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Thayer, Jerome; Kido, Elissa – Journal of Research on Christian Education, 2012
CognitiveGenesis collected achievement and ability test data from 2006-2009 for all students in Seventh-day Adventist schools in North America. Students were above average in achievement compared to national norms and achieved above that predicted by their ability scores. The more years students attended Adventist schools, the higher they…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Academic Achievement, Parochial Schools, Religious Cultural Groups
Johnson, Jennings O. – Sci Educ, 1969
Presents the procedures, results, and conclusions of a research study designed to determine the relationship between selected student characteristics and science achievement. Subjects were 126 seniors in the public high schools of Rochester, Minnesota. Student variables include sex, science preparation, grades in science, and intelligence.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Learning, Secondary School Science
Center on Education Policy, 2010
This paper profiles the student subgroup achievement and gap trends in Iowa for 2010. In grade 8 (the only grade in which subgroup trends were analyzed by achievement level), Iowa had data for racial/ethnic subgroups, low income students, and boys and girls at the proficient and advanced levels. Trends at the proficient and advanced levels were…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, Achievement Gains, Reading Achievement, Mathematics Achievement
Deeter, Thomas; Prine, Don – 1996
As part of its academic testing program and the evaluation of academic achievement, the Des Moines (Iowa) Public School System administers two standardized, norm-referenced achievement tests. These are the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills (ITBS) and the Iowa Tests of Educational Development (ITED). This document provides information regarding…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Comparative Analysis, Educational Assessment
Blanchard, Joseph D.; Reedy, Richard – 1970
In an effort to identify factors contributing to the poor achievement levels of American Indian students, a sample of juniors and seniors from the Albuquerque Indian School (AIS is a Bureau of Indian Affairs boarding school) were administered the following tests: Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL); Iowa Test of Educational Development…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, American Indians, Boarding Schools, Comparative Analysis