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Houston Independent School District, 2016
The NCAA Read to the Final Four Literacy competition was initiated in a partnership between the Houston Independent School District (HISD), NCAA Team Works®, Houston NCAA Final Four Local Organizing Committee, Houston Public Library, the University of Houston, and CYCLE (Changing Young Children's Lives through Education). The competition was…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, Grade 3, Elementary School Students, Reading Achievement
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Folsom, Jessica Sidler; Petscher, Yaacov; Osborne-Lampkin, La'Tara; Cooley, Stephan; Herrera, Sarah; Partridge, Mark; Smith, Kevin – Regional Educational Laboratory Southeast, 2016
Florida law requires the 100 lowest performing elementary schools in reading to extend the school day by one hour to provide supplemental reading instruction. This study found that those schools were smaller than other elementary schools and served a higher proportion of racial/ethnic minority students and students eligible for the school lunch…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Extended School Day, Elementary Schools, Supplementary Education
Chudowsky, Naomi; Ginsburg, Alan – National Assessment Governing Board, 2012
This report examines what the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) can tell us about charter school enrollment and student performance compared to that of regular public schools. The study uses NAEP reading and mathematics data from 2011 and the earlier years when charter school data first became available (2003 for grade 4; 2005 for…
Descriptors: Enrollment, Charter Schools, Program Effectiveness, National Competency Tests
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National Center for Education Statistics, 2012
This report presents results of the 2011 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) in writing at grades 8 and 12. In this new national writing assessment sample, 24,100 eighth-graders and 28,100 twelfth-graders engaged with writing tasks and composed their responses on computer. The assessment tasks reflected writing situations common to…
Descriptors: National Competency Tests, Writing Tests, Grade 8, Grade 12
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Duvall, Steven F.; Delquadri, Joseph C.; Ward, D. Lawrence – School Psychology Review, 2004
An exploratory study that involved two male and two female elementary students with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) was carried out in homeschools and public schools. The general purpose of the study was to determine whether parents could provide instructional environments that facilitated the acquisition of their children's basic…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, Attention Deficit Disorders, Hyperactivity, Elementary School Students
Ramey, Madelaine – 1992
Problems involved in reducing the achievement gap among ethnic groups in the Seattle (Washington) public schools were studied. An 11-member team selected 25 elementary schools and 216 classrooms for the study, which included classroom observations, teacher questionnaires, and measurement of ethnic achievement gap reduction through California…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Classroom Environment, Classroom Observation Techniques
Blank, Rolf K.; Gruebel, Doreen – 1993
The Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) is helping develop a system of state-by-state and national indicators of the condition of science and mathematics education in an effort to assist local, state, and national policymakers in making informed decisions. The report, "State Indicators of Science and Mathematics…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Class Size, Educational Assessment, Educational Indicators