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Download full textZydney, Janet, Mannheimer – Online Submission, 2005
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of scaffolding in helping students understand a complex problem. Seventy-nine 10th-grade students (15 to 16 years old) from an urban public school participated in this study. The ethnic breakdown of the students at this school was: 39.4% White, 18% Black, 22.4% Hispanic, and 20.3 %…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Multimedia Instruction, Constructivism (Learning), Grade 10
de Jong, Ester – 2003
This study examined the achievement patterns of former English Language Learners (ELLs) and explored whether time-related variables (length of program participation, grade level exited, and length of participation in the mainstream classroom) play a significant role in predicting academic achievement patterns for these exited students. The study…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Elementary Secondary Education
Zellner, Luana; Jinkins, Deborah – 2001
The consequences of high-stakes testing environments on the overall literacy programs and student achievement in high-performing learning communities were studied through a questionnaire completed by 20 elementary, middle, and high school principals in high-performing learning communities in a large state. Interviews and site visits were also held…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Secondary Education, High Achievement, High Stakes Tests
Price, Cristofer; Karweit, Nancy – 1999
In 1988, Congress mandated a national longitudinal evaluation of the effects of the Title I program on students' academic achievement and classroom behavior. This paper presents an overview of the study design, analysis methods, and impact results for student achievement. The analysis used four types of designs to assess the impact of Title I: (1)…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Education
Sanford, Eleanor E.; Fabrizio, Louis M. – 1999
The North Carolina End-of-Grade (NCEOG) Test of Mathematics, Grade 8 was compared to the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)--Grade 8 along three dimensions: technical, content, and cognitive. An expert panel of six judges (mathematics educators) examined the supporting documents, the content frameworks, the items, and actual test…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Assessment, Grade 8, Judges
Buckendahl, Chad W.; Impara, James C.; Plake, Barbara S. – 2000
Many states use a statewide assessment strategy to evaluate districts on common measures. Because districts in Nebraska are not measured on common instruments, comparisons of district performance are difficult. The accountability model described in this paper contains three components related to school district performance on academic content…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education
Soar, Robert – NJEA Review, 1979
The author asserts that using pupil test scores to evaluate teachers is unacceptable because teachers cannot control differences in student background and out-of-school influences that affect test performance. This article consists of excerpts from the author's presentation at the New Jersey Education Association's Symposium on Teacher Evaluation.…
Descriptors: Accountability, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Individual Differences
Packard, Abbot L.; And Others – 1994
This study examined the effects of using static graphics and animated graphics to introduce statistical concepts associated with analysis of variance (ANOVA) to a group of college students. The demonstrations led the learner from the concrete to the abstract by use of dynamically adjustable variables paired with immediate feedback. Participants in…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Animation, College Students, Feedback
Gordon, Howard R. D. – 1999
A study examined how West Virginia secondary vocational education (VE) teachers use student assessment information in making instructional decisions. A 5-part questionnaire designed to determine how 6 types of student assessment methods were being used in addressing 10 instructional decisions was administered to a randomly selected cluster sample…
Descriptors: Information Utilization, Secondary Education, Secondary School Teachers, State Surveys
Nandakumar, Ratna – 1994
By definition, differential item functioning (DIF) refers to unequal probabilities of a correct response to a test item by examinees from two groups when controlled for their ability differences. Simulation results are presented for an attempt to purify a test by separating out multidimensional items under the assumption that the intent of the…
Descriptors: Ability, Computer Simulation, Construct Validity, Educational Assessment
Colbert, Kent R. – 1987
A study examined whether intercollegiate debating enhances the critical thinking ability of participants and investigated whether users of the two existing styles--National Debate Tournament (NDT) and Cross Examination Debate Association (CEDA)--differed significantly from each other and from nondebaters in their critical thinking skills. Four…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Comparative Testing, Critical Thinking, Debate
Anrig, Gregory R. – 1984
At the heart of the recent drive for excellence and school reform is a call for stronger educational standards. The most ignored fact in the recent reports on excellence is that Black students are better prepared for this period of reform than ever before: Black students' test scores are improving nationwide; the gap between Black and White…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Achievement Gains, Black Students
Smith, Stuart E.; Walker, William J. – 1984
This study was designed to examine student achievement in mathematics by means of curriculum-based tests. The results of the 1979 New York State Regents examination in Eleventh Grade Mathematics were obtained from a representative sample of schools throughout the state. The expectations were that there would be substantial differences in…
Descriptors: Comparative Testing, Educational Trends, Grade 11, High Schools
Echternacht, Gary – 1985
This paper outlines a methodology that school districts can use to enhance the presentation of district-wide testing program results to administrators, school boards, teachers, and the public. Based on John Tukey's two way analysis methodology, it involves fitting this model: test score equals overall plus year plus grade plus cohort plus…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Effect Size, Elementary Secondary Education, Mathematical Models
Weiten, Wayne – 1979
Two different formats for multiple-choice test items were compared in an experimental test given in a college class in introductory psychology. In one format, a question or incomplete statement was followed by four answers or completions, only one of which was correct. In the other format, the double multiple-choice version, the same questions…
Descriptors: Difficulty Level, Higher Education, Item Analysis, Multiple Choice Tests
