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Applebee, Arthur N.; And Others – 1990
Based on two national assessments of the writing proficiency of representative samples of students in grades 4, 8, and 11 conducted during the school years ending in 1984 and 1988, this report assesses the informative, persuasive, and imaginative writing performance of the nation's students and tracks changes in performance over time. The first…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Expository Writing, Grade 11
Skager, Rodney; Frith, Sandra L. – 1989
Three groups of secondary school students were identified in the sample of over 7,000 high school students from the 1987/88 California Substance Use Survey based on patterns of involvement with alcohol and other drugs. Of primary interest are high risk users (HRUs) who engage in socially deplored and often dangerous forms of substance use. HRU…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Alcohol Abuse, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Research