NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 10 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Crane, Eric W.; Barrat, Vanessa X.; Huang, Min – Regional Educational Laboratory West, 2011
This document summarizes a study that examines the relationship between performance on Utah's English proficiency assessment and English language arts and mathematics content assessments by English language learner students and compares the performance of English language learner and non-English language learner students on the content…
Descriptors: Language Arts, Performance Based Assessment, Grade 11, Grade 10
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Crane, Eric W.; Barrat, Vanessa X.; Huang, Min – Regional Educational Laboratory West, 2011
This study examines the relationship between performance on Utah's English proficiency assessment and English language arts and mathematics content assessments by English language learner students and compares the performance of English language learner and non-English language learner students on the content assessments. Two research questions…
Descriptors: Language Arts, Performance Based Assessment, Grade 11, Grade 10
Byrd, Clavon, Sr. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This research described the retrospective formation of identity and manifestation of responsibility of four African-American female leaders who served as urban school principals. Cross (1971, 1991) determined that African-Americans undergo a four step process of identity development that he coined Nigrescence. Within these four stages of identity…
Descriptors: African Americans, Urban Schools, Focus Groups, Researchers
Khouj, Abdullah Mohammad – 1982
It is noted that research concerning correlates of academic achievement has mainly concentrated on such variables as education and occupation of parents, student personality variables, school-related variables, and racial background of students. However, this study focused on the relationship between student achievement in a given subject with…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Correlation, Educational Research, Grade 10
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Tan, Seng Chee – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2000
This study investigated the effects of incorporating concept mapping into computer assisted instruction with tenth grade students in Singapore. Discusses results of a chemistry achievement test that suggest that concept mapping accompanying a computer assisted tutorial program can enhance their learning, and considers future research. (Contains 30…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Chemistry, Computer Assisted Instruction, Concept Mapping
American Coll. Testing Program, Iowa City, IA. – 1996
In 1995, the American College Testing (ACT) Program conducted a study of the effects of using a calculator in its ACT Assessment and PLAN mathematics tests taken by approximately 38,000 students. Whether there would be changes in the PLAN and ACT score scales as a result of permitting calculator use on the mathematics tests was explored with…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Calculators, College Entrance Examinations, Ethnic Groups
Spencer, Mary L. – 1995
The development of national minimum educational standards for the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) began in 1988 with the deliberations of a national task force that created performance expectations in a number of subjects. In 1988 the development of nationally standardized tests reflecting these standards began. This document presents the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Bilingual Students, Grade 10
PDF pending restoration PDF pending restoration
Manitoba Dept. of Education and Training, Winnipeg. – 1991
The "sciences humaines" provincial assessment was conducted in June 1991 in Franco-Manitoban (Canadian) schools and in the French immersion program. Tests were administered to students in grades 8 and 10. Test results are presented in two preliminary reports, one for Franco-Manitoban schools and the present report for French immersion…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Affective Objectives, Cognitive Objectives, Foreign Countries
Hamilton, Laura S.; And Others – 1994
This study is second in a series demonstrating that achievement tests are multidimensional and that using psychologically meaningful subscores in national educational surveys can enhance test validity and usefulness. National Education Longitudinal Study 1988 (NELS:88) 8th- and 10th-grade science tests were subjected to full information item…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Course Selection (Students), Educational Assessment
Kupermintz, Haggai; And Others – 1994
This study demonstrates that the validity and usefulness of mathematics achievement tests can be improved by defining psychologically meaningful subscores that yield differential relations with student, teacher, and school variables. The National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88) 8th- and 10th-grade math tests were subjected to full…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Educational Assessment, Ethnic Groups, Factor Analysis