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Peer reviewedKim, Sehwan; And Others – Journal of Drug Education, 1989
Compared substance use and problem behavior of students who participated in "I'm Special" Program (ISP) in fourth grade and of non-participants during later school years. Found proportion of current substance users and incidence of related problem behavior were significantly lower among ISP graduates, especially in grades five through seven. ISP…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Drug Education, Grade 4, Intermediate Grades
Peer reviewedBorges, A. Tarciso; Gilbert, John K. – International Journal of Science Education, 1999
Reports on four models that show a possible pattern of progression that may be related to individual acquisition of conceptual knowledge about electricity. Contains 45 references. (DDR)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Electricity, Foreign Countries
Download full textNational Center for Education Statistics (ED), Washington, DC. – 1996
The 1994 NAEP (National Assessment of Educational Progress) Reading Assessment was administered to a national sample of students in grades 4, 8, and 12. National reading proficiency results were reported for students at each grade and within various subgroups of the population. State-level results were reported for individual states or…
Descriptors: Educational Trends, Family Environment, Grade 12, Grade 4
Applebee, Arthur N.; And Others – 1994
A study examined the writing performance of American schoolchildren based on a survey conducted in 1992 by the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). Nationally representative samples of fourth-, eighth-, and twelfth-grade students attending public and private schools--approximately 30,000 in all--responded to a variety of writing…
Descriptors: Grade 12, Grade 4, Grade 8, Intermediate Grades
Langer, Judith A.; And Others – 1995
Highlighting the important innovations embodied in the 1992 National Assessment of Educational Progress' (NAEP) Reading Report Card, this report provides information on how the NAEP's large-scale reading assessment is evolving in response to changing perceptions of reading development and assessment procedures. Included in the report is an…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Evaluation Methods, Grade 12, Grade 4
Scott, Kathryn P. – 1983
A total of 172 students in 4th, 7th, and 11th grades read 4 stories excerpted from reading and social studies materials featuring main characters as either traditional or nontraditional females, or traditional or nontraditional males. The study sought to determine (1) the impact of male main characters in nontraditional roles on student's sex-role…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Grade 11, Grade 4, Grade 7
Flood, James; Menyuk, Paula – 1981
A study was conducted (1) to examine the development of comprehension and production in written language of two aspects of linguistic knowledge, knowledge of ambiguity and paraphrase; and (2) to examine the influences of reading ability as measured by currently used standardized reading tests and of sex on the development of this knowledge of…
Descriptors: Adults, Ambiguity, Grade 10, Grade 4
Foertsch, Mary A. – 1992
A study focused on the background factors that are most closely related to reading instruction and reading performance, including instructional approaches, reading experiences, home influences, and demographic characteristics. Data for these assessments were collected in the spring of 1988 and 1990 from a nationally representative sample of…
Descriptors: Family Environment, Grade 12, Grade 4, Grade 8
National Center for Education Statistics (ED), Washington, DC. – 1991
This brochure describes the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), a program that aims to improve the effectiveness of the nation's schools by making objective information about student performance in selected learning areas available to policymakers at the national, regional, state, and local levels. Commonly known as the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Assessment, Educational Improvement, Grade 12
Haas, Mary E.; Inuwa, Ahmed R. – 1992
This study examined the views of three groups of students in Kano, Nigeria concerning other nations and their peoples. The research was designed to test the hypotheses of previous researchers who have speculated that children's attitudes toward other nations can be explained by developmental theories. Specifically, the study sought to answer three…
Descriptors: Child Development, Educational Development, Foreign Countries, Foreign Culture
Johnson, Eugene G. – 1991
Procedures used to map the achievement levels, expressed as total expected scores on the full set of items presented to a grade, onto the Mathematics Composite of the 1990 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) are described. The Composite, defined as a weighted average of subdomain scores, provides a global measure of mathematics…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Cutting Scores, Equations (Mathematics), Grade 12
Dossey, John A.; Brennan, Mervin M. – 1984
A random sample of fourth, eighth, and eleventh grade Illinois students has been tested annually since 1976 by the Illinois State Board of Education. This testing program is called the Illinois Inventory of Educational Progress (IIEP). This report presents mathematics achievement results of a random sample of fourth (N=6,103), eighth (N=10,026),…
Descriptors: Elementary School Mathematics, Grade 11, Grade 4, Grade 8
Baron, Joan Boykoff – 1999
A case study analyzed Connecticut's state-level and district-level policies and practices related to its high level of reading achievement. Data from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) and Connecticut's statewide test were analyzed; state and local policies were identified through interviews. Results indicated: on the 1998…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Educational Policy, Grade 4, Grade 8
North Dakota State Dept. of Public Instruction, Bismarck. – 1994
Designed to improve student achievement in the English language arts by engaging students in literacy standards, this draft document presents content standards and benchmarks that will help prepare North Dakota students for new complexities of work and social life. The document begins with a preface, a list of basic assumptions, and definitions of…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Curriculum Design, Grade 12, Grade 4
South Carolina State Dept. of Education, Columbia. Office of Research. – 1990
Information is provided for educators and the general public about the performance of students on the standardized tests administered in 1990 as part of the South Carolina Norm-Referenced Testing (SCNRT) Program. The first section of this report provides background information necessary for interpretation of the results. The second section reports…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Comparative Testing, Grade 11, Grade 4
