This article examines the impacts of Arkansas charter schools on the academic achievement of participating students. Our findings are that charter schools have small but statistically significant, negative impacts on student achievements for both math and literacy. Such negative effects, however, tend to decline with the number of years of charter…

The report card for the 2008-2009 school year for a northeastern US state indicated that 29% of students performed at or below basic levels on the literacy measure. Previous studies indicated that a cross-curricular instructional design that reinforced fundamental learning skill sets throughout content-area classes encouraged independent learners…

An analysis of the rationale and theoretical foundations of the Genius Discipline-specific Literacy Model and its use of SMARTvisuals to cue information-processing skills and strategies and focus attention on essential informational elements in high-frequency topics in history and the English language arts are presented. Quantitative data…

In recent years the educational policy environment has emphasised data-driven change. This has increased the expectation for school personnel to use statistical information to inform their programs and to improve teaching practices. Such data include system reports of student achievement tests and socio-economic profiles provided to schools by…

This report consists of tables that rank States according to 128 separate data items which provide information for understanding and evaluating various aspects of State school systems. Although the latest available figures are used, some are estimates and others are based on sampling studies. National totals are shown in most tables. Items covered…

This report consists of tables that rank States according to 132 separate data items that provide information for understanding and evaluating various aspects of State school systems. Although the latest available figures are used, some are estimates, and others are based on sampling studies. National totals are shown in most tables. Items covered…

This report consists of tables that rank the States according to 128 separate data items. The information is useful for interpreting and evaluating various aspects of State school systems. The latest available figures are used. However, some are estimates and others are based on sampling studies. National totals are shown in most tables. Items…

This report consists of tables which rank the States according to 132 separate items of data. The information may be used in interpreting and evaluating various aspects of State school systems. Latest available figures are used in the report; some are estimates, others are based on sampling studies. National totals are shown in most tables. Items…

The transformation of the educational and labor force role distribution of Filipino women, both absolutely and relative to Filipino men, under the impact of modernization was examined. The study aimed to: analyze differences in female educational and labor force role distributions by modernization level; compare the female educational and labor…

In its summary of the literacy situation in thirteen Asian countries, this report analyzes the problems created by illiteracy and makes recommendations to aid in its eradication. Recognizing that illiteracy prevents people from participating in or contributing to their nation's development, part 1 in its general report develops a model national…