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Download full textRegional Educational Laboratory Central, 2020
These are the appendixes for the report, "What Grade 7 Foundational Knowledge and Skills Are Associated with Missouri Students' Algebra I Achievement in Grade 8?" To increase opportunities for students to take more advanced math courses in high school, many school districts enroll grade 8 students in Algebra I, a gateway course for…
Descriptors: Grade 7, Grade 8, Algebra, Mathematics Instruction
Day, Doug; Yeado, Joe; Schmidt, Jeff – Public Policy Forum, 2014
This report provides important perspective on the distinctive and changing features of Milwaukee's K-12 education landscape. The authors conducted two comparative analyses of Milwaukee schools. The first, a trend analysis, traces how Milwaukee schools have changed in the past decade. The second, a peer analysis, shows how Milwaukee schools compare…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Public Schools, Private Schools, Charter Schools
Menefee, Trey; Bray, Mark – Online Submission, 2012
This report was produced for the 2012 Conference of Commonwealth Education Ministers meeting in Mauritius. Its main purpose is to track the historical progress and likelihood of attainment of Education For All and education-specific Millennium Development Goals while also critically reviewing the methods used to track this progress. The analyses…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Access to Education, Educational Objectives, Educational Development
Bozick, Robert; Ingels, Steven J. – National Center for Education Statistics, 2008
Recent research shows that U.S. 15-year-olds are behind their international counterparts in problem solving and mathematics literacy, ranking 24th of 29 nations (Lemke et al. 2004). Therefore, a key concern among policymakers and educators is improving the quantitative and analytical skills of American youth, who face job prospects in an economy…
Descriptors: High School Students, Achievement Tests, Mathematics Achievement, Course Selection (Students)
National Endowment for the Arts, 2007
This report contains the best national data available to provide a reliable and comprehensive overview of American reading today. While it incorporates some statistics from the National Endowment for the Arts' 2004 report, "Reading at Risk," this new study contains vastly more data from numerous sources. Although most of this information is…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Tests, Late Adolescents, Reading Skills
Myerberg, N. James; And Others – 1980
Developed as an easy to use reference on test data for Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS), this report is divided into two sections: analysis of county data and analysis of school data. Features of the report are as follows: (1) a longitudinal analysis of performance of students tested in MCPS in 1976, 1978 and 1980; (2) school results broken…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Local Norms, Longitudinal Studies
Gross, Paul R. – Thomas B. Fordham Foundation & Institute, 2005
Until now, the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) has focused everyone's attention on reading and math--and on whether schools are making "adequate yearly progress" in those two core subjects. Although some states incorporate additional subjects into their own accountability systems, reading and math have dominated most discussions of state…
Descriptors: State Standards, Science Education, Federal Legislation, Educational Improvement
Waters, Brian K. – 1981
This study brings together a large body of literature on indicators of changes in U.S. scholastic aptitude and achievement levels within the 1944-1980 period. The population target is youth from preschool to post-college graduate ages. The study is divided into three major sections: (1) a discussion of the trends which have emerged over time that…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Annotated Bibliographies, Aptitude Tests, College Entrance Examinations
Peer reviewedCross, Theodore; And Others – Journal of Blacks in Higher Education, 1995
Provides statistical data that describe the present and potential future of blacks in higher education as well as highlighting positive and durable changes at particular colleges and universities. Specific areas include educational equality, college admissions, standardized test scores, and graduation rates of black athletes. Comments on…
Descriptors: Athletes, Blacks, College Admission, Comparative Analysis
New York Univ., NY. Inst. for Education and Social Policy. – 2001
This report summarizes experiences of the New York Networks for School Renewal (NYNSR), which developed school networks for mutual support and accountability and promoted small size, autonomy, personalization, and professional teaching communities. Researchers compared NYNSR outcomes to comparable outcomes for the New York City (NYC) school system…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrollment Trends
Burton, Nancy W.; Ramist, Leonard – College Entrance Examination Board, 2001
Studies predicting success in college for students graduating since 1980 are reviewed. SAT scores and high school records are the most common predictors, but a few studies of other predictors are included. The review establishes that SAT scores and high school records predict academic performance, nonacademic accomplishments, leadership in…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Scores, Grade Point Average, Academic Achievement
Duran, Richard P. – 1983
This report reviews issues and previous empirical studies surrounding prediction of educational attainment, preparation for college, college aptitude assessment, and prediction of achievement in college for Hispanic students residing in the United States. First, a demographic overview of Hispanics, concentrating on population size, ethnic subgroup…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aptitude, College Admission, College Students
Nielsen, Francois; Fernandez, Roberto M. – 1981
Presenting data and analyses from the first wave of the study "High School and Beyond" (HS&B), a longitudinal study of United States high school sophomores and seniors, the report focuses on the composition of the Hispanic tenth and twelfth grade student population with respect to various characteristics; i.e., language use and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Comparative Analysis, Cubans
