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Naik, Reetu; Zhao, Hui; Orr, Aline; Christian, Cinda – Online Submission, 2014
Student outcomes on attendance, discipline, STAAR scores, and GPA were compared between school years 2012-2013 and 2013-2014 in Afterschool Centers on Education programs at AISD campuses.
Descriptors: School Districts, After School Programs, Attendance, Discipline
Snow, Catherine E.; Lawrence, Joshua F. – Council of the Great City Schools, 2011
When the Strategic Education Research Partnership (SERP) began working with Boston Public Schools (BPS) in 2005, the most pressing need articulated by the district was research and development in the area of middle school literacy. Thus SERP researchers undertook to specify more precisely what the middle school literacy problem in BPS was by…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Urban Schools, Literacy, Intervention
Linn, Robert L. – Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education, 2005
Student achievement test results are the coin of the realm in educational accountability systems in the United States. For a number of years, both states and the federal government have relied heavily on tests to judge the quality of schools. The exact characteristics of the accountability systems have evolved over the years and vary a good deal…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Accountability, Barriers

Yen, Wendy M.; Ferrara, Steven – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1997
The program design and psychometric characteristics of the Maryland School Performance Assessment Program (MSPAP) are described, focusing on scaling, equating, standard setting, score accuracy, and validity. The MSPAP is an innovative performance-based testing program administered annually to students in grades three, five, and eight. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Elementary Education, Grade 3