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Direct linkYolanda McClure – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This study examined how Teachers, Multiple Classroom Leaders and Instructional Facilitators make sense of their instructional practices that support the early literacy practices of African American boys. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with a combination of six Multiple Classroom Leaders, Teachers and Instructional Facilitators in the…
Descriptors: African American Students, Males, Elementary Education, Emergent Literacy
Washington, Chelle – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of using guided reading instruction to increase overall reading achievement in elementary students over the course of three months. Twenty Kindergarten students with varying reading achievement from a Title I school in Georgia were examined in the study. Students were divided into five groups…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Elementary Education, Reading Instruction, Small Group Instruction
Edwards, Matia, Ed. – Southern Regional Education Board (SREB), 2016
"Gauging Progress, Accelerating Pace" is the seventh biennial report to SREB states on their progress in meeting SREB's Challenge to Lead goals for education. Each customized state report documents progress on both measurable outcomes and state policies. Through effective policy implementation, the goals can help states drive…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education, Middle Schools, High Schools
Reid, Johnnie M. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The impact of schools and students not meeting academic achievement standards affects the community and the nation's future workforce. This paper examines many of the factors influencing achievement with special attention given to the facts of teacher turnover in the schools. Teacher turnover and the sad state of the academic achievement of…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Teacher Persistence, Educational Improvement, Federal Programs
Download full textDiamond, Pollyann J.; Onwuegbuzie, Anthony J. – 2000
A 4-Block Balanced Reading Program was implemented in a school system in Georgia during the 1998-99 school year in an effort to improve reading achievement of these students. This study examined the short-term effect of this program implementation on reading achievement and attitudes toward reading of students in Grades 1 through 5 (n=2,127) who…
Descriptors: Black Students, Elementary Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Reading Achievement
Peer reviewedHarris, I. David; Jones, Margaret A. – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 1982
One thousand seven hundred sixty-seven elementary school students in Georgia were tested for motor performance and for reading and mathematics abilities. The finding that motor performance variables were significantly related to reading and mathematics abilities suggests that motor performance objectives should be included in elementary school…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Age Differences, Elementary Education, Mathematics Achievement
Norfolk, Sherry Des Enfants – 1995
This guide contains suggestions for those seeking to establish library services for homeless children, help for computerizing a homeless shelter, and a discussion of the problems and rewards of establishing library services in a shelter. Steps to establishing services include: (1) clarifying the purpose of the effort; (2) doing the homework to…
Descriptors: Agenda Setting, Children, Computer Literacy, Disadvantaged Youth
Georgia State Dept. of Education, Atlanta. Office of Research, Evaluation, and Assessment. – 1999
Georgia's Reading Challenge program is intended to provide a quality after-school program for students in grades four through eight with opportunities to improve student reading skills and to enhance student interest in reading. The goals of Georgia's Reading Challenge program for 1998-1999 were to increase levels of reading achievement; improve…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Attendance, Elementary Education, Instructional Effectiveness
Harris, I. David, Comp.; And Others – 1983
In a study of 2,546 Georgia children, researchers have established state norms for 8 measures of physical fitness at 3 grade levels. Motor test score percentile rankings for boys and girls in the second, fourth, and sixth grades are given (in 22 tables) for the following tests: (1) jump and reach; (2) sit ups; (3) shape-o-ball (measuring shape…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Mathematics Achievement, Motor Development
Ballator, Nada; Jerry, Laura – 1999
The 1998 NAEP (National Assessment of Educational Progress) state level reading assessment measured fourth- and eighth-grade students' reading proficiency in situations that involved reading for three purposes: reading for literary experience, reading to gain information, and reading to perform a task (grade 8 only). This report describes the…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, Grade 4, Grade 8
Jerry, Laura; Lutkus, Anthony – 2003
This report provides selected results from the 2002 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) for Georgia's public-school students at grades 4 and 8. Since 1992, reading has been assessed in four different years at the state level (at grade 4 in 1992 and 1994, and at both grades 4 and 8 in 1998 and 2002). Georgia participated in all of…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, Grade 4, Grade 8
Brooks, Margaret G. – 1984
In this report, test results on the Georgia Criterion-Referenced Tests (GCRT) are presented for first-, fourth-, and eighth-grade Atlanta pupils. A brief report of results on the Georgia Basic Skill Tests (GBST) for tenth graders is also included. Specifically, the GCRT is designed to assess students' performance on reading (including concepts in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Comparative Analysis, Criterion Referenced Tests
US Commission on Civil Rights, 2006
On July 28, 2006, a panel of experts briefed members of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights on the putative benefits of racial and ethnic diversity in elementary and secondary education. Four experts presented written statements to the Commissioners that assessed the social science literature on this issue. They also addressed whether or not…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Civil Rights, School Desegregation, Secondary Education
