This document presents a conceptual model of educational domains and outcomes for learners in Grade 8 (or approximately 13 years of age) and possible indicators for each outcome for all students, including students with disabilities or developmental delays. In the model, educational resources (inputs and contexts) influence learning opportunity…

This booklet provides suggestions for possible sources of information for each of the student performance indicators listed in the National Center on Educational Outcomes' conceptual model for eighth-grade students, including students with disabilities. The model has eight outcome domains, each with several outcomes and indicators of outcomes. For…

This resource monograph updates 1983 and 1984 resource monographs intended as reference tools for New York State school districts considering grade-level reorganization of educational programs for early adolescents. The chapters of this document: (1) summarize contents of the previous monographs; (2) discuss current research and information on…