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Download full textWillett, Terrence; Karandjeff, Kelley – Research and Planning Group for California Community Colleges (RP Group), 2014
How do we determine if incoming students are ready for college-level work? California's community college system is currently working to address this complex question in a more nuanced, comprehensive, and equitable way. This research brief offers insights that can inform these efforts resulting from the Student Transcript-Enhanced Placement Study…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, College Readiness, Community Colleges, Student Placement
Gold, Judith; Potter, Lance – 1999
Developed for the America Reads initiative, this paper presents the LEARNS (Linking Education and America Reads through National Service) Literacy Assessment Profile (LLAP), a student assessment system that is designed to improve providers' ability to deliver high quality literacy programs to students, assess students' literacy understanding, set…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Emergent Literacy, Evaluation Methods, Literacy
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn, NY. Office of Educational Evaluation. – 1984
The Children's Art Carnival (C.A.C) is a community arts organization founded in Harlem in 1969. The organization aims to improve the language skills of pupils with low academic achievement through intensive participation in creative arts activities. In 1983-84, the program served 305 second, third, and fourth graders from eight schools in…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Creative Development, Diagnostic Teaching, Elementary Education
Direct linkBloom, Howard S.; Richburg-Hayes, Lashawn; Black, Alison Rebeck – MDRC, 2005
This paper examines how controlling statistically for baseline covariates (especially pretests) improves the precision of studies that randomize schools to measure the impacts of educational interventions on student achievement. Part I of the paper introduces the concepts, issues, and options involved. Parts II and III present empirical findings…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Reading Achievement, Mathematics Achievement, Research Methodology
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn, NY. Office of Educational Evaluation. – 1984
Learning to Read Through the Arts offers intensive reading instruction to Chapter I eligible students through the integration of a total reading program with a total arts program. In 1983-84, the program was offered to a total of 625 general education students, 140 bilingual students, and 100 special education students (all in grades 2-6). Reading…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Art Activities, Bilingual Students, Disadvantaged
Walker, Sharon; And Others – 1982
Learning to Read Through the Arts (LTRTA), a Title I program, offers intensive reading instruction to New York City elementary school students, through the integration of a total arts program with a total reading program. This report presents a brief program description and results of an evaluation of student achievement and teacher participation…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Art Activities, Bilingual Education, Compensatory Education
Schuyler, Nancy; Garcia-Hashas, Patty – 1986
An examination of the effectiveness of programs for limited-English proficient (LEP) students in the Austin Independent School District (AISD) derived information on LEP student counts, programs and services for LEP students, program costs, and LEP student achievement. Information indicated that the count of LEP students was growing (3,042 in…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Teacher Aides, Bilingual Teachers, Cost Effectiveness
Hansen, Joe B.; And Others – 1986
The evaluation of the Portland (Oregon) Public Schools' Summer Program focused on academic achievement of its students, grades K-8, who participated in 1985. Courses included arts and crafts as well as basic and remedial instruction in reading, mathematics, and language. The achievement gains of summer school students were compared to the whole…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Achievement Gains, Basic Skills, Elementary Education
Nelson, Carol; Smith, Carl, Comp. – 1990
Originally developed for the Department of Defense Schools (DoDDS) system, this learning package on evaluating the progress of the school reading program is designed for teachers who wish to upgrade or expand their teaching skills on their own. The package includes a comprehensive search of the ERIC database; a lecture giving an overview on the…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
PDF pending restorationCohen, Elizabeth G.; Deslonde, James – 1978
The introduction of the Multiple Ability Curriculum (MAC) and Expectation Training (ET) into the curriculum of racially integrated elementary schools appears to improve the equal status interaction between students of differing academic and social status. The goals of the MAC and ET are the following: (1) prevent classroom dominance by students of…
Descriptors: Black Students, Ethnic Stereotypes, Grade 5, Grade 6
Bottoms, Gene – 1997
Implementation of the High Schools That Work (HSTW) key practices improved achievement for career-bound students in these four ways: (1) HSTW sites showed significant improvement in average reading and math scores; (2) the percentage of career- bound students meeting HSTW performance goals in 1994 and 1996 increased from 33% to 43% in reading and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Preparation, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Improvement
Bottoms, Gene; Thayer, Yvonne – 1997
The academic achievement of students in business and marketing programs at High Schools That Work (HSTW) sites in 1996 was compared to performance levels in 1994. Between 1994 and 1996, the average reading scores of business students at HSTW sites increased from 271 to 279, and their average mathematics scores increased from 286 to 290. A higher…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Business Education, Comparative Analysis, Educational Policy
Bottoms, Gene – 1997
The academic achievement of students in family and consumer sciences programs at High Schools That Work (HSTW) sites in 1996 was compared to performance levels in 1994. Family and consumer sciences students at HSTW sites significantly improved their average reading scores (from 261 in 1994 to 269 in 1996). The percentages of family and consumer…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Change Strategies, Comparative Analysis, Consumer Education
Carbo, Marie; And Others – 1986
Designed to assist parents, classroom teachers, reading specialists, and special educators, this book describes effective reading programs that promote reading success and achievement for children at all reading levels. The 10 chapters of the book are as follows: (1) "Preventing Reading Failure and Increasing Reading Achievement through Learning…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Elementary Secondary Education, Individual Differences, Learning Processes
