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Montana State Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, Helena. – 1983
To aid school districts in examining what Montana citizens expect of public school graduates, a task force composed of representatives from public, private, professional, and citizens' organizations concentrated its efforts in three main areas: college entrance, vocational education, and world of work. The committee considered commentary from…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Cognitive Processes, Communication Skills
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1978
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 11 titles deal with the following topics: secondary school principals' attitudes toward characteristics of an ideal reading program; the effects of rock music on the reading comprehension of eighth grade students; objectives for…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Annotated Bibliographies, Doctoral Dissertations, History
Sousa, Ronald L. – 1977
The purpose of this practicum was to develop a bilingual management system to enable bilingual teachers to monitor individual students' performance in the bilingual program. This required: (1) revising the kindergarten thru sixth grade student performance objectives; (2) developing kindergarten thru sixth grade criterion-referenced tests and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Answer Sheets, Bilingual Education, Criterion Referenced Tests
Grafius, Thomas M. – 1980
Michael's Informal Test of Student Ability (MITOSA) is a diagnostic evaluative tool for adult students designed to test nine skills abilities in adult students functioning below a tenth grade level. The nine test sections are approximate reading level, understanding of basic math concepts and symbols, general thinking/reasoning ability, eye-hand…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adults
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1978
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 12 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: the relationship of text organization to readability and reading ability; how advance organizers, outlining, and other preparatory procedures affect learning and…
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Annotated Bibliographies, Beginning Reading, Doctoral Dissertations
Hill, Richard K. – 1979
Four problems faced by the staff of the California Assessment Program (CAP) were solved by applying Rasch scaling techniques: (1) item cultural bias in the Entry Level Test (ELT) given to all first grade pupils; (2) nonlinear regression analysis of the third grade Reading Test scores; (3) comparison of school growth from grades two to three, using…
Descriptors: Black Students, Cultural Differences, Data Analysis, Difficulty Level
Feitelson, Dina, Ed. – 1978
The reading research studies presented in this volume address questions that incorporate more than one culture, language, or writing system, illustrate a broad conceptualization of the study of reading, and represent the expanding international consciousness and program of the International Reading Association. Part one offers the following…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Context, English
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1980
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 15 titles deal with the following topics: (1) a hierarchy of purposes for reading assignments applied to secondary school social studies; (2) the effects of sentence combining practice on reading comprehension; (3) the effects of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Annotated Bibliographies, Cognitive Processes, Content Area Reading
FOX, DAVID J. – 1966
THIS EVALUATIVE REPORT OF A FREE CHOICE-OPEN ENROLLMENT PROGRAM, IN WHICH MINORITY GROUP CHILDREN HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TRANSFER TO SCHOOLS OUTSIDE THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS, RECORDED THE RESPONSES OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS AND TEACHERS IN THE RECEIVING AND SENDING SCHOOLS. ASSESSMENT OF THE PROGRAM WAS BASED ON 2-DAY VISITS TO 63 SCHOOLS TO…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Aspiration, Attendance, Bus Transportation
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1980
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 30 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: (1) the effect of a series of lessons based on real life experiences for improving reading achievement; (2) reading achievement and the transition from letter to…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Cognitive Processes, Doctoral Dissertations, Elementary Secondary Education
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1980
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 20 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: (1) the relationship of self-monitoring and the study orientation of adult students; (2) the efficacy of the reading miscue inventory in evaluating the reading…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Adults, Annotated Bibliographies
Adams, Charles F.; And Others – 1980
IMPACT is a computer-based information system designed to help school districts share materials and expertise and to implement state-mandated evaluation of student achievement. It is designed to meet local, regional, and state evaluation and reporting requirements. Based upon the diagnostic-prescriptive approach to instruction, it consists of: (1)…
Descriptors: Computer Managed Instruction, Criterion Referenced Tests, Curriculum, Databases
Bliesmer, Emery P., Ed.; Staiger, Ralph C., Ed. – 1962
Focusing on problems, programs, and projects in college and adult reading, the papers in this volume were drawn from the eleventh annual meeting of the National Reading Conference held in 1961. The 29 papers are grouped into three sections, the first of which contains studies and theoretical papers that deal with reading speed and comprehension.…
Descriptors: Adult Reading Programs, College Students, Conference Reports, Higher Education
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Haertel, Geneva D.; Talmage, Harriet – 1979
Based on the Walberg educational productivity model--which relates one quantifiable educational outcome to a range of inputs--a research project was undertaken to determine the impact of school desegregation on the academic achievement of third and sixth grade students in a Chicago suburb. A four-phase cooperative effort was instituted, involving…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Action Research, Classroom Environment, College Faculty
de Lemos, Marion M. – 1979
An estimated 80%-90% of all Aboriginal students enrolled in the primary and secondary schools of Victoria, Australia, were tested and surveyed to determine their numbers, distribution, attendance, achievement, attitudes, and school leaving patterns. Most of the 1244 Aboriginals surveyed attended state schools and 75% were schooled in rural areas.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance Patterns, Demography, Dropout Rate
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