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Vouyoukas, Constantinos; Tzouriadou, Maria; Anagnostopoulou, Eleni; Michalopoulou, Lito E. – SAGE Open, 2017
Ongoing research has demonstrated that culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) students may be disproportionately represented among students with learning disabilities (LDs). The main aim of this research was to identify groups of CLD students at risk for LDs using the achievement criterion. To that end, 158 students participated in the…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Second Language Learning, Disproportionate Representation, Learning Disabilities
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Gonzales, Patrick; Kelly, Dana – National Center for Education Statistics, 2014
This Data Point uses data from the 2012 administration of the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) financial literacy assessment. PISA is an international assessment that measures 15-year-old students' reading, mathematics, and science literacy and, in 2012, general problem solving and financial literacy. PISA is coordinated by the…
Descriptors: Money Management, Foreign Countries, Adolescents, Knowledge Level
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Njue, John; Retish, Paul – Urban Education, 2010
Student achievement data in schools are often analyzed in terms of ethnic and racial parameters. Such data categorize African immigrant students as African Americans, thus creating an impression of homogeneity within the African American racial group. Given that these immigrant students relocate to the United States with cultural backgrounds that…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Diversity, Educational Opportunities, Immigrants
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Hulleman, Chris S.; Schrager, Sheree M.; Bodmann, Shawn M.; Harackiewicz, Judith M. – Psychological Bulletin, 2010
This meta-analysis addresses whether achievement goal researchers are using different labels for the same constructs or putting the same labels on different constructs. We systematically examined whether conceptual and methodological differences in the measurement of achievement goals moderated achievement goal intercorrelations and relationships…
Descriptors: Mastery Learning, Academic Achievement, Meta Analysis, Goal Orientation
Findley, Warren G.; Bryan, Miriam M. – 1970
This paper synthesizes the three substantive reports on ability grouping described in TM 000 501-503. It lists the characteristics of ability grouping as practised in American school systems. Extensive conclusions and recommendations, generally unfavorable to ability grouping are given. Alternative educational strategies for improvement of…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Academic Achievement, Age Grade Placement, Classification
Nelson, Gordon Kenneth – 1971
The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship of method of presentation, grade level, sex, and achievement within grade and sex to the various bases upon which children of low socioeconomic background classify geometric concepts. Two tasks were administered to 96 subjects in the fifth, eighth, and eleventh grades--32 at each grade…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Analysis of Variance, Behavior Patterns