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How Public Educators Cheat on Standardized Achievement Tests: The "Lake Wobegon" Report.
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Cannell, John Jacob – 1989
American school officials almost invariably compare local and national achievement through one of the following norm-referenced tests: (1) the California Achievement Test; (2) the Stanford Achievement Test; (3) the Metropolitan Achievement Test; (4) the Science Research Associates Test; (5) the Comprehensive Test of Basic Skills; and (6) the Iowa…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests, Cheating
Use of an Individualized Reading Program Under Voluntary Complete Integration: Effects on Third Grade Pupils and Teachers.
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Goolsby, Thomas M., Jr.; Frary, Robert B. – 1971
This study was an attempt to assist a rural county school system in central Georgia with instruction at the third grade level in reading skills development after voluntary and complete integration. Specifically it was to (1) determine the general nature of the integration process in the county and its topical relationships and effects upon…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Behavioral Objectives, Desegregation Effects, Grade 3
Special Report on Pupil Achievement 1981-82 for Bryan Adams High School, [and] Robert E. Lee Elementary School, [and] Northwest Subdistrict. [In Three Parts].
Dallas Independent School District, TX. Dept. of Research, Evaluation, and Information Systems. – 1982
Each year, through its system-wide testing program, the Dallas Independent School District collects and reports assessment data on the achievement of its pupils. The data are summarized in a variety of ways in different reports to meet the needs of a particular audience. The three reports in this year's series were produced by computer, using a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, School Districts
Assessment of Multiple Outcomes: An Evaluation Research Study of a Compensatory Early Childhood Program (Child Parent Centers and Child Parent Expansion Program).
Eash, Maurice J.; And Others – 1980
Child Parent Centers (CPC) have been established in selected disadvantaged areas to provide systematic educational experiences for preschool children as young as three years of age. This study provides an update on the current state of the CPC and its latest adaption, the Child Parent Expansion (CPX) Program. A three-year, longitudinal evaluation…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance, Birth Order, Compensatory Education