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Houston Independent School District, 2017
Houston Independent School District (HISD) District and School Profiles provides parents, staff, community members, and other interested parties summary information regarding student performance and outcomes, demographics, and school programs for each HISD school. These profiles are divided by instructional level: elementary, middle, high,…
Descriptors: School Districts, Profiles, Elementary Secondary Education, School Administration
Johnson, Sandra – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011
"Assessing Learning in the Primary Classroom" is an accessible introduction to the concepts critical to a professional understanding of this vital aspect of a teacher's role. It comprehensively considers the principles underpinning effective assessment, the different forms it can take and the different purposes it serves, both within and beyond…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Elementary Education, Educational Assessment, Validity
Caldwell, Benjamin E.; Kunker, Shelly A.; Brown, Stephen W.; Saiki, Dustin Y. – Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 2011
Professional accreditation of graduate programs in marital and family therapy (MFT) is intended to ensure the strength of the education students receive. However, there is great difficulty in assessing the real-world impact of accreditation on students. Only one measure is applied consistently to graduates of all MFT programs, regardless of…
Descriptors: Graduates, Accreditation (Institutions), Family Counseling, Therapy
Frein, Scott T. – Teaching of Psychology, 2011
This article describes three experiments comparing paper-and-pencil tests (PPTs) to computer-based tests (CBTs) in terms of test method preferences and student performance. In Experiment 1, students took tests using three methods: PPT in class, CBT in class, and CBT at the time and place of their choosing. Results indicate that test method did not…
Descriptors: College Students, Psychology, Introductory Courses, Comparative Analysis
Tesfamichael, Tiffany – ProQuest LLC, 2014
As lifelong learning and workforce education grow increasingly more important in American life, the mission of community colleges is shifting more and more toward continuing education, certificate training, and workforce training. The lack of a standard set of indicators has led to a variety of approaches to the assessment of noncredit workforce…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Program Evaluation, Noncredit Courses, Vocational Education
Jacobs, Mary Ann – Journal of Staff Development, 2012
Teachers in School 9, a small elementary school in Passaic County, N.J., were shocked: Just 2.5% of students in the school were performing at grade level in math, making it the lowest-performing school in math in the nonpublic school district of 49 schools. School 9's student population is 69% Hispanic and 31% black; 80% qualify for free or…
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Mathematics, Low Achievement
Lowe, Geoffrey; Belcher, Steven – Australian Journal of Music Education, 2012
One of the many challenges facing music educators is diminishing class time in lower secondary school in the face of the increasingly crowded curriculum and the advent of arts "taster" courses. However, music educators are still expected to be able to produce musically literate students capable of completing high level music courses in…
Descriptors: Intervention, Secondary School Students, Literacy, Music Education
Sims, Betty – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Standardized testing and assessment packages have been implemented by nursing program directors to predict and improve pass rates on the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX). The methods of implementation vary from program to program, and as a result, the outcomes in the programs vary. The purpose of this quantitative study was to…
Descriptors: Nurses, Licensing Examinations (Professions), Computer Assisted Testing, Predictor Variables
Soureshjani, Kamal Heidari; Safikhani, Arezoo – Journal of Pan-Pacific Association of Applied Linguistics, 2012
Metaphoric language and understanding such a language have been of central concern in not only private language schools for intermediate and advanced learners, but in universities for students whose major is English. Besides, as Ellis (1994) maintains, various individual differences have an effect on students' performance and learning. One of the…
Descriptors: Figurative Language, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Individual Differences
Crafter, Sarah – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2012
This paper proposes that the theoretical concept of cultural models can offer useful insights into parental involvement in their child's mathematical achievement and the resources they use to go about gaining information in culturally diverse learning settings. This examination takes place within a cultural-developmental framework and draws on the…
Descriptors: Test Results, Figurative Language, Mathematics Achievement, Parent Participation
Liang, Jian-Hua; Heckman, Paul E.; Abedi, Jamal – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2012
In California, an increasing number of 8th graders have taken algebra courses since 2003. This study examines students' California Standards Test (CST) results in grades 7 through 11, aiming to reveal who took the CST for Algebra I in 8th grade and whether the increase has led to a rise in students' taking higher-level mathematics CSTs and an…
Descriptors: Test Results, Algebra, Standardized Tests, Required Courses
Strang, Kenneth David – Journal of Education for Business, 2014
An experiment was developed to determine if cognitive learning strategies improved standardized university business exam results. Previous studies revealed that factors such as prior ability, age, gender, and culture predicted a student's Major Field Test in Business (MFTB) score better than course content. The experiment control consisted of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Learning Strategies, Business Administration Education, Scores
Forgasz, Helen J.; Leder, Gilah C.; Halliday, Jennifer – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2013
"Make It Count" was a large scale, government-funded, project aimed at improving the mathematics learning of Indigenous students. NAPLAN Numeracy test results were used as one measure of the effect of the program. In this paper we report on the performance on these tests of Indigenous students in schools involved in the project. Group…
Descriptors: Computation, Numeracy, Foreign Countries, Indigenous Populations
Jianrattanapong, Amporn – Language Testing in Asia, 2011
The paper presents weak points and certain strong washback effects from Thai university entrance examinations supporting hints to overcome some shortcomings from writing assessment and encourages the practices and classroom activities that enable graduates to have more competence in English communication particularly in writing skill.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Entrance Examinations, Test Results, Writing Evaluation
Sersen, William J. – Online Submission, 2011
The purpose of this research is to utilize an experimental-education technique for improving the writing skills of Thai EFL (English as a Foreign Language) students. This improvement of skills is sought by making the student-participants in this study consciously aware of those specific aspects of L1 (Language 1, meaning the mother tongue) to L2…
Descriptors: Sentences, Regression (Statistics), Thai, Writing Skills