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Peer reviewedMilligan, Kevin R.; And Others – Reading Improvement, 1994
Examines students' perceptions of self, family, peers, and teachers in three construct areas: study skills, attitudes toward school, and future academic expectations. Finds that a decline occurs in students' self-perceptions between fifth and eighth grades and that female students were notably more positive in their perceptions of education than…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Grade 5, Grade 8
Download full textO'Sullivan, Christine Y.; Jerry, Laura; Herr, Fiona; Ballator, Nada – 1997
In 1990, the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) included a Trial State Assessment (TSA); for the first time in the NAEP's history, voluntary state-by-state assessments were made. The sample was designed to represent the 8th grade public school population in a state or territory. In 1996, 44 states, the District of Columbia, Guam,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Educational Change, Grade 8
National Assessment of Educational Progress, Princeton, NJ. – 1991
In 1990, the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) included a Trial State Assessment (TSA); for the first time in the NAEP's history, voluntary state-by-state assessments (37 states, the District of Columbia, Guam, and the Virgin Islands) were made. The sample was designed to represent the 8th grade public school population in a state…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Calculators, Educational Assessment, Family Environment
