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Download full textWeiss, Suzanne – Progress of Education Reform 1999-2001, 2001
This paper provides a brief review of major research findings on how the kind and level of courses students take in high school affect their performance on tests, their readiness for college-level work, and their persistence in earning a degree. It also features a look at what constitutes a "rigorous" high school curriculum. Highlights from four…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Preparation, Core Curriculum, Course Selection (Students)
Klitgaard, Robert E.; And Others – 1978
Studies were conducted to determine whether measures of intellectual merit that are used as criteria for admission to the University of Karachi in Pakistan have predictive validity. The predictive validity of the intermediate examination score was studied with recent graduates of the pharmacy, medicine, and engineering schools. Additional studies…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Admission Criteria, Case Studies, College Admission
Coley, Richard J., Ed. – ETS Policy Notes, 1999
The courses U.S. high school students select, differences in course offerings across different types of schools, and course-taking patterns by race, gender, and socioeconomic status were studied. In general, the study found that public, secular private, and Catholic schools were more similar than different in their course offerings. Most striking…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Course Selection (Students), High School Students, High Schools
Doorey, Nancy A.; Noble, Audrey J. – State Board Connection, 1999
This brief uses a regional approach to address issues related to teacher quality and supply. It discusses some of the factors and prospects that might inform the regional perspective, focusing on raising the ceiling by working as a region on teacher quality, viewing teacher quality as the key to reaching goals for student achievement, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Finance
Katz, Lilian G., Ed.; Rothenberg, Dianne, Ed. – Early Childhood Research and Practice: An Internet Journal on the Development, Care, and Education of Young Children., 2003
Early Childhood Research & Practice (ECRP), a peer-reviewed, Internet-only journal sponsored by the Early Childhood and Parenting Collaborative (ECAP), covers topics related to the development, care, and education of children from birth to approximately age 8. The journal emphasizes articles reporting on practice-related research and on issues…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Childrens Literature, Classroom Environment, Early Childhood Education
