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Beam, Margaret; Faddis, Bonnie – RMC Research Corporation, 2012
The purpose of this evaluation of Scholastic's "System 44" conducted by RMC Research was to expand the existing research on students with learning disabilities by conducting a randomized study of struggling readers with approximately half of the sample comprised of students with learning disabilities. Specifically, this evaluation…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, Reading Difficulties, Phonics, Decoding (Reading)
Ni, Yongmei – Education Policy Center at Michigan State University, 2007
The empirical evidence about whom charter schools serve is extensive but inconclusive. Some studies conclude that America's charter schools serve a larger percentage of minority and low-income students than do the nation's traditional public schools (TPS) (U.S. Department of Education, 2004). Other studies find charter students are not more…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Low Income Groups, Minority Groups, African American Students
Donovan, David; And Others – 1972
The fifth report of the Michigan Educational Assessment Program contains education profiles for State school districts, schools and pupils. The profiles deal with: (1) human resources--such as pupil/teacher ratio and percent of teachers with master's degree; (2) school financial resources--such as local revenue per pupil and State school aid per…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement, Attitude Measures, Basic Skills
Carstens, Arthur; And Others – 1972
The seventh report of the Michigan Educational Assessment Program provides data comparing scores on the program variables of groups of State school districts classified on the basis of enrollment size. The 628 districts were divided into 14 groups, which were compared on: (1) human resources--such as pupil/teacher ratio and percent of teachers…
Descriptors: Achievement Rating, Attitude Measures, Basic Skills, Comparative Analysis
Donovan, David; And Others – 1972
The sixth report of the Michigan Educational Assessment Program contains eight educational distribution profiles. Schools and districts were classified into upper, middle, and lower thirds on the basis of the average scores (in grades 4 and 7) in composite achievement and socioeconomic status, and their scores on all assessment measures were…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Rating, Attitude Measures, Basic Skills