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Smith, Mary L.; Shepard, Lorrie A. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1987
Retention practices are poorly documented yet the most comprehensive research on retention (Holmes and Mathews) shows that children who repeat a grade make less progress than similar children who are promoted. Explores the contradiction existing between school reform policy and actual retention practice. (MD)
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Research, Elementary Education, Grade Equivalent Scores
Peer reviewedBryk, Anthony S.; And Others – Education and Urban Society, 1994
Examines the effort to accurately measure the changes in student achievement under school reform. The article discusses the need for value-added indicators of school improvement, the need to equate and check test scores, the problems with use of grade equivalents for assessing school improvement, and citywide trends in achievement. (GLR)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Educational Policy
Knauf, Janine; Benson, Purnell – 1978
A peer-rating information system, designed to assess the ratings which peers make of each other's performance, is presented. An application of the computerized rating program, PEERRATE, to a graduate business course is described. Special features of the program are that: (1) rater bias is removed by considering only the intervals made by the rater…
Descriptors: Business Education, Computer Oriented Programs, Evaluation Methods, Grade Equivalent Scores
Lutkus, Anthony D. – 1978
The use of a computerized system is described in which students rate each other's term papers via the computer program PEERRATE, which creates a matrix of intervals between ratings received and calculates final ratings incorporating a mean and standard deviation selected by the instructor for the class. As described, the program includes: (1)…
Descriptors: College Students, Computer Oriented Programs, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
Saidi, Jasmin – 1995
This report on the educational system of Cameroon contains information for university admissions officers and registrars in the United States on the credentials and other documentation that would be minimally required for student entry from Cameroon to specified levels of study in the United States. In Cameroon French and English languages share…
Descriptors: Credentials, Documentation, Elementary Secondary Education, Engineering Education
Perlman, Carole L.; And Others – 1984
This paper provides school personnel with a practical outline for selecting an appropriate standardized achievement battery by describing the test selection procedures developed by a large metropolitan school system. The system needed a new achievement test battery which would reflect recent curriculum changes and provide for grade level testing.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Criterion Referenced Tests, Elementary Secondary Education
Valisno, Mona Dumlao – 1980
Described here is the Accreditation and Equivalency Programme (AEP), begun in the Philippines in 1976. Early chapters emphasize that the program was instituted to establish citizens' eligibility to receive academic credit for out-of-school learning and experiences, to encourage dropouts to return to school, and to determine eligibility for…
Descriptors: Continuation Students, Credits, Dropout Programs, Educational Attainment
