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Sunnyside School District, Tucson, AZ.
GRADES OR AGES: 1-12. SUBJECT MATTER: Health education, tobacco, alcohol, and narcotics. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The introductory material discusses pre-planning and the general characteristics of physical development in early school, upper elementary school, and preadolescence. The material for grades 1-3 covers the body, human…
Descriptors: Alcohol Education, Curriculum Guides, Drug Abuse, Elementary Education
Georgia State Dept. of Education, Atlanta. Office of Instructional Services. – 1983
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…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade 10
Chandler, William J., Comp.; And Others – 1969
GRADES OR AGES: K-12. SUBJECT MATTER: English Usage. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: There are four major sections: Prekindergarten-grade 3; grade 4-grade 6; grade 7-grade 9; grade 10-grade 12. Learning experiences are listed for each grade. The guide is offset printed and bound with a soft cover. OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES: The program is…
Descriptors: Curriculum Guides, Elementary Education, English Curriculum, Grade 1
Chandler, William J., Comp.; And Others – 1969
GRADES OR AGES: K-12. SUBJECT MATTER: Literature. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The guide is divided into four main sections (K-3; 4-6; 7-9; 10-12) each with a suggested reading list and teaching guides for selected literature. The guide is offset printed and bound with a soft cover. OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES: The guide materials are…
Descriptors: Curriculum Guides, Drama, Elementary Education, English Curriculum
Gallatin, Judith – 1972
The development of political thinking during adolescence was studied by interviewing 463 suburban and urban schoolchildren of average intelligence in grades 6, 8, 10, and 12. Each subject was interviewed individually by means of a Piaget-type questionnaire. Analysis of the questionnaire responses revealed a very distinctive developmental pattern.…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Age Differences, Attitude Change
Steinle, Vicki; Stacey, Kaye – International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2003
Over a period of about 3 years, 3204 students in Grades 4 to 10 completed 9862 tests to identify and track their interpretation of decimal notation. Analysis of the longitudinal data demonstrates that different misconceptions persist among students to different degrees and in different patterns across the grades. Estimating the prevalence of…
Descriptors: Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8
Bolt, Daniel; Ackerman, Terry – 1994
The 1993 Illinois Goal Assessment Program (IGAP) Reading Tests measured reading comprehension using both narrative and expository reading passages. Noticeable differences in mean scaled scores occurred depending on whether the 1993 results were equated back to the 1992 narrative test or the 1993 expository test (Hsu and Ackerman, 1994). In an…
Descriptors: Achievement, Context Effect, Correlation, Educational Objectives
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Attali, Yigal; Burstein, Jill – ETS Research Report Series, 2005
The e-rater® system has been used by ETS for automated essay scoring since 1999. This paper describes a new version of e-rater (v.2.0) that differs from the previous one (v.1.3) with regard to the feature set and model building approach. The paper describes the new version, compares the new and previous versions in terms of performance, and…
Descriptors: Essay Tests, Automation, Scoring, Comparative Analysis
Wyoming State Dept. of Education, Cheyenne. – 1969
GRADES OR AGES: K-12. SUBJECT MATTER: Social studies. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The introductory material includes sections on curriculum improvement, new social studies, and scope and sequence. A suggested conceptual framework for the program is presented in the form of a chart, with columns for history, anthropology-sociology,…
Descriptors: Anthropology, Curriculum Guides, Economics, Elementary School Curriculum
Mississippi State Dept. of Education, Jackson. – 1975
Phase III of a five-phase project which has implications for the improvement of instructional programs in Mississippi's elementary and secondary schools is described. In phase III, specifically stated objectives or competencies in language arts, designed to accomplish the educational objectives stated in phase II, are cataloged. Fourteen sections…
Descriptors: Course Objectives, Creative Writing, Curriculum Development, Educational Objectives
Hazelwood School District, MO. – 1970
GRADES OR AGES: Grades K-12. SUBJECT MATTER: Social studies. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The guide has three main sections: 1) kindergarten-grade 6; 2) required courses, grades 7-11; and 3) electives, grades 10-12. In each subsection the objectives are listed, an outline of the course is given, concepts and suggested activities are…
Descriptors: Curriculum Guides, Economics, Elementary School Curriculum, Geography
Reading Community Schools, OH. – 1968
GRADES OR AGES: K-12. SUBJECT MATTER: Science. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The guide is divided into three sections, one each for elementary grades, middle grades, and high school. The first two sections are further subdivided by grade level and the last section is subdivided by course. Sections are laid out in four columns across two…
Descriptors: Biology, Chemistry, Curriculum, Curriculum Guides
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Grissom, James B. – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2004
There is continuing controversy about the optimal or appropriate age at which children should start school. The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between age and achievement. It is an attempt to evaluate the hypothesis that older students fare better academically than their younger classmates. Findings indicate that on average…
Descriptors: School Entrance Age, Academic Achievement, Educational Change, Reading Achievement
White, James Alexander – ProQuest LLC, 2004
The opportunity and right to obtain a free public education provides the opportunity for all Americans to achieve success socially, financially, and professionally. The public education system has endured decades of changes as it attempts to address social, cultural, and academic issues that arise as the nation evolves. The public education system…
Descriptors: Racial Differences, Public Education, African American Students, Males
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Stone, Susan; Jacob, Robin Tepper – Education Next, 2005
Despite mixed reviews from many educators--and some researchers--Chicago's retention policy to end social promotion has turned out to be a popular program. Surprisingly, perhaps, its most avid fans are the people most affected by it: teachers and students. Chicago's ending of social promotion was intended to make educators pay more attention to…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Teacher Surveys, Student Surveys, Reading Skills
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