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Martin, Peter Clyde – Current Issues in Education, 2011
This article discusses how the Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) accountability mechanism of No Child Left Behind makes use of supposedly objective standardized test scores to describe schools in a certain way when the very same results could serve to draw very different conclusions. Examining the proficiency scores of students from a specific middle…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Educational Improvement, Accountability, Educational Indicators
Stokrocki, Mary – 1992
Classroom teachers have stereotypes and myths about art education that seem to arise for various reasons including a range of backgrounds, interests, and lack of art experiences; diversity and contradiction of preferences; expectations for an easy course and high grades; and preconceptions about art and art teaching. This latter category includes…
Descriptors: Art Education, Art Expression, Creativity, Curriculum Development
Bank, Adrianne; Williams, Richard C. – 1985
This document is divided into two parts: the first presents a taxonomy of questions designed for a hypothetical computer database; the second describes the rationale for a question oriented approach to data. This taxonomy is described as a list of questions an educator might use to find out more about the achievement, attendance, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance Records, Classification, Computer Oriented Programs
Abell, Deborah J.; Lennex, Lesia – 1999
This study provides a descriptive statistical analysis of the incidence of students who participate in the federal free/reduced lunch program and who are identified for a gifted education program at three Kentucky middle schools. There are 2,000 students enrolled in the three schools and the free/reduced lunch incidence varies from 60 percent to…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences, Data Interpretation