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Direct linkMcGee, Lea M. – Literacy Teaching and Learning, 2006
In this article I critique six quantitative studies of Reading Recovery and five reviews of Reading Recovery research published in Tier 1 research journals--journals accepted as having high levels of "expert scrutiny" through peer review. I also critique several quantitative research studies of Reading Recovery published in Tier 2…
Descriptors: School Restructuring, Reading Failure, Periodicals, Statistical Analysis
Borghese, Peter; Gronau, Roger C. – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2005
Correlations and mean score differences between IQs derived from the Universal Nonverbal Intelligence Test (UNIT; Bracken & McCallum, 1998) and the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Third Edition (WISC-III; Wechsler, 1991) were compared. Participants were Limited English Proficient (LEP) Mexican-American elementary school students, who…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Intelligence, Validity, Intelligence Tests
Guinn, Nancy; And Others – 1977
A sample of 4,502 airmen assigned to the security police career field were administered a test battery consisting of biographical, attitudinal, and interest measures. Using a criterion of in/out of service after a minimum period of one year on the job, regression analyses were accomplished to determine the effectiveness of the predictor…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Attitude Measures, Biographical Inventories, Interest Inventories
Fullerton, Howard N., Jr.; Byrne, James J. – 1976
Noting that data from 1970 working life tables indicate that since 1960 worklife expectancy has continued to edge downward for men and to lengthen for women, this report briefly discusses continuing trends in the worklife of men and women from 1900 through 1970. Women's worklife is presented in terms of single women; mothers; widowed, divorced,…
Descriptors: Age Groups, Comparative Analysis, Employment, Females
Harris (Louis) and Associates, Inc., New York, NY. – 1971
This study measured the extent of reading deficiencies in the United States. The research focused on reading skills that are required to cope with everyday experiences common to the lives of most Americans. Interviews were conducted with randomly designated respondents in 100 different locations throughout the country. The national sample used is…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Educational Research, Functional Literacy
Mael, Fred; Alonso, Alex; Gibson, Doug; Rogers, Kelly; Smith, Mark – US Department of Education, 2005
Single-sex education refers most generally to education at the elementary, secondary, or postsecondary level in which males or females attend school exclusively with members of their own sex. This report deals primarily with single-sex education at the elementary and secondary levels. Research in the United States on the question of whether public…
Descriptors: Females, Public Sector, Males, Single Sex Schools
Peer reviewedGroot, Wim – Economics of Education Review, 1993
Examines relationship between overeducation and enterprise-related schooling, using data from a 1983 Dutch study of 43-year-old employees. Correctly allocated workers have the highest probability of participation in enterprise-related schooling, whereas undereducated workers have the lowest probability. The average rate of return on a year of…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Foreign Countries, Inplant Programs, Job Training
Peer reviewedWindolf, Paul – Higher Education, 1992
The relationship between business cycles and expansion in higher education in 1870-1985 is analyzed and compared for Germany, Italy, France, the United States, and Japan. In most countries, expansion corresponded to economic recession. Spectral analysis, used to explore the cyclical character of the phenomenon, was found to be a powerful…
Descriptors: Business Cycles, Comparative Education, Economic Climate, Educational Change
Boulet, John R.; McKinley, Danette W. – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2005
The ECFMG[R] Clinical Skills Assessment (CSA[R]) was developed to evaluate whether graduates of international medical schools (IMGs) are ready to enter graduate training programs in the United States. The patient note (PN) exercise is specifically used to assess a candidate's ability to summarize and synthesize the data collected in a simulated…
Descriptors: Graduate Study, Medical Schools, Program Effectiveness, Statistical Analysis
Medlin, Richard G. – Online Submission, 2006
Concludes that prior research show either no difference between homeschooled children and other children, or a difference favoring homeschooled children. This suggests that homeschooled children's social skills are certainly no worse than those of children attending conventional schools, and are probably better. This study finds that homeschooled…
Descriptors: Home Schooling, Interpersonal Competence, Public Schools, Gender Differences
Fenelonov, E. A. – 1979
The development and use of library statistics in the Soviet Union and systems of reporting are discussed in this speech by E.A. Fenelonov, Ministry of Culture of the Russian Soviet Federal Socialist Republic, and are compared with statistical development in the United States by Vernon E. Palmour of King Research, Inc. Fenelonov emphasizes the use…
Descriptors: Centralization, Comparative Analysis, Data Collection, Development
Tenopir, Carol; Green, Danielle – Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, 1999
Database usage from a random sample of academic and public libraries in the United States and Canada reveals patterns of use in selected types of libraries. Nine tables present usage statistics. Factors that influence database use are briefly discussed. (AEF)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Databases, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Morgan, Rick; Klaric, John – College Board, 2007
The purpose of the study was to explore the academic careers of students who took AP Exams and to compare their careers with those who did not take AP Exams. For most AP Exams, students with AP grades of 3 or better had higher grade averages in intermediate college courses than did non-AP students who first took an introductory course. Two…
Descriptors: Research Reports, Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation, Advanced Placement Programs
Lietz, Petra – International Education Journal, 2006
Results of a previous meta-analysis of gender differences in reading achievement at the secondary school level (Lietz, in press) showed significant differences between major assessment programs. Thus, the gender gap in favour of girls was more pronounced for the assessment programs conducted by the National Assessment of Educational Programs in…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, International Studies, Reading Achievement, Program Effectiveness
Walwei, Ulrich; Werner, Heinz – IAB Labour Market Research Topics, 1996
The feasibility of policies encouraging more part-time employment as a cure for unemployment in Germany was examined through a comparison of the employment policies and labor markets of selected Organization for Economic Development (OECD) countries and the United States. OECD labor force statistics for the years 1972-1992 were analyzed to…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Employed Women, Employment Patterns, Foreign Countries
