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Cahan, Sorel – 1987
Since the measurement of school achievement involves the administration of achievement tests to various grades on various subjects, both grade level and subject matter contribute to within-school achievement variations. To determine whether achievement test scores vary most among different fields within a grade level, or within fields among…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Problems
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Lohaus, Arnold; Ev Elben, Cornelia; Ball, Juliane; Klein-Hessling, Johannes – Educational Psychology, 2004
School transition is a critical life event for many children. However, the effects of school transition on children's stress experiences reported in the literature have been inconsistent. The present study with 564 third- to sixth-graders compared the changes in experienced stress level and in somatic and psychological symptoms during the…
Descriptors: Stress Variables, Foreign Countries, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris (France). – 1987
This volume consists of reports on the status and function of lower secondary comprehensive school systems in four countries with contrasting cultures and educational traditions: Denmark, France, the United Kingdom as represented by Scotland, and the United States as represented by Maryland and Minnesota. The volume begins with an analysis by…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Adolescents, Class Size, Comparative Analysis