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Download full textGray, Nathan L.; Wolf, Patrick J.; Jensen, Laura I. – School Choice Demonstration Project, 2009
The purpose of this report is to provide descriptive data regarding the test scores of Milwaukee Parental Choice Program (MPCP) students in grades 4, 8 and 10 in reading, math and science, as reported to the School Choice Demonstration Project 2007-2008. The tables, graphs, and histograms presented in this report provide a snapshot of these…
Descriptors: School Choice, Testing, Academic Achievement, Demonstration Programs
Henderson, George L.; And Others – 1978
This mathematics achievement test for grades 7 and 8 is based on objectives identified in "Guidelines to Mathematics, 6-8." The test can be used as a criterion-referenced instrument, a diagnostic instrument, or an achievement instrument. Each test item is cross-referenced to the corresponding student behavioral objective in the above…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Criterion Referenced Tests, Diagnostic Tests, Grade 7
Meyer, Robert H. – Wisconsin Center for Education Research (NJ1), 2003
This paper draws on mathematics achievement data from Milwaukee middle school students to illustrate the value-added approach to estimating school performance. Value-added indicators differ from traditional attainment indicators such as average test scores in that they are designed to capture the contribution of schools to growth in student…
Descriptors: Grade 7, Grade 8, Middle School Students, Scores
BOE, BARBARA L. – 1966
TWO METHODS OF RESPONSE DESCRIBED BY PIAGET AND INHELDER FOR DRAWING APPROPRIATE BOUNDARIES AND SELECTING APPROPRIATE PREDRAWN BOUNDARIES FOR HYPOTHETICALLY CUT, SOLID GEOMETRIC FIGURES WERE INVESTIGATED TO SEE WHETHER SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS COULD RESPOND IN APPROPRIATELY TO THE MATHEMATICAL TASKS. THE RESPONSES OF 8TH-, 10TH-, AND 12TH-GRADE…
Descriptors: Cognitive Measurement, Concept Formation, Geometry, Grade 10
Nikolay, Pauli; Grady, Susan; Stefonek, Thomas – 1997
Providing a framework for Wisconsin educators to examine how they could include theater and drama within the school curriculum, this booklet presents five standards for students in grades 4, 8, and 12 that identify an element within theater that would enable students to know and understand theater by doing. The introductory section of the booklet…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Audience Response, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade 12
Henken, Rob; Dickman, Anneliese; Schmidt, Jeff; Kramer, Renee – Public Policy Forum, 2009
This is the 12th annual report on conditions affecting the Racine Unified School District (RUSD). This year, the analysis again focuses on the long-term historical trends in RUSD. The analysis compares RUSD data to data of nine peer school districts as well as statewide data. The peer districts are defined as those Wisconsin districts with…
Descriptors: Graduation Rate, Educational Finance, Academic Achievement, School Districts
Peer reviewedWegner, Gregory – Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, 1998
The profound moral questions raised by the Holocaust present teachers and students with daunting challenges. A recent study evaluated eighth-grade students' writings on lessons for their generation, based on learnings from an interdisciplinary course stressing roles of perpetrator, victim, bystander, and rescuer. Although most students saw…
Descriptors: Anti Semitism, Citizenship Responsibility, Essays, Ethical Instruction
Christoffersen, Sandee Kosmo – 1972
To determine what the public of District One of the Wisconsin Board Of Vocational, Technical, and Adult Education (VTAE) knows and understands about its career education opportunities and how this information was acquired, a representative sample of the 221,000 persons (including adults as well as students in Grades 8 and 12) were surveyed…
Descriptors: Adults, Educational Opportunities, Educational Research, Grade 12
Peer reviewedTyler-Wood, Tandra L.; Cass, Michael A.; Potter, Les – ERS Spectrum, 1997
Evaluate effects of an outdoor "hands-on," cooperative science laboratory on seventh- and eighth-grade students' environmental knowledge levels and science-processing skills. Participating students' scores on the Integrated Processes Skills Test were significantly higher than those of nonprogram students. Results support involving…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Environmental Education, Grade 7, Grade 8
Wisconsin State Dept. of Public Instruction, Madison. – 1998
This booklet presents Wisconsin's Model Academic Standards in the area of English language arts at grades 4, 8, and 12. The content and performance standards represent the best thinking of language educators and interested members of the public. They were drawn from two years of work in Wisconsin's standards development projects, from the Modern…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade 12, Grade 4
Jerry, Laura J.; Ballator, Nada – 1999
In 1998 for the first time, the NAEP (National Assessment of Educational Progress) administered a writing assessment at the state level. This report describes the writing achievement of Wisconsin eighth-grade students and compares their overall performance to students in the Central region of the United States and the nation (using data from the…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Grade 8, Junior High Schools, National Competency Tests
Ballator, Nada; Jerry, Laura – 1999
The 1998 NAEP (National Assessment of Educational Progress) state level reading assessment measured fourth- and eighth-grade students' reading proficiency in situations that involved reading for three purposes: reading for literary experience, reading to gain information, and reading to perform a task (grade 8 only). This report describes the…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, Grade 4, Grade 8
RINGNESS, THOMAS A. – 1965
IN PREVIOUS STUDIES, A NUMBER OF PERSONALITY VARIABLES, INCLUDING ADJUSTMENT, MOTIVE-TO-ACHIEVE, MOTIVE-TO-AFFILIATE, ACCEPTANCE OF SELF AND OTHERS, AND ACCEPTANCE OF ADULT VALUES HAVE BEEN STUDIED TO DETERMINE THEIR RELATIONSHIPS TO SCHOOL ACHIEVEMENT. INTERRELATIONSHIPS AMONG THESE VARIABLES WERE EXAMINED IN THIS STUDY. THE CALIFORNIA TEST OF…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Grade 8, High Achievement, Junior High Schools
Webb, Norman L. – 1982
A summative evaluation of the instructional television series "Reading for a Reason" was conducted during the spring of 1982 as part of the premier showing of the series over the Wisconsin Educational Television Network. The series consisted of eight programs designed to teach skills for content area reading to seventh and eighth grade…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Educational Television, Grade 7, Grade 8
Wisconsin State Dept. of Public Instruction, Madison. – 1998
Students at all grade levels in Wisconsin are required to learn about the principles and ideals upon which the United States is founded, and understand the world in which they live. Students at all levels should develop skills and understandings in all five strands found in the Wisconsin standards for social studies. These skills and…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Behavioral Sciences, Citizenship, Economics
