This study examines trends in American students' growth trajectories in reading and math achievement over the past three decades. Drawing upon multiple sources of national assessment data, cohort analyses provide new evidence on the stability and change of national academic growth curves. The emerging trends imply a tripartite pattern where…

The findings from this qualified phenomenological research study involved 20 secondary general education teachers who taught inclusion classes. The research study investigated the lived experiences and perceptions of teachers through in-depth interviews and using a modified van Kaam method of data analysis, Atlas.ti 6 software, and Microsoft Excel…

The sign test is perhaps the simplest nonparametric procedure comparable to the commonly used parametric t-test. This test is easily applied which makes it useful preliminary analysis and for the analysis of data of passing interest. A large variety of its applications to education research, usually not found in the standard textbooks, is included…

Despite its widespread use in evaluation data analysis, statistical testing has come under persistent criticism resulting in calls for its rethinking, and even possible elimination (Carver, 1978, 1993). Saxon and Boylan issue a call "to strengthen developmental education research and to make it more accessible" (2003, p. 2). Among the types of…

This monograph is a comprehensive presentation and discussion of the 1972-73 National Assessment mathematics data. It is a report from the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Project for Interpretive Reports on National Assessment. The report examines data from four age groups (nine, thirteen, seventeen, and adult) and evaluates…

Data from 32 state assessments in mathematics (conducted in 1984 and earlier) are analyzed in this document. The high degree of variability across the states is stressed, with some of the points of variation in the test development, administration, and analysis process noted. Information is then presented on topics on which students are doing well…

This final report summarizes past research and suggests new approaches to the problem of estimating long-term individual constants using path analysis. The general objective of the research was to detect and measure the likelihood that one variable, x, measured at time, t, has a causal influence on another variable, y, measured at a subsequent…

A study directed toward the education of preschool children is presented. This study, the Appalachia Preschool Education Program, was designed to affect the performance of children aged 3, 4, and 5 in four skill areas: orienting and attending, motor activity, language, and cognition. One of the instruments used in the evaluation of the program was…

A description and application of the Frostig Developmental Test of Visual Perception are presented. The report includes a description of the Frostig as a total instrument and an overall analysis, as well as separate analyses and descriptions of each subtest. A brief summary of the experimental design and sampling plan also is included. A pilot…

Data analysis and coding of responses to a questionnaire survey of secondary school students, their teachers, and parents concerning perceptions of school and education provide the material for this report. Students and parents were randomly selected by two methods from eight secondary schools in Ontario, Canada. All staff members and…

298 EDUCATIONAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH PAPERS PUBLISHED IN 5 JOURNALS DURING 1966-67 WERE CLASSIFIED ON THE BASIS OF SPONSORSHIP, AUTHORS' GENERAL INTENTIONS, DESIGN, ASSUMPTIONS, AND ANALYSIS. ADVANCES IN STATISTICAL THEORY (INCLUDING WORK ON GENERAL ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE DESIGNS, HYPOTHESIS TESTING IN FACTOR ANALYSIS, MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS,…

The paper discusses high school students' attitudes towards teachers' verbal questioning behavior and assesses the relevance of students' preferences to test score gains. Data were sought for several questions. What cognitive levels of teacher verbal questioning behavior do social studies students prefer? What is the relationship between students'…

This study evaluates the results of innovation in teaching methodology in an American government college course. The assumption of the study was that organizing a course into modules which required students to be tested for proficiency after each module was presented would maximize student factual knowledge gain and would result in improved…

A project to upgrade knowledge and skills of junior high school students in American history was conducted in four cities and counties in Virginia during 1977-78. The hypothesis was that students who received feedback from teachers regarding performance on an American history pre-test would perform better on a subsequent American history test.…