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Kato, Kentaro; Albus, Debra; Liu, Kristin; Guven, Kamil; Thurlow, Martha – National Center on Educational Outcomes, University of Minnesota, 2004
Minnesota is one of many states that began development of an English proficiency test before federal requirements were in place to do so. It had decided to put into place a test that would provide the state with a better and more uniform gauge of how its population of English language learners (ELLs) was doing in their acquisition of academic…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Grade 8, Second Language Learning, Grade 5
White, Richard N.; Williams, Imeh J.; Haslem, M. Bruce – Policy Studies Associates, Inc., 2005
Community School District 23 (CSD 23) in Region 5 of the New York City public schools serves students who reside in central Brooklyn. The district enrolls approximately 12,800 students in grades K-8 in 18 schools. Scholastic READ 180 is one of several reading interventions that the district is using to improve student performance. The staff of…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Urban Schools, Reading Programs, Intervention
David Cloud – ProQuest LLC, 2005
This study was designed to examine the associations and differences that exist in the NCE scores of students on the "Terranova" portion of the Tennessee Comprehensive Exam, as well as the possible influence of variables such as initial scores, grade level, gender, and free or reduced lunch status. The population consisted of a stable…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Grade 3, Elementary School Students, Instructional Program Divisions
Beard, Jacob G.; And Others – 1990
A study was conducted to examine the feasibility of using scores on the districts' standardized norm-referenced tests (NRTs) to predict performance on Florida's State Student Assessment Tests (SSAT) at grades 3, 5, and 8, and on the SSAT-I and SSAT-II given in grade 10. Specific questions about the use of district scores were addressed in a study…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade 10
O'Neal, Sandra – 1987
Each spring the Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills (CTBS) battery is administered to students throughout New Mexico as part of the State Department of Education mandated assessment program. This report contains information regarding 1987 test results for Albuquerque Public School (APS) students in grades 3, 5, and 8 on the CTBS, a standardized,…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Grade 3, Grade 5
Maryland State Dept. of Education, Baltimore. – 1984
The Maryland Accountability Testing Program Annual Report is a reference document on basic skills test data for grade levels three, five, and eight. The average grade equivalent scores on the California Achievement Tests (CAT) for all three grade levels in reading comprehension, language, and mathematics for the school year 1983-1984 are included.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Achievement Tests, Basic Skills
Nyberg, V. R.; Clarke, S. C. T. – 1979
A five-point school subjects attitude scale, based on the semantic differential technique, was developed after two rounds of factor analysis; it contained 24 bipolar adjectives, each representing one of three factors: evaluation, usefulness, and difficulty. The scale was administered to Alberta (Canada) students in grades 5 and 8, who were…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Attitude Measures, Cultural Differences, Elementary Education
Ontario Dept. of Education, Toronto. – 1970
GRADES OR AGES: K-12. SUBJECT MATTER: Anglais (teaching English to French-speaking pupils). ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The guide has the following sections: 1) Foreword and Introduction; 2) The Program, including aims and objectives, developing the program, and areas of emphasis; 3) Teaching the Course, including time allotment,…
Descriptors: Curriculum Guides, Elementary School Curriculum, English Curriculum, English (Second Language)
1968
GRADES OR AGES: K-12. SUBJECT MATTER: Language arts. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The guide is divided into three sections, one each for elementary grades, middle grades, and high school. Each section is further subdivided by grade level. Sections are laid out in four columns across two pages. Column headings are concepts, teaching…
Descriptors: Curriculum Guides, Elementary Education, Grade 1, Grade 10
Petersburg Public Schools, VA. – 1974
This second of a 3-volume curriculum guide covering Grades 1-9 contains four master units which incorporate career education concepts into the existing curriculum for Grades 5-8. Focusing on careers in the city, state, and nation, the units for Grades 5 and 6 continue the career awareness activities developed for the primary grades. Activities in…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Bibliographies, Career Awareness, Career Education

Foster, William; Gaa, Nancy; Nowicki, Jan; Ross, Venessa – 1997
This action research project implemented and evaluated an intervention for increasing student engagement in learning to improve academic success. The targeted population consisted of students in four separate schools: pre-kindergarten and eighth graders in a large metropolitan area and fifth and eighth graders in a rural community. The lack of…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Change Strategies, Class Activities, Cooperative Learning

Yen, Wendy M.; Ferrara, Steven – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1997
The program design and psychometric characteristics of the Maryland School Performance Assessment Program (MSPAP) are described, focusing on scaling, equating, standard setting, score accuracy, and validity. The MSPAP is an innovative performance-based testing program administered annually to students in grades three, five, and eight. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Elementary Education, Grade 3
Clewell, Beatriz Chu; And Others – 1987
Efforts to address the problems of access and achievement for minorities and women in mathematics and science have been focused primarily at the secondary level. However, it has become increasingly apparent that intervention needs to begin earlier. This directory identifies and briefly characterizes intervention programs serving young minority…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Females, Grade 4, Grade 5
Wakefield, John F. – 1992
A longitudinal study of various measures of creativity was conducted to determine the validity of a number of possible predictors of an arts orientation. Tests of creative thinking, creative personality, divergent thinking, intelligence, and school achievement were administered to above-average fifth-graders (N=23), who also drew pictures based on…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Art, Art Expression, Creative Expression
Rafferty, Eileen A. – 1993
Maryland, the first state to mandate performance assessments for its elementary school students, administers the Maryland School Performance Assessment Program as a week-long series of activities measuring reading, writing, language in use, science, and social studies for students in grades 3, 5, and 8. Open-ended questions are built around…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Educational Assessment, Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers