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Froman, Terry – Research Services, Miami-Dade County Public Schools, 2010
The release of School Grades by the State of Florida in the late summer of 2010 created quite a stir. Over 500 elementary schools all over the state dropped at least one grade level. Among those schools that experienced drops, the Reading Gains and Mathematics Gains components seemed especially low. Some of the historically best performing schools…
Descriptors: Test Results, Scores, Achievement Tests, Achievement Gains
Morgan, Rick – 1990
Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) scores, student-reported high school grades, and scores for four other Admissions Testing Program tests were correlated with freshman grade point average for 299,794 students at 198 colleges from the enrolling classes of 1978, 1981, and 1985. The purpose of the study was to determine whether observed changes in…
Descriptors: Ability, Achievement Tests, Change, College Entrance Examinations
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Ikpa, Vivian W. – Educational Research Quarterly, 1994
Effects of the policy of mandated busing for integration on overall achievement test scores of African-American children were studied with 434 elementary school students in Norfolk (Virginia). Achievement test scores declined after the elimination of mandated busing. School characteristics explained 9% of the variance in scores for all students.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Black Students, Busing