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Direct linkDougherty, Shaun M.; Goodman, Joshua S.; Hill, Darryl V.; Litke, Erica G.; Page, Lindsay C. – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2015
Taking algebra by eighth grade is considered an important milestone on the pathway to college readiness. We highlight a collaboration to investigate one district's effort to increase middle school algebra course-taking. In 2010, the Wake County Public Schools began assigning middle school students to accelerated math and eighth-grade algebra based…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Public Schools, Mathematics, Algebra
Bowen, Gary L.; Hopson, Laura M.; Rose, Roderick A.; Glennie, Elizabeth J. – Family Relations, 2012
Self-report data from 2,088 sixth-grade students in 11 middle schools in North Carolina were combined with administrative data on their eighth-grade end-of-the-year achievement scores in math and reading to examine the influence of students' perceived parental school behavior expectations on their academic performance. Through use of multilevel…
Descriptors: Evidence, Middle Schools, Student Attitudes, Academic Achievement
Download full textClotfelter, Charles T.; Ladd, Helen F.; Vigdor, Jacob L. – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2014
In 2008, the California State Board of Education voted to require all students to enroll in algebra by 8th grade. This policy initiative, yet to be actually implemented, represents the culmination of a decades-long movement toward offering algebra instruction before the traditional high school years. Nationally, the proportion of 8th grade…
Descriptors: Algebra, Board of Education Policy, Required Courses, Middle Schools
Maples, Jeffrey B. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The purpose of this study was to analyze the effects of class size and student achievement in mathematics and reading. The study focused on grades 6 through 8 and used the results of the North Carolina EOG tests in mathematics and reading for the academic year 2006-2007. This study examined the effects of class size and student achievement in…
Descriptors: Class Size, Middle Schools, Mathematics Achievement, Small Classes
Paeplow, Colleen – Wake County Public School System, 2010
In 2006-07, seven Wake County Public School System (WCPSS) middle schools piloted Algebraic Thinking as an alternate approach to teaching middle school mathematics. Algebraic Thinking was developed to help students in grade 6 reach higher mathematics courses by combining the regular and advanced middle school mathematics courses into one…
Descriptors: Secondary School Mathematics, Middle Schools, Algebra, Mathematics Instruction
What Works Clearinghouse, 2008
"The Negative Impacts of Starting Middle School in Sixth Grade" examined whether placing sixth graders in middle schools rather than elementary schools affects their behavior and academic performance. The What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) has reservations about the results because they may be affected by differences between the research…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Elementary Schools, Grade 6, Grouping (Instructional Purposes)
Cook, Philip J.; MacCoun, Robert; Muschkin, Clara; Vigdor, Jacob – Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2008
Using administrative data on public school students in North Carolina, we find that sixth grade students attending middle schools are much more likely to be cited for discipline problems than those attending elementary school. That difference remains after adjusting for the socioeconomic and demographic characteristics of the students and their…
Descriptors: Discipline Problems, Middle Schools, Elementary Schools, Student Evaluation
North Carolina State Board of Education, Raleigh. – 2001
This reference guide is designed to help sixth grade teachers plan for instruction and provides all of the goals and objectives in one document. The guide can be used to link instructional objectives across disciplines, plan integrated units, and assist in assessing student progress over time. Only the very basic components of each discipline…
Descriptors: Grade 6, Integrated Curriculum, Middle Schools
Cook, Phillip J.; MacCoun, Robert; Muschkin, Clara; Vigdor, Jacob – Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy, 2006
Using administrative data on public school students in North Carolina, we find that sixth grade students attending middle schools are much more likely to be cited for discipline problems than those attending elementary school. That difference remains after adjusting for the socioeconomic and demographic characteristics of the students and their…
Descriptors: Grouping (Instructional Purposes), Public Schools, Grade 6, Middle Schools
Peer reviewedCashwell, Craig S. – Journal of Humanistic Education and Development, 1995
Examines the relationship between family cohesion, family adaptability, student satisfaction with family, and self-esteem in 619 middle school students. Analysis indicates that within the specified model, family satisfaction was the strongest predictor of student self-esteem, and that eighth- grade students reported a significantly lower level of…
Descriptors: Early Adolescents, Family Environment, Family Influence, Grade 6
Friel, Susan N.; Bright, George W. – 1996
A study examined middle grades students' learning of concepts related to the use and interpretation of graphs. Subjects of the study were 76 sixth-grade students in 3 different mathematics classes in a central North Carolina middle school. The first two parts of the written instrument were administered as both a pretest and a posttest, using line…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Grade 6, Graphs, Intermediate Grades
Peer reviewedSmith, Dennis W.; And Others – Journal of Health Education, 1995
Reports findings from the 1987 National Cancer Institute North Carolina School Health and Tobacco Education Project, which assessed schools' curriculum awareness, adoption, implementation, and institutionalization, focusing on 10 lessons learned after 5 years of following participating school districts. The lessons are categorized into the areas…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Curriculum Research, Educational Environment
McColskey, Wendy; And Others – 1993
The North Carolina Project for Reform in Science Education, which is part of the National Science Teachers Association's Scope, Sequence, and Coordination Project, and the importance of student test scores as an evaluation tool were evaluated. Seven North Carolina schools participated in the project's first year (1991-92), with 21 teachers, and…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Assessment, Educational Change
