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Strand, Steve – Review of Education, 2016
Relatively little research has explored whether schools differ in their effectiveness for different group of pupils (e.g. by ethnicity, poverty or gender), for different curriculum subjects (e.g. English, mathematics or science) or over time (different cohorts). This paper uses multilevel modelling to analyse the national test results at age 7 and…
Descriptors: School Effectiveness, Hierarchical Linear Modeling, Children, Elementary School Students
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Genesee, F.; And Others – Language Learning, 1978
Presents results of the fourth evaluation of trilingual school programs in French, Hebrew, and English being offered on an experimental basis in several elementary schools in Montreal. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Elementary Education, English, French
Carballo, Eduardo; And Others – 1988
Ways in which an evaluation of bilingual programs could be appropriately conducted were studied, using two transitional bilingual education programs. In Program A, the first language (Spanish) is the initial medium for all instruction with a gradual phasing in of English. Program A is located in a large suburban school system in central…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests, Bilingual Education Programs
Ramirez, Arnulfo G.; Politzer, Robert L. – 1975
A revised Spanish/English oral-proficiency test battery was administered to 40 Spanish-surnamed pupils equally divided by sex at grade levels 1, 3, 5, and 7. The test battery included parallel Spanish and English versions of: (1) a 12-item vocabulary pretest, (2) a 32-item vocabulary-by-domain test consisting of four sections--home, neighborhood,…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Elementary Education, English
York Region Board of Education, Aurora (Ontario). – 1986
To determine whether students enrolled in one Ontario region's early French immersion (FI) programs developed English reading skills comparable to their non-FI peers, a monitoring process was begun in the first FI program year (grade 3) in which formal English instruction is given. The FI cohort and a control group matched for mental abilities and…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, English, Foreign Countries
Handrick, Fannie A. – 1975
A description of the 1974-75 Delaware Educational Assessment Program and a summary of the data gathered and analyzed as part of the program is provided. The report is divided into two major sections: the first part provides a description of the program including purposes, data collected, instrumentation, and reports prepared. The second part of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Aptitude Tests, Community Resources
Milwaukee Public Schools, WI. Dept. of Educational Research and Program Assessment. – 1972
The Milwaukee Bilingual Education Program has been guided by behavioral objectives related to desired pupil, staff, management, parent and community outcomes. The objectives were developed and revised mainly by curriculum supervisors. Frequent references are made to two publications, "Milwaukee Public Schools Bilingual Elementary Program…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavioral Objectives, Bilingual Education, Comparative Analysis