networks across adolescence and predicts variations in these changes. It also examines changes in the characteristics (context, age difference, closeness, and support) of same- and other-sex friendships in the network.…
Descriptors: Females, Friendship, Age Differences, Grade 6
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Lohmeier, Jill H.; Schmitt, Vicki L.; Frey, Bruce B. – Middle Grades Research Journal, 2008
Despite the success of many drug and alcohol prevention programs, drug and alcohol use by adolescents continues to be a problem. One important factor in preventing drug and alcohol use may be determining, in a non-intrusive manner, which students are most at risk for drug involvement. In the present study, the predictive relationship between…
Descriptors: Prevention, Adolescent Attitudes, Conflict, Drinking
Park, Hyun-Jeong – Educational Studies in Japan: International Yearbook, 2008
In this paper, two nationwide assessments for elementary and secondary students' educational achievement in Korea were reviewed for their assessment frameworks and the overall results; the Diagnostic Test for Basic Skills (DTBS) of Grade 3 elementary students and the National Assessment of Educational Achievement (NAEA) for Grade 6, 9 and 10…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Diagnostic Tests, Foreign Countries, Grade 6
Center on Education Policy, 2009
This general achievement trends profile includes information that the Center on Education Policy (CEP) and the Human Resources Research Organization (HumRRO) obtained from states from fall 2008 through April 2009. Included herein are: (1) Bullet points summarizing key findings about achievement trends in that state at three performance…
Descriptors: Grades (Scholastic), Federal Legislation, Testing Programs, Academic Achievement
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