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Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. – 1999
The report, entirely in French, describes Alberta's curriculum for second-year French native language instruction. An introductory section offers background information on the curriculum's design, links between the core curriculum and French native language instruction, underlying principles of language instruction, the curriculum's objectives and…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Course Content, Cultural Context, Cultural Education
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. – 1999
The report, entirely in French, describes Alberta's curriculum for third-year French native language instruction. An introductory section offers background information on the curriculum's design, links between the core curriculum and French native language instruction, underlying principles of language instruction, the curriculum's objectives and…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Course Content, Cultural Context, Cultural Education
Padak, Nancy; Rasinski, Tim – 2003
The concept of family literacy is firmly rooted in a substantial research base from several disciplines, including adult literacy, emergent literacy, child development, and systems analysis. Results from a review of research from each discipline found answers to questions about benefits of family literacy. Results show family literacy programs do…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Basic Skills
Education Trust, Washington, DC. – 2003
This report compares South Carolina's reading and mathematics performance on the most recent administrations of the state assessment with performance on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). To indicate how South Carolina is doing in narrowing the academic achievement gap between African American and Latino students and their…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, American Indians, Asian American Students, Black Students
Education Trust, Washington, DC. – 2003
This document presents state-level data on South Dakota's K-college education, including demographic distribution across each educational level, participation and success in Advanced Placement, percentage of students taking high-level courses, school funding gaps, and high school and college graduation rates. South Dakota's 2002 Stanford 9 results…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, American Indians, Asian American Students, Black Students
Education Trust, Washington, DC. – 2003
This report compares Tennessee's reading and mathematics performance on the most recent administrations of the state assessment with performance on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). To indicate how Tennessee is doing in narrowing the academic achievement gap between African American and Latino students and their white, middle…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, American Indians, Asian American Students, Black Students
Education Trust, Washington, DC. – 2003
This report compares Virginia's reading and mathematics performance on the most recent administrations of the state assessment with performance on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). To indicate how Virginia is doing in narrowing the academic achievement gap between African American and Latino students and their white, middle…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, American Indians, Asian American Students, Black Students
Martinez, Robert D. – 1999
This guidebook is intended to assist the classroom teacher in developing assessments for English language learners (ELLs). More specifically, it will: help the teacher to determine whether a student may be an ELL; measure native-language proficiency or the English language proficiency of an ELL; determine initial instructional placement for an ELL…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Databases, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language)
Graves-Desai, Kelly, Ed. – Harvard Education Letter, 1999
This document is comprised of the six issues in volume 15 of the Harvard Education Letter, a bimonthly newsletter addressing current issues in elementary and secondary education. Articles in this volume include the following: (1) January-February--"Retention vs. Social Promotion: Schools Search for Alternatives" (Kelly), and "School…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Art Education, Brain, Classroom Techniques

Kornfield, John – Social Education, 1994
Asserts that the growing interest in multicultural and global education is encouraging teachers to search for new ways to teach history. Describes the use of historical fiction in a sixth-grade, interdisciplinary, multicultural unit on World War II. Includes an annotated bibliography of 33 recommended books. (CFR)
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Childrens Literature, Content Area Reading, Educational Strategies

Davis, Barbara H. – Young Children, 2000
An extended-school program for at-risk first graders was designed to accelerate each child's progress in reading and writing over the summer. The instructional framework for the class consisted of independent reading, shared reading, interactive writing, journal writing, a spelling activity, learning centers, guided reading, and reading aloud.…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Grade 1, Group Activities, High Risk Students
Armbruster, Bonnie B.; Lehr, Fran; Osborn, Jean – National Institute for Literacy, 2006
The road to becoming a reader begins the day a child is born and continues through the end of third grade. At that point, a child must read with ease and understanding to take advantage of the learning opportunities in fourth grade and beyond--in school and in life. Learning to read and write starts at home, long before children go to school. Very…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Written Language, Oral Language, Caregivers
Christensen, Matthew; Warnick, Paul – Foreign Language Publications, 2006
This book is a general introduction to the performed culture approach, which trains students how to express themselves in a way that native speakers of the target culture feel appropriate in given situations. Target readership includes Chinese, Japanese, and Korean language teachers and graduate students. Chapters of this book include: (1)…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Cultural Awareness, Chinese, Japanese
VanTassel-Baska, Joyce; Stambaugh, Tamra – Gifted Child Today, 2006
This article describes Project Athena, a Javits program funded by the U.S. Department of Education and developed through the Center for Gifted Education at the College of William and Mary. Project Athena seeks to find ways to help impoverished children develop advanced skills in reading comprehension, literary analysis, and persuasive writing. Its…
Descriptors: Literacy, Poverty, Skill Development, Reading Comprehension
Buckley, Sue; Bird, Gillian; Sacks, Ben; Archer, Tamsin – Down Syndrome Research and Practice, 2006
This article presents data from a research study designed to compare the achievements of teenagers with Down syndrome educated in mainstream classrooms or in special education classrooms throughout their full-time education. Progress is reported for speech and language, literacy, socialisation, daily living skills and behaviour. For all the…
Descriptors: Down Syndrome, Disabilities, Adolescents, Expressive Language