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Download full textColadarci, Theodore – Online Submission, 2006
The proportion of variance in student achievement that is explained by student SES-"poverty's power rating," as some dub it--tends to be lower among smaller schools than among larger schools. Small schools, many claim, are able to somehow disrupt the seemingly axiomatic association between SES and student achievement. Using eighth-grade…
Descriptors: School Size, Reading Achievement, Mathematics Achievement, Academic Achievement
Sloan, James E. – Center for Education Policy, Applied Research, and Evaluation, 2006
The purpose of this study was to determine what, or part of what, makes academic success probable or improbable for a student. The core research question was, Which practices, characteristics, and circumstances of students, families, schools, school districts, and communities tend to give Maine students a higher probability of meeting state…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Probability, Academic Standards, State Standards
Moreau, Richard A.; McIntire, Walter G. – 1995
The relationship between educational expenditures and pupil achievement has been a topic of increasing interest to legislators, school boards, and more recently, the courts. This paper examines the relationships among various measures of school district wealth and spending, other school district characteristics, and student achievement within the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Expenditure per Student, Grade 8, Junior High Schools
Gritter, Aaron – Center for Education Policy, Applied Research, and Evaluation, 2005
The initial phase of the Maine Learning Technology Initiative (MLTI) provided all 7th and 8th grade students and their teachers with laptop computers. In the fall of 2003, a survey of all teachers involved with the program was administered by Maine Education Policy Research Institute to determine how and to what extent the technology was being…
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, Computer Uses in Education, Laptop Computers, Teacher Surveys
Lee, Jaekyung – 2003
The No Child Left Behind Act requires standards-based accountability for school districts and schools receiving Title I funds. A major component of this policy is to report whether districts and schools are making "adequate yearly progress" (AYP) based on their performance goals. This paper raises questions for rural schools using the…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Feasibility Studies, Grade 8
Brody, Michael J. – 1993
A comparison was made of student understandings of marine science and marine resource concepts in two geographically distant but similar sociocultural regions of the United States. The study is based on the nature of ecological events, students' understanding in the context of meaningful learning, and the cultural context in which learning takes…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Concept Formation, Cultural Context, Ecology
