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Arizona Department of Education, 2009
The tables presented in this document show the Arizona Instrument to Measure Standards (AIMS) results for the past two years. Twenty-four tables show results as percent at each performance level and percent passing, as well as percent of students tested. The tables shown in this document include: (1) Mathematics Grade 3; (2) Reading Grade 3; (3)…
Descriptors: Report Cards, Grade 8, Grade 7, Grade 6
Wang, Jia; Niemi, David; Wang, Haiwen – National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST), 2007
The main goal of this report is to present evidence on the predictive validity of an English language arts (ELA) performance assessment (PA) administered in Grades 2-9 in a large urban school district. To account for the hierarchical structure of the data (students are nested within schools), we employed hierarchical linear modeling (HLM) to…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Language Arts, Performance Based Assessment, Standardized Tests
Curry, Janice – Online Submission, 2007
Of the 1,828 grade 6 students who received accelerated instruction outside of the regular classroom, 27% participated in both reading and math interventions. Of the 1,872 grade 7 students who participated in accelerated instruction outside of the classroom, 26% participated in both reading and math interventions. The overall state test results for…
Descriptors: Acceleration (Education), Reading Instruction, Mathematics Instruction, Intervention
Ormrod, Jeanne Ellis; Jenkens, Lynn – 1988
Strategies actually used by good and poor spellers at different grade levels were examined. The subjects included 20 students from Grades 3 and 4, 22 from Grades 7 and 8, and 31 college undergraduates. Each individual made a list of 10 words misspelled from prepared lists of difficult words. The students "thought aloud" as they studied, and…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 7
Thoman, John; Brewer, Ben – 1984
The competencies, item specifications, and sample items for the reading measures devised for the Wisconsin Competency-Based Testing Program are provided in this booklet. Following lists of reading competencies to be tested for grades three, seven, and ten, the booklet presents guidelines used in preparing the tests and test items; general item…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade 10, Grade 3
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Brown, Les; And Others – Illinois School Research and Development, 1978
A Group of children were given the Otis Lennon Mental Abilities Tests in grades 3, 5, and 7, to measure the degree of score consistency over time. The test predicted future academic success only moderately well in grade 5 and slightly, if at all, in grade 3. (Author/SJL)
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Aptitude Tests, Elementary Education, Grade 3
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McIntyre, D. John; And Others – Journal of Educational Research, 1983
A study examined student engaged and nonengaged behavior in mathematics class during various types of instructional activities and at different age levels. Third- and fifth-grade students spent more time on seatwork, while seventh-grade students had more teacher-led activities. As grade level increased, student engagement decreased. (Author/PP)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Elementary Education, Grade 3, Grade 5
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Thrope, Lynne; Wood, Karen – Clearing House, 2000
Offers an overview of research on cross-age tutoring. Describes a successful cross-age tutoring program pairing 7th-grade with 3rd-grade students. Offers guidelines for developing a successful cross-age tutoring program. (SR)
Descriptors: Cross Age Teaching, Early Adolescents, Educational Research, Elementary Education
Bourg, Tammy M.; And Others – 1987
A study investigated children's and adults' abilities to derive inferences requiring the integration of two episodic premises (episodic inferences) and inferences requiring the integration of one episodic premise with extra-stimulus, semantic knowledge. Subjects, 95 kindergarten, third grade, seventh grade, and college students, watched either an…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, College Students, Critical Thinking, Elementary Secondary Education
Blatt, Gloria Toby – 1972
Violent episodes in realistic fiction in children's books between 1960 and 1970 were analyzed according to the total space devoted to violence, details or intensity of descriptions, the role assumed by the heroes, villains, kinds of violent acts perpetrated, the relationship of participants in the aggressive act, value judgments expressed, and the…
Descriptors: Books, Childhood Attitudes, Childrens Literature, Content Analysis
Colorado State Dept. of Education, Denver. – 2000
This report provides policymakers, educators, parents, and the community with a general accounting and a concise overview of the performance of Colorado's third, fourth, and seventh grade students relative to the State Model Content Standards in third grade Reading Comprehension, fourth grade Reading and Writing, and seventh grade Reading and…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade 3, Grade 4
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Creasey, Gary L.; Kaliher, Gwen – Journal of Adolescence, 1994
Students (n=169) in grades three, five, and seven completed Network of Relationships Inventory which measured perceptions of social support and conflict with each available grandparent. Most grandchildren reported supportive relationships with grandparents, with older grandchildren perceiving less supportive relationships when contrasted with…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Childhood Attitudes, Conflict, Elementary Education
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Brewer, Thomas M. – Studies in Art Education, 1998
Examines the development of thematic and observational drawings among third and seventh graders, with some receiving formal instructions whereas others did not. Finds that formal instruction did not significantly affect students' drawing achievement, but does find a trend toward decreasing female achievement with age. Makes observations for art…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Art, Art Education, Child Development
Schneider, Wolfgang; And Others – 1984
The influence of intelligence, self-concept, and causal attributions on metamemory and the metamemory-memory behavior relationship in grade-school children was studied. Following the assessment of intelligence, self-concept, and causal attributions, 105 children each from grades 3, 5, and 7 were given a metamemory interview and a sort-recall task.…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Cognitive Development, Correlation, Elementary Education
Virginia State Dept. of Education, Richmond. – 1969
GRADE OR AGES: K-7. SUBJECT MATTER: Physical education. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The guide is in five parts: 1) "The Place of Physical Education in the Elementary School"; 2) "Developing the Physical Education Offering"; 3) "Analysis of Skills"; 4) "Physical Education Activities"; and 5) "Related and Supplementary Materials." The…
Descriptors: Curriculum Guides, Dance, Elementary School Curriculum, Games
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