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Direct linkEstrada, Peggy – Educational Forum, 2022
I describe how a policy aimed at increasing achievement among students labeled EL initially went awry--and how a researcher-district partnership persevered to rectify it. The policy, which called for 100% EL classrooms, produced unintended consequences. Critical discussion of empirical evidence and district-solicited input from multiple…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Educational Policy, Academic Achievement, Classes (Groups of Students)
Blank, Stanley S.; Ellis, Julia L. – B. C. Journal of Special Education, 1987
"Challenge classes" for secondary students are described in the context of their five-year history in one school district and by comparison with traditional approaches to education of the gifted. The program encourages the learner to push beyond normal curriculum expectations. Content is determined by individual teachers and their students. (JW)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Curriculum Enrichment, Educational Innovation, Gifted
Peer reviewedArmbruster, Barbara; Howe, Clifford E. – NASSP Bulletin, 1985
Describes the successful team-teaching model used to combat learning disabilities in Iowa City (Iowa) secondary schools. Regular and special education teachers work together with selected students in traditional classroom settings. The model promotes improvements in students' self-concepts, absence rates, and academic achievement, as well as in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance, Learning Disabilities, Secondary Education
Peer reviewedBruno, James E.; And Others – Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 1988
Discusses how information referenced testing using Modified Confidence Weighted-Admissible Probability Measurement (MCW-APM) test scoring procedures in conjunction with diagnostic and placement multiple-choice examinations can be used to enhance the effectiveness of academic support services for special action admissions such as student athletes…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, College Students, Educational Diagnosis
Norris, Carol A.; And Others – 1981
The Learning Disabled/Emotionally Handicapped (LD/EH) Program in the Phoenix Union High School District served 2,413 students during 1980-81 with either a resource or self contained program. The ethnic distribution of LD students was consistent with the overall District ratio. In the EH program, however, there were more Anglo and Native Americans…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Emotional Disturbances, Ethnic Groups, High Schools
Cameron, Lorene; And Others – 1977
The paper describes a collaborative project carried out with staff of an IIWAS (Individual Instruction with Augmented Staffing) classroom and clinical staff of IJR (Institute for Juvenile Research) to provide educational and mental health services to 16 Black inner city children (10-12 years old) with low academic achievement and a variety of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Agency Cooperation, Behavior Problems, Blacks
