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Meyer, Jeanie Keeny; Levine, Daniel U. – 1977
This study attempted to determine whether better predictions of school-level achievement scores than have been reported for big city school districts could be attained by determining whether concentrations of poverty and related social characteristics are related to achievement in such a way as to make it possible to identify specific threshold…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Elementary Education, Ethnicity, Low Achievement
Peer reviewedLevine, Daniel U.; Stark, Joyce – Educational Leadership, 1982
Describes the results of a study of three programs successfully teaching basic skills. Characteristics of successful schools include careful alignment of curriculum and instruction and grade-level instructional planning. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Characteristics, Curriculum Development, Educational Resources
Peer reviewedWalker, Jane; Levine, Daniel U. – Urban Review, 1988
Examines the extent to which retaining low achieving students affects the average reading scores of the grade in which they are retained and the next higher grade. Analyzes data from one elementary school in Kansas City (Missouri). (FMW)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Grade Repetition, Low Achievement
Peer reviewedLevine, Daniel U.; And Others – Journal of Negro Education, 1985
Summarizes research on instruction-related practices and policies and their implementation in effective urban schools. Discusses outcomes-based instruction, effective organizational arrangements for low achievers, instructional coordination, avoidance of overemphasis on lower order skills, operationalization of shared values, "organic"…
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Elementary Education, Grouping (Instructional Purposes), Inner City
Peer reviewedLevine, Daniel U.; Eubanks, Eugene E. – Journal of Negro Education, 1990
Utilizes statistical data on reading achievement from the National Assessment of Educational Progress to compare the performance of minority and nonminority students in suburban elementary schools. Suggests ways to improve the low minority student achievement. (FMW)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Students, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education
Levine, Daniel U.; Stark, Joyce – 1981
Previous studies of unusually effective urban schools have focused on school characteristics considered influential in the schools' success, but few provide specific guidance for improving achievement in other schools. This study sought to describe organizational processes and arrangements within elementary schools implementing the Chicago Mastery…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Characteristics, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education
Levine, Daniel U.; Ornstein, Allan C. – American School Board Journal, 1993
A number of recent approaches to instruction appear to improve the thinking skills and academic performance of low achievers. Lists six steps to successful reform and an additional six strategies focused on alienated low achievers. Provides information sources for programs described. (MLF)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Educational Change, Effective Schools Research, Elementary Secondary Education
