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Edeburn, Carl E.; Jacobi, Carolyn – 1985
Final evaluation of a 3-year project to use microcomputers to improve the reading and language skills of Limited English Proficient (LEP) Native American students revealed that there was significant growth evidenced in over 75% of the reading subscale groupings as measured by the Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills (*CTBS). Subjects were 114…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Elementary Education, Limited English Speaking
Peer reviewedShinn, Mark R.; And Others – Journal of Special Education, 1989
The progress of 30 mildly handicapped students in grades 3-8 was monitored simultaneously in alternative levels of a reading curriculum, and students' slopes of improvement and variability of performance were compared. Regardless of the level of the curriculum in which progress was assessed, the slope of improvement was similar over time.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Difficulty Level, Elementary Education, Junior High Schools
Browder, Diane; And Others – Journal of the Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps (JASH), 1989
Nine teachers in programs serving school-aged children or adults with severe disabilities received training on applying rules in data-based instructional decisions. After one-two years of implementation, the teachers' decision making and the effect of these decisions on student progress were evaluated. Some support was found for the benefit of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adults, Children, Data Analysis
Edeburn, Carl E. – 1985
Statistical evaluation indicated the effectiveness of 10 software packages used in a 3-year project to improve the reading and language skills of Limited English Proficient (LEP) Native American students. The project was implemented in four Rapid City (South Dakota) schools in which 79% of the Lakota (Sioux) Indian students (grades 3-6) were found…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Elementary Education
Download full textSchuyler, Nancy Baenen – 1985
The Austin Independent School District Office of Research and Evaluation (AISD-ORE) has recently completed a three year study of the effects of retention on elementary students. As in other studies comparing the academic achievement of elementary retainees and similar students not retained, findings indicated that promoted students generally show…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Attitude Measures, Elementary Education
State Univ. of New York, Saratoga Springs. Empire State Coll. – 1984
Six individual case studies are presented that illustrate in greater depth how the Genesee Valley Regional Center of the Empire State College (New York) met students' educational goals as well as how these particular individuals challenged the academic program. The case studies provide a means to examine student learning and the center's search…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Students, Educational Quality, Educational Resources
Peer reviewedKishor, Nand – Educational Psychology: An International Journal of Experimental Educational Psychology, 1994
Reports on a study of predictive judgments and evaluation methods among 33 elementary teachers. Finds that inaccuracy in teachers' judgments of students is due partly to inappropriate use of consensus or comparative performance data. (CFR)
Descriptors: Educational Diagnosis, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Grades (Scholastic)
