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Download full textMcCoy, Leah P., Ed. – Online Submission, 2018
This document presents the proceedings of the 23nd Annual Research Forum held June 28, 2018, at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Included are the following 12 action research papers: (1) Standards-Based Grading in a Secondary Mathematics Classroom (Michelle Anderson); (2) How the Use of Graphic Novels in Shakespeare…
Descriptors: Grading, Academic Standards, Mathematics Instruction, Secondary School Mathematics
Julie A. Edmunds; Lawrence Bernstein; Fatih Unlu; Elizabeth Glennie; Nina Arshavsky – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2011
To address concerns about low graduation rates and a lack of workforce readiness, states and districts have been experimenting with different models of high school reform. One of the most popular models has been the Early College High School (ECHS) model, small schools that blur the line between high school and college. Since 2002, over 200 ECHSs…
Descriptors: High Schools, School Restructuring, Graduation Rate, Program Effectiveness
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Direct linkClotfelter, Charles T.; Ladd, Helen F.; Vigdor, Jacob L. – Journal of Human Resources, 2010
We use data on statewide end-of-course tests in North Carolina to examine the relationship between teacher credentials and student achievement at the high school level. We find compelling evidence that teacher credentials, particularly licensure and certification, affects student achievement in systematic ways and that the magnitudes are large…
Descriptors: Credentials, High Schools, Academic Achievement, Poverty
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
Maynor, Waltz – 1976
Results of the academic achievement of American Indian students in the Robeson County, North Carolina School Administrative Unit are presented in this document. As part of an evaluation of an educational program funded under the Indian Elementary and Secondary School Assistance Act, this document reflects program impact upon the county, its Lumbee…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, American Indians, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Programs
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. Div. of Accountability/Testing. – 2000
The North Carolina State Board of Education, as part of the Quality Assurance Program, initially established a computer proficiency requirement for diplomas issued to the Class of 2000. In October 1995, the Board made the requirement effective beginning with the graduating class of 2001. Students who were in grade eight for the 1996-97 school year…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Computer Literacy, Degree Requirements, Elementary Secondary Education
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. Instructional Services. – 2001
This report provides a longitudinal, comprehensive compendium of student performance data in the area of writing for the 2000-2001 school year. The report was generated using aggregate student data from North Carolina public schools, including charter schools, and provides information regarding student performance at the state level at each of the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade 10
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. Research and Testing Services. – 1987
In 1987, the administration of North Carolina Competency Tests to public school sophomores resulted in 94.4% passing the reading test and 90.6% passing the mathematics test. Rates were similar to rates for the 1986 sophomores, but were higher than rates for juniors in the 1978-1983 period. The 1987 passing rate in mathematics was lower than for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, American Indians, Black Students, Disabilities
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. Div. of Accountability Services/Research. – 1997
State Board of Education policy in North Carolina requires students who entered the ninth grade in 1994-95 and later to meet a higher competency standard in reading and mathematics. These students must receive an Achievement Level III or above on the eighth-grade reading and mathematics tests in order to receive a North Carolina high school…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Ethnic Groups, Grade 10
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. Div. of Accountability. – 2002
The purpose of this document is to report the performance of students in the classes of 1998 to 1005 on the more rigorous competency standard in North Carolina as of the 2000-2001 school year. This report contains aggregate and disaggregated state-level results from administrations of the North Carolina competency tests of reading and mathematics…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Ethnic Groups, Grade 10
Glennie, Elizabeth J.; Stearns, Elizabeth – Center for Child and Family Policy, Duke University (NJ1), 2002
A recent study of ninth- and tenth-grade dropouts in North Carolina shows that Hispanic adolescents have the highest early dropout rate among the state's largest ethnic groups. This relationship persists when boys and girls are analyzed separately: Hispanic boys are more likely to drop out early than other boys are, and Hispanic girls are more…
Descriptors: High School Students, Dropout Rate, Ethnic Groups, Dropouts
Nichols, Sharon L.; Glass, Gene V.; Berliner, David C. – Education Policy Research Unit, 2005
Under the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB), standardized test scores are the indicator used to hold schools and school districts accountable for student achievement. Each state is responsible for constructing an accountability system, attaching consequences--or stakes--for student performance. The theory of action implied by this…
Descriptors: High Stakes Tests, Standardized Tests, Academic Achievement, Federal Legislation
