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Download full textKaufman, Maurice – 1973
The summer 1973 Title I, Elementary Secondary Education Act of 1965 project was conducted in three communities of the Silver Lake Regional School District; Halifax, Kingston, and Plympton. The program consisted of instruction in reading, mathematics, physical education, art, speech therapy, and counseling and psychological testing. The target…
Descriptors: Art Education, Counseling Services, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged
Ballator, Nada; Jerry, Laura – 1999
The 1998 NAEP (National Assessment of Educational Progress) state level reading assessment measured fourth- and eighth-grade students' reading proficiency in situations that involved reading for three purposes: reading for literary experience, reading to gain information, and reading to perform a task (grade 8 only). This report describes the…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, Grade 4, Grade 8
Heuristics, Inc., Dedham, MA. – 1973
This report presents the evaluation of the Worcester Operation Reading Base (ORB) Program which operated during 1971-1972, funded under Title I of the 1965 Elementary Secondary Education Act. The ORB Program was designed to provide small group remedial reading instruction to students in the target area schools of Worcester. Evaluation of the…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Elementary School Students, Elementary Schools
Jerry, Laura; Lutkus, Anthony – 2003
This report provides selected results from the 2002 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) for Massachusetts' public-school students at grades 4 and 8. Since 1992, reading has been assessed in four different years at the state level (at grade 4 in 1992 and 1994, and at both grades 4 and 8 in 1998 and 2002). Massachusetts participated…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, Grade 4, Grade 8
Center on Education Policy, 2009
This year the Center on Education Policy analyzed data on the achievement of different groups of students in two distinct ways. First, it looked at grade 4 test results to determine whether the performance of various groups improved at three achievement levels--basic and above, proficient and above, and advanced. Second, it looked at gaps between…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Low Income, American Indians, African American Students
Kaufman, Maurice – 1973
This report describes comparative evaluations of the Distar I (first grade) and Distar II (second grade) programs which were carried out in 1972-1973. Results showed: (1) the Distar program for first grades had no conclusive advantage over traditional instruction for the development of oral language or reading achievement; and (2) second grade…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Arithmetic, Comparative Analysis, Instructional Programs
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Direct linkTobin, Kevin G. – Journal of Direct Instruction, 2004
This study is a follow-up on a previous study of the effects of 2 beginning reading programs implemented in 1st grade. In the previous study, 40 1st-grade students who were matched based on their Concepts About Print Test (Clay, 1979) and Phonological Segmentation Fluency from the Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS; Good…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Grade 3, Grade 4, Elementary School Students
Pinck, Dan – 1978
Major findings of the 1974-1977 Massachusetts statewide educational assessment are summarized and some readily available and useful instructional resources are identified. The findings are designed to assist teachers and administrators in discussion. Each section begins with a commentary and is followed by a review of findings, a discussion of…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Consumer Education, Curriculum Evaluation, Ecology
Cronin, John; Dahlin, Michael; Adkins, Deborah; Kingsbury, G. Gage – Thomas B. Fordham Institute, 2007
At the heart of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) is the call for all students to be "proficient" in reading and mathematics by 2014. Yet the law expects each state to define proficiency as it sees fit and design its own tests. This study investigated three research questions related to this policy: (1) How consistent are various…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Mathematics Tests, Test Validity, Reading Tests
Amos, Jason, Ed. – Alliance for Excellent Education, 2007
"Straight A's: Public Education Policy and Progress" is a biweekly newsletter that focuses on education news and events both in Washington, DC and around the country. The following articles are included in this issue: (1) "Chance Favors the Prepared Mind": Report Finds that Students in the Highest-Achieving States Score As Well…
Descriptors: High Schools, Dropouts, Reading Achievement, Foreign Countries
Stotsky, Sandra – Third Education Group Review, 2006
The 1998 reauthorization of the Higher Education Act requires states to report annually to the U.S. Department of Education the number of prospective teachers at each of their teacher training institutions who pass the state's tests for licensure. However, the law left decisions on what licensure tests to require, what to assess on them, and their…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Test Items, Reading Consultants, Teacher Competency Testing
Kaufman, Maurice – 1974
This report describes the evaluation of the 1973-1974 Distar I and Distar II programs, which were used as Title I programs for first and second graders. Distar I was used with two first grade classes; Distar II was used with two second grade classes. Children who had completed two years of Distar instruction received traditional instruction in…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Arithmetic, Comparative Analysis, Educationally Disadvantaged
Shields, Regis Anne; Ireland, Nicole; City, Elizabeth; Derderian, Julie; Miles, Karen Hawley – Education Resource Strategies, 2008
This report is one of nine detailed case studies of small urban high schools that served as the foundation for the Education Resource Strategies (ERS) report "Strategic Designs: Lessons from Leading Edge Small Urban High Schools." These nine schools were dubbed "Leading Edge Schools" because they stand apart from other high…
Descriptors: Small Schools, Urban Schools, Case Studies, Educational Quality
Achieve, Inc., 2005
Delaware's secretary of education and the president of the State Board of Education asked Achieve to provide an analysis of the quality of Delaware's high school content standards and its course-taking requirements. In assisting Delaware in its commitment to raising the quality of its expectations for high school graduates, Achieve examined the…
Descriptors: Language Arts, State Standards, High School Graduates, Comparative Analysis
Massachusetts State Dept. of Education, Boston. – 1989
The Massachusetts Basic Skills Testing Program, mandated by Chapter 188 of the Acts of 1985, seeks to identify students who have not mastered basic skills in reading, writing, and mathematics. Because the Massachusetts Department of Education does not mandate any post-test action, it has not been possible to prescribe any method of providing help…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education, Guides
