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The Effects of a Systematic Progress Monitoring Program on Sixth Grade Middle School Reading Scores and Teacher Perceptions
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Smith, Jamie Alexander – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The development of quality educational programs, designed to meet the needs of all students, is a pivotal responsibility of educators and yet a considerable challenge due to the diverse needs in each school. Many consider the Response to Intervention (RtI) model to be one initiative with the greatest potential to improve education for all students…
Descriptors: Evidence, Reading Improvement, Educational Finance, Academic Achievement
The Effect of High School Literacy Programs on Standardized Test Scores
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Brock, Kathryn – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Current National Assessment of Educational Progress results continued their 40-year pattern with two-thirds of U.S. 8th graders not proficient in reading, yet formal reading and literacy instruction ends in elementary school. Lack of reading proficiency can undermine academic progress in high school. Elementary literacy instruction provides…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, High School Students, Secondary Education, Literacy
Success Story of an Inner-City School
Clayton, Marian S. – Today's Education, 1976
To improve a problem inner-city high school the principal placed emphasis on reading and writing skills and their practical application in other courses, developed a curriculum based on the real interests of the students, and encouraged involvement of parents and active participation by students in their community. (JD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Basic Skills, Curriculum Development
Achievement and Enrollment Evaluation of the Central Computers Unlimited Magnet High School 1990-1991.
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Atwater, Jay – 1992
This report examines the achievement and enrollment of students at the Central Computers Unlimited Magnet High School in Kansas City, Missouri, through its third year of operation. The school offers special emphasis in computer science and technology including programming, maintenance, and operations. The evaluation design focuses on the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Computer Science Education, Enrollment Trends
The Effects of Spanish Reading Emphasis on the English and Spanish Reading Abilities of Hispanic High School Students.
Schon, Isabel; And Others – 1982
Two studies were conducted among Hispanic secondary school students in Arizona to determine whether providing special reading time with a wide variety of reading materials in Spanish would affect the students' reading abilities, reading attitudes, and academic self-concepts. The studies were conducted in two Arizona high schools, one in a high…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Analysis of Covariance, Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Educational Research
Impact Models for Guidance, School Year 1974-1975.
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Loveless, Eugene J. – 1975
The purpose of the program evaluated in this report was to investigate the impact of increased guidance service on the educational performance of children. In this second year of the program; funded under the Elementary Secondary Education Act, Title III, all students in two elementary schools, one intermediate school, a junior high school, and a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavioral Objectives, Community Involvement, Community Organizations
Proceedings of the International Association for Development of the Information Society (IADIS) International Conference on Cognition and Exploratory Learning in Digital Age (CELDA) (Madrid, Spain, October 19-21, 2012)
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International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers