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Eber, Lucille; Rolf, Karen – 1999
This report summarizes an analysis of the Illinois State Board of Education's (ISBE) Funding and Child Tracking System (FACTS) for students with emotional/behavioral disabilities (EBD) from 1989-1996. The data indicate: (1) the numbers of youth identified with EBD as a primary disability increased by 13 percent; (2) older children, male children,…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Behavior Disorders, Black Youth, Elementary Secondary Education
Arnold, Karen D. – 1991
This paper presents some of the findings of the Illinois Valedictorian Project, a longitudinal study of 81 top high school students just completing its 10th year. In particular the effects of gender, race, academic talent, and the relationship of undergraduate experiences to early adult achievement and tacit knowledge were examined. Data was…
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Career Awareness, Career Development, Child Rearing
Huntsinger, Carol S.; And Others – 1994
This study compared Chinese-American and Caucasian-American children and families in order to better understand which cultural and family characteristics, parent beliefs, and parent practices operate at the early childhood level to produce the more uniform high level of math achievement among Asian-American children. Forty second-generation…
Descriptors: Chinese Americans, Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences