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Koppel, Sheree P.; And Others – 1986
The School Effectiveness Structural Components Inventory (SESCI) was designed to assess structural elements in a school environment that contribute to effectiveness. The preliminary validation took place in 12 elementary schools in or near a large metropolitan school district. The schools were classified by overall school socioeconomic status, as…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Attitudes, Elementary Education, Elementary Schools
Educational Improvement: Implementation Manual for the Kentucky Educational Improvement Act of 1978.
Kentucky State Dept. of Education, Frankfort. – 1978
The Kentucky Educational Improvement Act of 1978 mandated local school districts to initiate two programs: (1) screening and diagnostic test; and (2) development of district educational improvement plans outlining remedial programs or activities. The Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills (CTBS/S) were selected as the statewide screening instruments…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Citizen Participation, Diagnostic Tests
Mandeville, Garrett K. – 1986
South Carolina's School Incentive Reward Program Program (SIRP) based on year-to-year gains in reading and mathematics achievement, which seemed to have face validity, was evaluated, particularly its use of the relative gains of students in only the highest grade in the school as the basis for the awards. When this requirement was relaxed so that…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Achievement Rating, Achievement Tests
