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Direct linkArgue, Sarah; Miller, Rachelle; Thompson, Amy; Tribble, Dana Joy – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2016
Preparing students for entry into kindergarten is a key priority within the educational sector. Research has shown that students with lower levels of cognitive and socio-emotional competencies are less prepared for kindergarten entry and consequently perform more poorly on assessments in later grades (Duncan et al., 2007; Ensey Hoever, 2014;…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Kindergarten, Preschool Children, Achievement Gap
Download full textMulvenon, Sean W.; Connors, Joanie V.; Lenares, Denise – 2001
The marked increases in standardized achievement testing have raised concerns of the educational community regarding the value of standardized testing programs and their potentially harmful effect on students. This study incorporated student perceptions and their views of standardized testing and combined this information with their performance on…
Descriptors: Accountability, Anxiety, Elementary School Students, Intermediate Grades
Price, John L.; Russell, Charles F. – 1987
Focusing on educational reform in Arkansas, this paper consists of three parts. The first section refers to the effects of the reform movement on the entire state, and the second section describes the movement's effects on an individual school district (Fayetteville). Results from a survey of Fayetteville faculty members concerning the quality of…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Educational Quality, Educational Trends
Goodwin, Deborah Hayes; Holman, David M. – 2003
In an effort to hold schools accountable, Arkansas added grade inflation into the accountability system. The Arkansas Legislature mandated that the Arkansas Department of Education identify high schools with "statistically significant variance" between students' grade point averages (GPAs) and ACT performances. A grade inflation index…
Descriptors: Accountability, Grade Inflation, Grade Point Average, Grades (Scholastic)
Kennedy, Robert; Buckner, John – 1989
The Minimum Performance Test (MPT), Metropolitan Achievement Test, Sixth Edition (MAT6), and the new standards required by the 1983 Quality Education Act and their impact on teachers in Arkansas were assessed. A sample of 103 elementary school teachers from 39 school districts indicated that the tests and standards generally met with favorable…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Achievement Tests, Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers
Calvery, Robert; And Others – 1992
Arkansas law requires that each student aged 7 through 16 years in a home school program be tested annually using a nationally recognized standardized test chosen by the students' parents from a list of tests approved by the state. Achievement for home schooled and public schooled students in Arkansas was compared for grades 4, 7, and 10 using 6…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Testing, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education
