Writing about the teaching artist practice should mean writing about art making. As both teacher and artist, the authors are required to be cognizant of their own art-making processes, both how it works and why it is important to them, in order to make this process visible to their students. They also need the same skills to write about how and…

This study examines the effects of two test modifications--resource guide and read-aloud--on the reading performance of students within the context of a large-scale statewide assessment in Georgia. Schools were both randomly selected and assigned to one of three possible test conditions: resource guide, read-aloud, or standard test condition.…

TIMSS (Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study) is an international assessment of mathematics and science at the fourth and eighth grades that has been conducted every four years since 1995, with the most recent assessment in 2011. PIRLS (Progress in International Reading Literacy Study) is an international assessment of reading…

RELATIONSHIPS WERE STUDIED OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN'S SELF-CONCEPTS TO ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT, INTELLIGENCE, AND MANIFEST ANXIETY. SUBJECTS (270) WERE SELECTED FROM A GROUP OF APPROXIMATELY 600 FOURTH- AND SIXTH-GRADE PUPILS WHO WERE ADMINISTERED THE FOLLOWING GROUP TESTS--(1) SELF-CONCEPT SCALE, (2) CHILD SELF-DESCRIPTION SCALE, (3) CHILDREN'S…

"Saxon Elementary School Math," published by Harcourt Achieve, is a core curriculum for students in kindergarten through grade 5. A distinguishing feature of "Saxon Elementary School Math" is its use of a distributed approach, as opposed to a chapter-based approach, for instruction and assessment. The program is built on the…

SUGGESTIONS FOR THE TEACHING OF SCIENCE IN GRADES 4-6 ARE INCLUDED IN THIS GUIDE FOR ELEMENTARY TEACHERS. INTRODUCTORY SECTIONS ARE DEVOTED TO (1) BASIC CONCEPTS AND UNDERSTANDINGS, (2) AN EXPLANATION OF THE STEPS INVOLVED IN PROBLEM-SOLVING, (3) A FORMAT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF TEACHING UNITS, (4) THE APPLICATION OF PROBLEM-SOLVING TECHNIQUES TO…

This study analyzed data from statewide criterion referenced competency tests (CRCTs), used to determine whether a child is retained in grade, investigating whether trends and differences in scores across Georgia for students from similar family backgrounds could be linked to failing this test twice in elementary school. The study explored whether…

This document compiles compensatory education program data submitted to the Georgia State Department by local school systems in their 1982-83 annual reports. The first section describes state administration of grant funds (i.e., appropriations bills, procedures for allocating funds, program plans, and program monitoring). Specifically mentioned…