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Peer reviewedDavidson, Fred – Language Testing, 1994
Examines appropriacy of a nationally standardized test normed on English speakers but used with non-English speaking students. Data from the school year are analyzed via reliability comparison, exploratory factor analysis, and comparison of variances. The use of the test was statistically defensible. This finding does not address the need for…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Analysis of Variance, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language)
Download full textHirsch, Jay G; Costello, Joan – 1967
This paper has presented some of the major conclusions arising out of a clinical study of a group of fifth grade achievers and underachievers from an urban lower class Negro public elementary school. The major factors which distinguished the group of achievers from the group of underachievers were those in the area of quality of interpersonal…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Students, Case Studies, Disadvantaged Youth
Mayo, Samuel T. – 1989
While Illinois educational officials developed a uniform assessment manual to accompany standardized tests, a companion handbook was developed by a consultant for use with teacher- and district-made tests. Criterion-referenced or mastery tests were the subject of the handbook. The handbook was designed to assess content validity as well as provide…
Descriptors: Content Validity, Criterion Referenced Tests, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education
Rodriguez, Carmelo – 1982
The status of Latino admissions, enrollment, and retention in Illinois colleges and universities is summarized. Information is presented on the March 1979 Hispanic population 25 years old and over, by years of school completed, type of Hispanic, and age. Income data for 1978 are also provided. In addition, attention is directed to TRIO program…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Academic Persistence, Access to Education, Admissions Counseling
Wiley, Edward W.; Mathis, William J.; Garcia, David R. – Education Policy Research Unit, 2005
This study finds that nearly every school in the Great Lakes states is threatened to fail the Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) requirements mandated by the federal "No Child Left Behind" (NCLB) Act. NCLB holds schools and districts accountable for student achievement on state standardized tests and schools that do not make AYP face…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, Social Problems, Sanctions, Federal Legislation
Wiley, Edward W.; Allen, Jessica – Education Policy Research Unit, 2005
This appendix describes the analytical procedures used to project the status of schools in the Great Lakes state toward meeting AYP (Adequate Yearly Progress) requirements from 2005 to 2014. To "make AYP," the school as a whole and each numerically significant subgroup must meet "Annual Measurable Objectives" (annual…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Educational Improvement, Federal Programs, Educational Indicators
