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Download full textBrian Garcia; Chester Holland; Akisha Osei Sarfo; Ray Hart – Council of the Great City Schools, 2024
Over the years, the nation's large urban school districts have consistently learned from the progress of their peer districts across the country. Great City School districts that have embraced the challenge of educating America's urban children have recognized the value of benchmarking their performance and growth against the progress of others.…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, School Districts, Benchmarking, Academic Achievement
Brian Garcia; Chester Holland; Akisha Osei Sarfo; Ray Hart – Council of the Great City Schools, 2023
Over the years, the nation's large urban school districts have consistently learned from the progress of their peer districts across the country. Great City School districts that have embraced the challenge of educating America's urban children have recognized the value of benchmarking their performance and growth against the progress of others.…
Descriptors: Educational Indicators, Academic Achievement, Enrollment, Kindergarten
Los Angeles Unified School District, CA. Research and Evaluation Branch. – 1985
This report provides information on the number and percentage of students retained in grade during the 1982-83 school term in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD). Data were analyzed from reports filed by all principals and from the LAUSD Racial and Ethnic Survey, Fall 1982. Children's centers, adult schools, occupational centers, and…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Age Differences, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade Repetition
Joubert, Lionel; Weisbender, Leo – 1985
This report provides information on the number and percentage of students retained in grade during the 1983-84 school term in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD). Data were analyzed from reports filed by all principals and from the LAUSD Racial and Ethnic Survey, Fall 1983. Children's centers, adult schools, occupational centers, and…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Age Differences, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade Repetition
Center for the Future of Teaching and Learning, 2004
The stakes for California's schools and students have never been higher. More than 1,600 California schools are now on a statewide "watch list" for failing to meet new federal standards, a number that is expected to triple in less than 5 years. Many of these schools face federal sanctions or even takeover by the state. This year's high school…
Descriptors: Exit Examinations, High Schools, Teaching (Occupation), High Stakes Tests
Delidow, Stanley V. – 1989
This study was begun in the Fall of 1985 to determine the long-term effects of retention in one of the six COOR Intermediate School District Areas (Roscommon, Michigan). The major focus is on academic achievement as measured by the California Achievement (CA) Test, which has been given to every kindergarten through eighth grade student in the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Failure, Economic Factors, Economically Disadvantaged
