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Cuellar, Alfredo – 1991
An ethnographic study is presented, which attempts to gain a better understanding of the gap between California high school students who are at-risk, who eventually drop out, and who are academically successful. Focus is on families, teacher student relationships, peer influence, and social context. A sample of 10 high achieving and 10 low…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Need, Comparative Analysis, Dropouts
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Attali, Yigal; Burstein, Jill – ETS Research Report Series, 2005
The e-rater® system has been used by ETS for automated essay scoring since 1999. This paper describes a new version of e-rater (v.2.0) that differs from the previous one (v.1.3) with regard to the feature set and model building approach. The paper describes the new version, compares the new and previous versions in terms of performance, and…
Descriptors: Essay Tests, Automation, Scoring, Comparative Analysis
National Center for Education Statistics (ED), Washington, DC. – 1980
The Teacher Comments study is available in a machine-readable data file that is part of the High School and Beyond (HSB) Class of 1980 Survey, administered in 1980 to a national sample of over 30,000 sophomores and 28,000 seniors from 1,015 high schools in the United States. This file contains data in two subfiles: (1) the sophomore teachers'…
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, College Bound Students, Databases, Disabilities
National Center for Education Statistics (ED), Washington, DC. – 1984
The Parent Survey of High School and Beyond is a study of the parents of 1980 high school seniors and sophomores in the United States conducted in 1980 as part of a national study of these cohorts of students which was intended to follow them through their early adulthood. The revised machine-readable data file (MRDF) Parent Analysis File (PAF)…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Career Choice, Databases, Educational Attainment
National Opinion Research Center, Chicago, IL. – 1980
High School and Beyond is a national longitudinal study of the cohorts of 1980 high school seniors and sophomores in the United States, intended to provide information through the early adulthood of these students. The Language File contains data on each student who responded that he or she had experience in a language other than English in the…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Databases, English (Second Language), Grade 10
Gill, Wanda E. – 1986
Reasons that Bowie State College in Maryland should participate in the Upward Bound Project are discussed, with attention to geographic and demographic characteristics of the area, school characteristics, and needed services. The college historically has provided educational opportunities for black, disadvantaged students and has been successful…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Basic Skills, Black Colleges, College Preparation
Tennessee State Dept. of Education, Nashville. – 1987
As part of the language arts curriculum framework developed in accordance with "Rules, Regulations, and Minimum Standards" of the Tennessee State Board of Education, this standard English curriculum guide contains the goals, concepts, and terminal objectives for grade 10 English courses. Following an introduction, a description of the…
Descriptors: Course Content, Course Objectives, Decoding (Reading), English Curriculum
Geary, Patricia A. – 1989
Despite enormous political, social, and psychological forces working against them, some inner city black youths defy the odds and succeed academically. This study focuses on a group of successful at-risk minority students in an urban secondary school, and in particular on their student experience, including interactions with school culture,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Students, Classroom Observation Techniques, College Bound Students
Randlett, Alice Schmatz – 1989
A study examined the view of literacy as a socially constructed phenomenon situated within a culturally reproductive milieu. Within the context of one medium-sized comprehensive high school in a small city in the Midwest, the focus was on the daily classroom practice in teaching and learning to read and write. Four separate classes--two low track,…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Classroom Environment, Classroom Research, English Curriculum
Biondo, Ron; And Others – 1982
This first volume of a 2-volume curriculum guide contains 16 problem areas selected as suggested areas of study to be included in a core curriculum for 10th-grade or second-year students enrolled in a metropolitan agriculture program. The 16 problem areas are divided into 6 units: Orientation to Agricultural Occupations (2 problem areas),…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Engineering, Behavioral Objectives, Core Curriculum
Marshall Univ., Huntington, WV. Dept. of Home Economics. – 1982
Designed to accompany Surviving Today's Experiences and Problems Successfully (STEPS) for 9th and 10th grade home economics courses, this volume consists of individualized learning packages dealing with four areas: management/family economics, human development, housing, and foods/nutrition. The book is divided into four parts. First, the…
Descriptors: Child Development, Competency Based Education, Contraception, Cooking Instruction
Manitoba Dept. of Education, Winnipeg. Curriculum Development Branch. – 1984
This social studies curriculum guide for grade 10 in Manitoba, Canada, examines the characteristics of the physical and social environments of North America and analyzes the interrelationships among them. The primary focus is on Canada and the United States with a secondary focus on Central America. The study has been divided into the following…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Curriculum Guides, Economic Climate, Educational Objectives
Dillman, Caroline M. – 1981
To investigate the social context of education for low-income Southerners, a study concentrating on white Anglo-Saxon Protestants in a rural Southern mill village in general, and on 22 white 10th grade children and their parents in particular, used a combination of ethnographic techniques and standardized interview questions. Responses concerning…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Cultural Differences, Cultural Influences, Educational Attitudes
Central Kansas Area Vocational Technical School, Newton. – 1978
These ten sequential instructional modules are intended to assist secondary students in the development of occupational decision-making skills. Designed for grades 9 and 10 (but adaptable to grades 8, 11, and 12), the minicourse covers three areas--values, occupational information, and career decision making (which links the other two areas).…
Descriptors: Ability, Behavioral Objectives, Career Choice, Career Development
Montgomery County Public Schools, Rockville, MD. Dept. of Instructional Planning and Development. – 1979
This curricular framework for the subject area section, Home Economics for Grades 9-12, is one of eight Montgomery County (Maryland) Public Schools (MCPS) Programs of Studies. A foreword discusses Curriculum and Instruction, Use of the Program of Studies, State and Federal Government in Relation to the Curriculum, Time Allocations and Graduation…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Child Development, Course Descriptions, Course Objectives
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