This supplement is a resource for helping kindergarten through third grade students show increasing competence in understanding and using standard English to produce oral and written communication that is readily understood by others. It notes that kindergarten through third graders are expected to demonstrate continuous progress toward the use of…

This study helps to illuminate how a group of principals use data in light of new state and national requirements for accountability. On a very positive note, the responding principals reported using data to a great extent in their own practices, and they are encouraging their staff to use data in ways that align with the notion of effective…

This investigation focused on the training of teachers to train students in oral hygiene practices, the evaluation of the impact of this program on the teachers, the training of students by these teachers, and the evaluation of the impact of the program on these students. (JA)

This chapter is designed to acquaint the reader with the context for accreditors' increased emphasis on student learning outcomes as a key indicator of institutional quality and on the use of learning assessment as a key strategy for guiding institutional improvement. It articulates accreditors' expectations for the presentation of evidence that…

Competition in sport and physical education programs has been used to motivate the learning of skills, increase physical fitness, and to create environments purportedly conducive to the development of desirable personality qualities. However, the way in which competition is conceptualized is of great importance. In direct competition, achievement…

Student achievement can be assessed by demonstration, direct observation, unobtrusive measures, oral tests, self-ratings and reports, and on-the-job performance in addition to paper-and-pencil tests. Resulting information can be used for planning, counseling, diagnosing, evaluating, classifying, and grading. An extensive bibliography is appended.…

FITNESSGRAM, a computerized program for scoring and reporting students' physical fitness status based on specific tests, has been a resounding success in the Tulsa, Oklahoma, public schools. The program provides feedback to students and permits evaluation of physical fitness efforts on a school-by-school basis. (PP)

Reports on an exploratory study seeking to define broadly some indices of growth in writing. Notes that the comparison of last year high school and third year college students revealed a seeming lack of growth in rhetorical control but significant growth in the capacity to abstract to higher levels. (RL)

Summarizes the changes in student achievement scores from 313 schools that completed an improvement cycle and were accredited by the North Central Association (NCA) in 1999-2001. Concludes that the NCA Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement (CASI) process offers a high likelihood of improvement in student achievement. (AUTH/KP)

Considers the effects that might issue from an integration of decoding and spelling for the instruction of disabled readers. Proposes a structural-historical approach reflecting the patterns and word origins inherent in the English spelling system. Provides an alternative to both isolated phonics instruction and the whole-language approach. (HB)

Compared the final exam performance of two classes of accounting students based on the method of course assessment used; one class received formative assessment with feedback prior to the final exam, while the previous class did not. Findings seemed to suggest that changing assessment to a formative mode can improve students' performance. (EV)

Discussing results of the third Assessment of Achievement Programme (AAP) survey of attainment in English language of a representative sample of pupils throughout Scotland, this leaflet highlights areas where improvement in the performance could be made. The leaflet covers the four outcomes--listening, talking, reading, writing--in four columns.…

A pilot study was conducted to determine whether a computer-generated attendance monitoring system at Vincennes University (Indiana) could increase the academic success of developmental students and of students in two occupational programs currently having high attrition rates. The matched-classes pilot study was conducted during the fall semester…

Examines a teacher's felt responsibility and self rating in regards to their students' performance in mastering concept classification tasks. (DEP)