The purpose of this case study was to explore how rural high school teachers and students, grades 9-12 use iPads in class, the obstacles and barriers to teacher and student iPad use, and the relationship between types and frequency of use, in one high school in Southern Oregon. The study consisted of classroom observations and follow-up interviews…

Disaggregating the data across four school variables--size, locale, racial/ethnic minority population, and population eligible for free or reduced-price lunch--this study examines the extent to which Oregon grade 9-12 students enrolled in high school math courses during 2006/07 and 2007/08 would not have been on track to graduate had the new…

In 2005, the U.S. Department of Education awarded eight Striving Readers grants to projects around the country. The goal of Striving Readers is to improve literacy skills and achievement for struggling readers in middle and high school and to increase the research base using randomized clinical research to address improvement in adolescent…

In the pre-Internet world of 1992, a new organization called Project Vote Smart used the highest technology available--a toll-free Voter's Research Hotline--to help voters get the facts about candidates and elected officials. Designed to give voters the tools they needed to "Vote Smart," the Hotline connected voters with questions to 50…

This individual profile provides information on Oregon's high school exit exam standards and policies. Some of the categories presented include: (1) State exit exam policy; (2) Type of Test; (3) Purpose; (4) Major changes in exit exam policy since the 2009-10 school year for financial reasons; (5) Subjects tested on exam; (6) Grade exam first…

A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO THE WORK OF THE OREGON CURRICULUM STUDY CENTER WAS REPORTED. INCLUDED IN THE INTRODUCTION WERE THREE ESSAYS DESCRIBING LITERATURE, LANGUAGE, AND RHETORIC CURRICULUMS UNDER DEVELOPMENT. THE ESSAYS WERE PREPARED FOR PROFESSIONAL READERS AND DESCRIBE COURSES OF STUDY BEING DEVELOPED. PRIMARY EMPHASIS WAS ON THE DESCRIPTION OF…

The main purpose of a 1978-79 evaluation of the Jackson County E.S.D. (Educational Service District) Community Experiences in Career Education--(CE)2--program was to investigate the student turnover rate which for two years had exceeded fifty percent. The program provided experience-based career exploration opportunities for high school juniors…

A study examined the effectiveness of secondary level vocational education in Oregon. Using the five project-developed survey instruments, researchers collected data from the following population: 1,609 10th and 12th grade students from 10 high schools throughout Oregon, 13 coordinators/administrators, 36 teachers, 140 parents of 12th grade…

This curriculum guide on electrical occupations is designed to provide eleventh and twelfth grade teachers with the educational specifications for specific knowledge and skills that will qualify students for entry-level employment in five electrical occupational areas: inside electrician, outside electrician, electronics assembler, electrical…