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Download full textCooney, Sondra; Moore, Barbara – 2002
The goal of the Southern Regional Education Board's (SREB) Making Middle Grades Work initiative is to increase the percentage of eighth-graders who perform at the proficient level in core academic subjects and who leave eighth grade ready for college-prep work in high school. This document contains a comprehensive improvement framework to aid in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Change Agents, Coordinators, Core Curriculum
Cooney, Sondra; Bottoms, Gene – 2003
This research brief describes a study of the readiness for high school of eighth-graders who participated in the Southern Regional Education Board's (SREB) Middle Grades Assessment in spring 2000. The assessment included testing in reading, math, and science, and surveys of students and teachers. Following the 2000-01 school year, SREB gathered…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Preparation, Core Curriculum, Enrollment Influences
Cooney, Sondra – 2001
In spring 2000, the Southern Regional Education Board, through its Middle Grades Assessment, gathered information from 5,000 eighth-graders and 1,800 middle-grades teachers in 60 schools in 14 states. This brief report describes what that information revealed: a significant difference between the achievement scores of the highest performing 25…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Educational Practices, Equal Education
