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Center for Educational Innovation - Public Education Association, 2005
The "CEI-PEA Alert" is an advocacy newsletter that deals with topics of interest to all concerned with the New York City public schools. This issue includes: (1) Chancellor Joel I. Klein Announces New Accountability System for NYC Schools; (2) Students Achieve Record-High Scores!; (3) Use Data to Help Your Child Improve Performance; (4)…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Public Schools, Accountability, Academic Achievement
Lipnevich, Anastasiya A.; Smith, Jeffrey K. – ETS Research Report Series, 2008
This experiment involved college students (N = 464) working on an authentic learning task (writing an essay) under 3 conditions: no feedback, detailed feedback (perceived by participants to be provided by the course instructor), and detailed feedback (perceived by participants to be computer generated). Additionally, conditions were crossed with 2…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Information Sources, College Students, Essays

Caplan, Marlene K.; O'Rourke, Thomas J. – NASSP Bulletin, 1988
Describes one school district's approach to improving student achievement on standardized tests. Increased scores on the Scholastic Aptitude Test have not been the only positive result of this systemwide effort. Students and parents, for example, have become more conscientious about their course seletions. (CJH)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Secondary Education, Program Effectiveness, Scores
Genck, Fredric H. – American School Board Journal, 1989
Analyzing growth rates and percentiles of achievement are two ways that school systems can evaluate school performance. Boards should also consider parent-teacher satisfaction, internal management systems, school board evaluation, and a number of other indicators. (MLF)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Preszler, Ralph W. – Bioscene: Journal of College Biology Teaching, 2006
Students who chose to enroll in a supplemental course associated with a large biology lecture performed better on lecture exams than those students who chose not to enroll in the supplemental course. Sections of the supplemental course were taught with instructor-centered methods prior to some exams, student-centered methods prior to other exams,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Biology, Teaching Methods, Lecture Method
Anrig, Gregory R. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1985
Improvement in black students' test scores is occurring nationwide, and an increasing number of black students are enrolling in demanding academic courses. Test scores can be a force for eliminating educational inequities and strengthening educational standards. (MLF)
Descriptors: Black Students, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education
Knight, James – Monograph, 1987
Academic achievement is increasing in schools, but so is the dropout rate. Excellence in schools must be defined more broadly than the scores students earn on achievement tests. Concerns such as equity must be a part of the definition of excellence in education. It is essential that for some programs with disproportionate enrollments, educators…
Descriptors: Dropouts, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education, Evaluation Criteria
Ligon, Glynn; Matter, Kevin – 1981
Six anomalies in achievement test scores encountered by the Austin Independent School District are described. These include crossing gaps with uninterpolated medians; total group median declines while all subgroups' medians rise; outlying total percentiles; percentile and grade equivalent growth antithesis; same grade equivalent earning a…
Descriptors: Achievement Rating, Achievement Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Scores
Meyers, Alan F.; And Others – American Journal of Diseases of Children, 1989
Children, grades three through six, in Lawrence (Massachusetts) were studied during the 1986-87 school year to determine whether participation in the School Breakfast Program by low-income children is associated with improvements in standardized achievement test scores and attendance rates. Findings indicate that participation is associated with…
Descriptors: Attendance, Basic Skills, Breakfast Programs, Elementary Education
Burk, Anne – 1998
An ex post facto study examined third grade students' achievement test scores both before and after the adoption of a literature-based basal reading text. The experimental groups consisted of five third grade classes at Terre Town Elementary School (Indiana) for each of the years 1988 through 1993. Mean scores were plotted and data were visually…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Classroom Techniques, Grade 3, Primary Education
Cwikla, Julie – Education and Urban Society, 2007
This article details a 5-year evolution of a middle school mathematics faculty serving predominantly economically at-risk students. Faculty members worked to improve students' mathematics test scores, used a scripted curriculum, and integrated National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) standards-based activities. Schools nationwide are…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, High Risk Students, Mathematics Tests, Mathematics Teachers
Saginaw Public Schools, MI. Dept. of Evaluation Services. – 1991
Through the Section 41, State Bilingual Education program and the E.C.I.A. Chapter 1, Migrant Education program, Saginaw public schools provide supplemental instruction and specialized services in 24 elementary and 6 secondary schools. In 1990-91, the bilingual program served 773 students, mostly Hispanic and some Laotian, while the migrant…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Mathematics Achievement, Migrant Education
Young, Johnny M. – 1984
Recent reports have shown that black high school and college students do not fare well on standardized tests, possibly because they have not been successful when dealing with materials requiring analytical thinking in the past. Several psychologists have found that mental imagery can be used to increase motivation to achieve idealized goals.…
Descriptors: Black Students, Cognitive Style, College Students, Counseling Techniques
Huntington, Fred – Executive Educator, 1985
Tips on improving student test scores fall into two categories: format training and environmental conditions. Environmental conditions include notifying parents of the test, emphasizing the importance of the test, and giving the test in familiar surroundings. Format training includes explaining multiple-choice options and answer sheets. (MLF)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Influences, Scores
Beaver, Melanie – 1998
A study examined the effects of scheduling a language arts block at West Vigo Middle School (Indiana) in the 1993-94 school year in an attempt to show that ISTEP (Indiana Statewide Testing for Educational Progress) language arts and reading NCE (Normal Curve Equivalent) scores for eighth graders would increase. ISTEP scores for 1993 (before the…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Research, Elementary Education, Instructional Improvement