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Download full textMelear, Claudia T.; Richardson, Susan – 1994
Studies were undertaken in four counties in North Carolina to determine if the learning styles of African American children described by J. Hale (formerly Hale-Benson) (1986) could be identified among African American high school males through the use of the Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI). Learning style differences between minority (n=184)…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Black Students, Cognitive Style, Comparative Analysis
Triplett, Suzanne E. – 1997
This analysis of the findings of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) in 1996 for North Carolina documents the state's substantial and sustained gains in educational achievement since 1990. The education reforms of the 1980s are beginning to pay off in North Carolina. It has moved from its historic position at the bottom of all…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Educational Improvement, Elementary School Students
Healy, Patrick – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1995
A committee of the North Carolina Board of Governors will recommend that each state university create or enhance programs to improve campus race relations, engage minority students in campus life, increase numbers of black students and of black doctoral candidates, and achieve higher minority enrollment. Focus is on both recruiting and retaining…
Descriptors: Black Students, College Desegregation, College Environment, Dropout Prevention
Direct linkShivers, Eva Marie; Howes, Carollee; Wishard, Alison G.; Ritchie, Sharon – Early Education and Development, 2004
In this research we examined associations among teacher-articulated beliefs and practices about families, teacher background characteristics, and observed teaching practices in programs that served low-income children and families of color. One hundred and fifty four children (50% girls) and their primary teachers from 12 programs in Los Angeles…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Teaching Methods, Teacher Background, Teacher Effectiveness
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. Div. of Desegregation Assistance. – 1989
This directory describes 25 innovative programs, in the public schools of North Carolina, which impact minority and equity issues. The following information is supplied for each program: (1) contact person; (2) grade level; (3) purpose; and (4) nature and scope. The following programs are located in the Charlotte-Mecklenberg Schools: (1) After…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cultural Awareness, Demonstration Programs, Early Parenthood
Haywood County Consolidated Schools, Waynesville, NC. – 1975
Program statistics, coordination with other federal programs, community and parent involvement, and descriptive evaluations of corrective reading, corrective math, the Broyhill Home for Children, staff development, and parent involvement are provided in this evaluation of North Carolina's Haywood County Schools. A section on the effects of Title I…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Corrective Reading, Disadvantaged Youth, Educationally Disadvantaged
Southern Education Foundation, Atlanta, GA. – 1996
This conference report includes summaries of the following presentations: (1) "Overview and Opening Remarks" (Elridge W. McMillen); (2) Luncheon Address: "Diversity Equals Quality" (Joseph Vaughan); (3) "Overview of North Carolina Consortium Projects" (Nathaniel Jackson); (4) Session 1: "Academic Enhancement for…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Minority Group Teachers
Grissmer, David; Flanagan, Ann – 1998
The National Education Goals Panel (NEGP) tracks and reports annually on 33 indicators linked to the 8 National Education Goals. The NEGP's 1997 report showed positive gains on the greatest number of indicators for North Carolina and Texas. These gains included significant gains on the 1996 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Achievement Gains, Curriculum Development
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Div. of Accountability. – 2001
This report presents trends in national and statewide test performance for North Carolina's public school racial/ethnic subgroups. It is intended to help policymakers gauge the progress and status of minority student achievement in the state's public schools; facilitate the comparison of the academic achievement of racial/ethnic students in North…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, American Indians, Asian American Students, Black Students
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. Div. of Accountability Services/Research. – 1997
The Conference on Improving Minority and At-Risk Student Achievement was convened to help educators, parents, community, and business leaders in North Carolina focus in strategies and ideas that work to raise student achievement levels for low-performing students. This report summarizes the remarks of Michael Garrett, the keynote address of Asa…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, American Indians, Disadvantaged Youth
Peer reviewedPhilipsen, Maike – Journal of Negro Education, 1993
Focuses on the academic decision making of several female African Americans in a rural southern (primarily African-American) town by considering their personal school experiences and their interpretations of the value of education in their community contexts. Preliminary findings show many contradictions between educational beliefs and actual…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Black Attitudes, Blacks
North Carolina Advisory Committee to the U. S. Commission on Civil Rights. – 1991
This summary report examines ability grouping and its possible use for in-school segregation in the North Carolina public schools. The report describes the development of concerns among minority parents about the placement of minority children in special education and low-ability classes and the investigation into the issue by a forum of six…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Advisory Committees, Black Students, Civil Rights
Williford, Lynn E. – 1993
The deans or department chairs of the 46 state-approved schools and departments of education in North Carolina were surveyed to determine the impact of the state-imposed regulations on their program development and implementation efforts. The respondents were asked if the state-imposed rules and regulations governing teacher education programs…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Admission Criteria, Attitude Measures, Department Heads
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
