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Rieke, Rebekah L.; Lazarus, Sheryl S.; Thurlow, Martha L.; Dominguez, Lauren M. – National Center on Educational Outcomes, 2013
This report summarizes the thirteenth survey of states by the National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO) at the University of Minnesota. Results are presented for 49 states and 6 of the 11 unique states. The purpose of this report is to provide a snapshot of the new initiatives, trends, accomplishments, and emerging issues during this…
Descriptors: State Surveys, Success, Barriers, Performance Factors
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Kitmitto, Sami – National Center for Education Statistics, 2011
The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) continues to be interested in addressing the issue identified by the Government Accountability Office (GAO). With the release of the 2009 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) reading and mathematics assessments, NCES again had the opportunity to measure the status and change in…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Disabilities, National Competency Tests, Methods
Timm, Neil H. – 1974
Multivariate models are demonstrated to analyze repeated measures profile and growth curve data when univariate or multivariate mixed model assumptions are not tenable. Standard mixed model tests are recovered from certain multivariate hypotheses. The procedures are illustrated using numerical examples. (Author/RC)
Descriptors: Hypothesis Testing, Matrices, Models, Nonparametric Statistics
Rizavi, Saba; Way, Walter D.; Lu, Ying; Pitoniak, Mary; Steffen, Manfred – Online Submission, 2004
The purpose of this study was to use realistically simulated data to evaluate various CAT designs for use with the verbal reasoning measure of the Medical College Admissions Test (MCAT). Factors such as item pool depth, content constraints, and item formats often cause repeated adaptive administrations of an item at ability levels that are not…
Descriptors: Test Items, Test Bias, Item Banks, College Admission
Menz, Frederick E.; And Others – 1978
An optimal vocational evaluation program is described which was provided as part of a treatment of vocational and school behaviors of 119 reluctant learners from twenty-two rural school districts. (The 60-hour vocational evaluation process involved out-of-school psychometric and work sample testing over a two-week period.) An alternative in-school…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Career Guidance, Career Planning, Educational Testing
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Handwerk, Phil – ETS Research Report Series, 2007
Online high schools are growing significantly in number, popularity, and function. However, little empirical data has been published about the effectiveness of these institutions. This research examined the frequency of group work and extended essay writing among online Advanced Placement Program® (AP®) students, and how these tasks may have…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, Advanced Placement, Computer Assisted Testing, Models
Wu, Grace; Royal, Mark; McLaughlin, Don – 1997
The Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS) of the National Center for Education Statistics offers the most comprehensive picture available of elementary and secondary schools in the United States. The value of the SASS would be even greater if information on districts and schools could be related directly to student outcomes. A relatively inexpensive…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Secondary Education, Institutional Characteristics, Models
Thornton, Philip
A statistical view was compiled of the impact of Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Title I programs on student achievement in 45 of the 55 West Virginia county school districts between 1977-78. The RMC Model A-1 design was used by each district. Nationally normed achievement tests were administered for pretesting and posttesting of the…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Compensatory Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
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Killean, Emer; Hubka, David – 1999
This publication presents the results of a survey of 70 service providers and 349 students that examined the level and types of services, the types of accommodations, and policy with respect to postsecondary students with disabilities across Canada. Service providers indicated that the model of service delivery at their institution was highly…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Access to Education, Accessibility (for Disabled), College Students
Department of Education, Washington, DC. – 1999
The 21st annual report to Congress on the implementation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is divided into four sections organized around a model that views educational results as products of three sets of factors: the context and environment in which the education is provided, student characteristics, and school programs…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Compliance (Legal), Correctional Education, Disabilities