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Download full textLos Angeles Unified School District, CA. Research and Evaluation Branch. – 1982
The Research and Evaluation Branch of the Los Angeles Unified School District presents a bulletin to help prepare students to do their best on achievement tests. The bulletin is divided into five sections. After an introduction, section 2, "Characteristics of Today's Standardized Achievement Tests" discusses test content, test format,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Check Lists, Elementary Secondary Education
Miller-Whitehead, Marie – TVEE Monitor, 2002
The purpose of this study was to examine the state level, district level, and school level education accountability data that were made available on selected State Department of Education Web sites in 2000-2001. The issues of interest were: (1) differences in reported indicators on the education report cards produced in Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Content Analysis, Educational Indicators
Urban Indicator, 1998
This journal issue presents examples of progress in urban education. It shows preliminary data on system-wide improvement in student achievement, dropout and graduation rates, student attendance, and more. Progress in urban schools is the result of a growing national consensus on what needs to be done, and an increasing emphasis by urban educators…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Attendance, Dropout Rate
Aguilera, Raymond V.; Hendricks, Joen M. – Curriculum Report, 1996
The approach taken by three Texas school districts in high poverty and high minority areas to improve standardized achievement scores is explored. The three districts implemented an instructional management program consisting of aligning the curriculum, filling the curriculum gaps, and monitoring student progress. A first step in the curriculum…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education
Wilson, Harry E. – School Management Advisor, 1993
The North Carolina statewide testing program is designed to determine and ensure the competence of high school graduates, evaluate the educational process, and provide public accountability for educational results. There is little law to guide school administrators in dealing with various ethical issues in statewide testing, but there are some…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Administrators, Boards of Education
Office of Educational Research and Improvement (ED), Washington, DC. Office of Research. – 1994
In spite of widespread concerns about low academic achievement nationally, parents generally have expressed satisfaction with their own children's achievement and schools, largely because their children's grades suggest that they are doing well. This report examines what student grades tell about achievement through the use of data from the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Comparative Analysis, Educational Change
