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Barton, Paul E.; Coley, Richard J. – Educational Testing Service, 2010
This report is about understanding the periods of progress and the periods of stagnation in changes in the achievement gap that have occurred over the past several decades. The authors try to understand what might have contributed to the progress as well as probe the reasons that may account for the progress halting, in the hope of finding some…
Descriptors: Educational Attainment, Academic Achievement, Achievement Gap, Performance Factors
Fetler, Mark – 1983
During the 1979-80 school year, the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) surveyed approximately 29,000 nine-year-old students regarding attitudes and achievement in reading and literature. Findings from this study were used for an analysis of the relationship between reading achievement and television viewing. The following…
Descriptors: Etiology, Family Environment, Grade 4, Intermediate Grades
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Armor, David J. – Public Interest, 1992
Explores causes of academic achievement gains by African-American students using data from the National Assessment of Educational Progress. Evidence suggests that the socioeconomic advancement of African-American families is more important than school programs, particularly desegregation, in explaining rising African-American achievement.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Black Achievement, Black Students