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Center on Education Policy, 2009
This general achievement trends profile includes information that the Center on Education Policy (CEP) and the Human Resources Research Organization (HumRRO) obtained from states from fall 2008 through April 2009. Included herein are: (1) Bullet points summarizing key findings about achievement trends in that state at three performance…
Descriptors: Grades (Scholastic), Federal Legislation, Testing Programs, Academic Achievement
Center on Education Policy, 2009
This general achievement trends profile includes information that the Center on Education Policy (CEP) and the Human Resources Research Organization (HumRRO) obtained from states from fall 2008 through April 2009. Included herein are: (1) Bullet points summarizing key findings about achievement trends in that state at three performance…
Descriptors: Grades (Scholastic), Federal Legislation, Testing Programs, Academic Achievement
Public Policy Forum, 2007
This brochure displays the following data for seven counties in southeastern Wisconsin for the 2006-2007 school year: (1) Total operations expenditures; (2) Property tax revenue; (3) Total enrollment; (4) One-year change in enrollment; (5) Minority enrollment; (6) Free or reduced lunch; (7) Graduation rate; (8) 3rd, 4th, 8th and 10th grade…
Descriptors: Taxes, Graduation Rate, Educational Finance, Counties
Center on Education Policy, 2009
This general achievement trends profile includes information that the Center on Education Policy (CEP) and the Human Resources Research Organization (HumRRO) obtained from states from fall 2008 through April 2009. Included herein are: (1) Bullet points summarizing key findings about achievement trends in that state at three performance…
Descriptors: Grades (Scholastic), Federal Legislation, Testing Programs, Academic Achievement
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Clement, Russell W.; De Rose, Diego S.; Sutton, Cary O. – ERS Spectrum, 2005
Researchers conducted two studies in Broward County (Fla.) Public Schools. The first study examined the utility of the Preliminary SAT (PSAT) for predicting future success on college entrance examinations and in advanced placement (AP) courses. The second examined the relationship between PSAT scores and subsequent year AP enrollment status for…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement, Advanced Placement Programs, College Entrance Examinations, Enrollment
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Yang, Kun-Yuan; Heh, Jia-Sheng – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2007
The purpose of this study was to investigate and compare the impact of Internet Virtual Physics Laboratory (IVPL) instruction with traditional laboratory instruction in physics academic achievement, performance of science process skills, and computer attitudes of tenth grade students. One-hundred and fifty students from four classes at one private…
Descriptors: Internet, Science Instruction, Conventional Instruction, Computer Attitudes
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
Gray, Nathan L.; Wolf, Patrick J.; Jensen, Laura I. – School Choice Demonstration Project, 2009
The purpose of this report is to provide descriptive data regarding the test scores of Milwaukee Parental Choice Program (MPCP) students in grades 4, 8 and 10 in reading, math and science, as reported to the School Choice Demonstration Project 2007-2008. The tables, graphs, and histograms presented in this report provide a snapshot of these…
Descriptors: School Choice, Testing, Academic Achievement, Demonstration Programs
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Singh, Kusum – Journal of Educational Research, 1998
This study used data from the First Follow-Up of the National Educational Longitudinal Study of 1998 to examine the effects of part-time work during the school year on high school students' academic achievement as measured by standardized achievement scores and high school grades. Results indicated a small negative effect of employment on both…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Grade 10, Grades (Scholastic), High School Students
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Schug, Mark C.; Hagedorn, Eric A. – Social Studies, 2006
This article describes the Youth Enterprise Academy (YEA), a program developed at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Center for Economic Education through the partnership for a private foundation, the state government, a private not-for-profit organization, and the local public schools. The YEA is designed to improve the financial and economic…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, Economics Education, Program Effectiveness, Longitudinal Studies
Klecker, Beverly M.; Pollock, Mary Anne – Online Submission, 2004
Kentucky's goal of reaching academic "proficiency" by 2014 illuminated problematic findings in 2002 reading test scores: 44.30% of middle and 71.25% of high school students scored below "proficient." The research question was, "Do teaching practices in schools with high reading achievement scores differ from teaching practices in schools with low…
Descriptors: Grade 10, Scores, Reading Tests, Reading Achievement
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Yang, Fang-Ying – Educational Studies, 2005
This study investigated their views concerning evidence and expert opinion of 10th-grade students, accessed by an open-ended questionnaire in the context of a socio-scientific issue: the cause of flood disasters, and personal epistemology identified by the "Learning Environment Preference Questionnaire" (LEP). Students' responses to the open-ended…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Statistical Analysis, Epistemology, Student Attitudes
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Neely, Margery A.; Johnson, Craig W. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1981
An examination of the performance of Grade 10 boys and girls on six Career Development Inventory subscales (dependent variables) through use of a three-way multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) on sex, father's education, and father's occupation (independent or classificatory variables) is presented. (Author/AL)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Correlation, Employment Level, Fathers
Brewer, Dominic J.; And Others – Phi Delta Kappan, 1995
Examines tracking's effects on end-of-year 10th-grade mathematics achievement for a sample of over 3,900 public school students, using 1988 National Education Longitudinal Study data. Although there is clearly a case for detracking on equity grounds, students currently in uppertrack classes may suffer major losses in achievement test scores. (26…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Achievement Tests, Advanced Placement, Grade 10
Goldhaber, Dan D.; Brewer, Dominic J. – 1996
Data from the National Educational Longitudinal Study of 1988 are used to link students with particular teachers and classes to estimate the impact of observable and unobservable schooling characteristics on student outcomes. A variety of models show some schooling resources, particularly teacher qualifications, to be significant in influencing…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Grade 10, High Schools, Longitudinal Studies
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