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Download full textPorter, Kristin E.; Snipes, Jason C. – MDRC, 2006
This is the second and final report for MDRC's evaluation of the Bay Area School Reform Collaborative (BASRC), a grant-making and support organization in San Francisco, California. BASRC is dedicated to improving student achievement in public schools and narrowing achievement gaps among different racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic groups. BASRC…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, State Standards, School Restructuring, Reading Achievement
Peer reviewedPrince, Shirley B.; Taylor, Raymond G. – Educational Research Quarterly, 1995
A study of 20 North Carolina elementary schools shows that changes in California Achievement Test scores over a 2-year period do not correlate with changes in effective schools correlates. Results suggest that prescriptive use of the effective schools practices may be misguided. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Correlation, Educational Improvement, Educational Practices
Claus, Richard N.; Girrbach, Charmaine J. – 1985
The Saginaw Successful Schools Project (S3P) was described and evaluated using data collected from 1980 to 1985. S3P is a school improvement project based on instructional and school effectiveness research findings; but the starting point for change is determined by staff in each of the 31 school buildings. The School Improvement Survey (SIS) was…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Environment, Educational Facilities Improvement, Educational Improvement
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn. Office of Educational Assessment. – 1987
The 1985-86 Chapter 1 Corrective Reading Program, which provides supplemental individualized instruction in reading and writing skills for eligible nonpublic school students in grades 1 through 12 in New York City, is the subject of this evaluation report. The background of the program, evaluative criteria, findings and recommendations are…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Decoding (Reading), Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education
Dunn, James A. – 1969
The design of a school anxiety questionnaire is described. The model predicts a maximal relationship between anxiety and performance when type of anxiety potential, type of stress, and type of behavior are in parallel. The test, developed with intermediate school children, is a five scale 105 item multiple choice questionnaire with responses on a…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Bibliographies, Educational Improvement, Factor Analysis
Claus, Richard N.; Quimper, Barry E. – 1992
The State Bilingual Education Program and the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act (ECIA) Chapter 1 Migrant Education Program are used to meet the special education needs of bilingual and migrant students in the Saginaw (Michigan) city school district. These programs operated at 24 elementary schools, 4 junior high schools, and 2 high…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Compensatory Education, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education
New Orleans Public Schools, Louisiana. Dept. of Educational Accountability. – 1994
This report examines absenteeism and its relationship to performance on the California Achievement Tests (CAT) and the Graduation Exit Examinations (GEE) administered in the New Orleans (Louisiana) public schools in the spring of 1993. It also focuses on the need to report test data in a manner that more accurately reflects a district's…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Attendance, Criterion Referenced Tests
Achilles, C. M.; DuVall, Lloyd – 1983
Pupils at three elementary schools and one junior high school among Area 1 inner-city schools of St. Louis Missouri, were identified as scoring well below norms on standardized tests. An effort to change the educational programs at these schools netted financial support and the creation of Project SHAL (named for the schools involved). Inservice…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Comparative Testing, Educational Change
