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Dickenson, Tammiee S.; Gilmore, Joanna A.; Price, Karen J.; Bennett, Heather L. – Journal of Special Education, 2013
This study evaluated the benefits of item enhancements applied to science-inquiry items for incorporation into an alternate assessment based on modified achievement standards for high school students. Six items were included in the cognitive lab sessions involving both students with and without disabilities. The enhancements (e.g., use of visuals,…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Alternative Assessment, High School Students, Science Achievement
Welch, Amy L. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this study was to determine the impact of poverty on the achievement of African American male high school students attending the same large Midwest urban school district. Cumulative grade point average (GPA) at the tenth grade level were compared to the level of poverty provided through census data of African American male tenth…
Descriptors: African American Students, Males, High School Students, Poverty
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Bozack, Amanda R.; Salvaggio, Amy Nicole – Reading Psychology, 2013
This study explores the relationship between academic achievement and reading motivation among adolescent boys. We seek to understand (1) if motivational construct scores change meaningfully over time, (2) what relationship exists between the achievement scores and reported reading motivation, and (3) if students who report higher reading…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Reading Motivation, Males, Adolescents
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Samson, Duncan; Desmond Marongwe, Anesu – African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2013
Classroom-based continuous assessment (CA) has become an important component of Namibia's post-independence emphasis on learner-centred education. This paper compares continuous assessment results with end-of-year examination marks for Grade 10 Mathematics for the years 2008-2010. Against this backdrop, and given that classroom-based continuous…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Evaluation, Formative Evaluation, Summative Evaluation
Yurchak, Stephen M. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This action research study examined the effect of Read 180, a research-based reading intervention program, on the reading achievement among struggling readers in Grades 9-11 as measured by reading clusters on the Language Arts Literacy portion of the High School Proficiency Assessment, final English grades, and Lexile scores. Struggling readers…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, Intervention, Program Effectiveness, Reading Achievement
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Peguero, Anthony A.; Williams, Lisa M. – Youth & Society, 2013
Bullying is a serious problem within the U.S. school system. Prior research suggests that victimization is stratified by race and ethnicity. However, few studies consider factors that may moderate this relationship. This article extends research on this topic by considering whether stereotypes moderate bullying among racial and ethnic youth. Youth…
Descriptors: Bullying, Social Bias, Racial Bias, Ethnicity
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Williams, Jacqueline L.; Skinner, Christopher H.; Floyd, Randy G.; Hale, Andrea D.; Neddenriep, Christine; Kirk, Emily P. – Psychology in the Schools, 2011
The measure words correct per minute (WC/M) incorporates a measure of accurate aloud word reading and a measure of reading speed. The current article describes two studies designed to parse the variance in global reading scores accounted for by reading speed. In Study I, reading speed accounted for more than 40% of the reading composite score…
Descriptors: Reading Rate, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 10
ACT, Inc., 2015
Since 1959, ACT has collected and reported data on students' academic readiness for college. As a trusted, nonprofit leader in research on college and career readiness, ACT is committed to continuing efforts to provide data and information to help solve the daunting problems faced by our nation. This report is part of a series of reports that…
Descriptors: College Readiness, Middle School Students, Progress Monitoring, Benchmarking
Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development, US Department of Education, 2016
In 2013-14, the high school graduation rate reached a record high of 82 percent (U.S. Department of Education 2015a). Despite the gains, over half a million students still drop out of high school each year (U.S. Department of Education 2015b). High schools have adopted various strategies designed to keep students who are at risk of not graduating…
Descriptors: High School Students, Graduation Rate, Dropouts, At Risk Students
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Castellano, Marisa; Sundell, Kirsten; Overman, Laura T.; Aliaga, Oscar A. – International Journal of Educational Reform, 2012
This longitudinal study examines the impact of programs of study on high school academic and technical achievement. Two districts are participating in experimental and quasi-experimental strands of the study. This article describes the sample selection, baseline characteristics, study design, career and technical education and academic achievement…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Grade Point Average, Vocational Education, Grade 10
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Burdick, Hal; Swartz, Carl W.; Stenner, A. Jackson; Fitzgerald, Jill; Burdick, Don; Hanlon, Sean T. – Literacy Research and Instruction, 2013
The purpose of the study was to explore the validity of a novel computer-analytic developmental scale, the Writing Ability Developmental Scale. On the whole, collective results supported the validity of the scale. It was sensitive to writing ability differences across grades and sensitive to within-grade variability as compared to human-rated…
Descriptors: Test Validity, Writing Skills, Computer Assisted Testing, Prediction
Pena, Leticia M. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The researcher developed a case study using a qualitative research methodology to describe the functions of a team of math teachers in a professional learning community in a Title 1 low performing high school that led to increased student achievement. The tenth-grade Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) mathematics results for the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Qualitative Research, Communities of Practice, Mathematics Teachers
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Crossley, Scott A.; Allen, Laura K.; McNamara, Danielle S. – Grantee Submission, 2014
The study applied the Multi-Dimensional analysis used by Biber (1988) to examine the functional parameters of essays. Co-occurrence patterns were identified within an essay corpus (n=1529) using a linguistic indices provided by Co-Metrix. These patterns were used to identify essay groups that shared features based upon situational parameters.…
Descriptors: Essays, Writing (Composition), Computational Linguistics, Cues
Allen, Jeff – ACT, Inc., 2014
This report focuses on the initial development of the predicted score paths for ACT Aspire reporting. The paths provide predicted score ranges for the next two years--as well as predicted ACT score ranges for tests administered at grades 9 and 10. Longitudinal ACT Aspire data for students tested in spring 2013 and spring 2014, as well as…
Descriptors: College Readiness, Career Readiness, Achievement Tests, Scores
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Al-Olimat, Sabah Ibrahim; AbuSeileek, Ali Farhan – Teaching English with Technology, 2015
This study explored the effect of computer-mediated corrective feedback on the 10th grade EFL students' performance in the writing skill. Seventy-two 10th grade female students at Al Hammra secondary school for girls situated in Mafraq (Jordan) were selected as the study sample. They were randomly assigned into four groups, three experimental…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Feedback (Response), Error Correction, Control Groups
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