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Aucejo, Esteban M.; Romano, Teresa Foy – Centre for Economic Performance, 2014
While instructional time is viewed as crucial to learning, little is known about the effectiveness of reducing absences relative to increasing the number of school days. In this regard, this paper jointly estimates the effect of absences and length of the school calendar on test score performance. Using administrative data from North Carolina…
Descriptors: Attendance Patterns, Scores, Public Schools, Standardized Tests
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DeRosier, Melissa E.; Lloyd, Stacey W. – Reading & Writing Quarterly, 2011
This study tested whether social adjustment added to the prediction of academic outcomes above and beyond prior academic functioning. Researchers collected school records and peer-, teacher-, and self-report measures for 1,255 third-grade children in the fall and spring of the school year. Measures of social adjustment included social acceptance…
Descriptors: Emotional Intelligence, Student Behavior, Grade Point Average, Academic Achievement