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Cheung, Hoi Yan; Chan, Alex W. H. – Research in Education, 2008
This study investigates the relationship between Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) scores in mathematics, science and reading and the employment rates in the following four economic activities: research and development, agriculture, industry, and service industries. Thirty-three countries were included in the study, and most…
Descriptors: Economic Progress, Research and Development, Females, Industry
Buttram, Joan L.; Stiegelbauer, Suzanne M.; Sturges, Keith M.; Bohlig, E. Michael; Hord, Shirley M. – 2003
In December 2000, the Southwest Educational Development Laboratory (SEDL) began working with low-performing districts and schools as part of a 5-year research and development effort to create and refine a systemic model for improving student achievement in reading or mathematics. SEDL hypothesized that as districts and schools increase their…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Educational Assessment, Educational Improvement, Educational Quality
SEDL, 2003
In December 2000, the Southwest Educational Development Laboratory (SEDL) was awarded a five-year research and development (R&D) contract to develop and refine a systemic model to improve student achievement in reading or mathematics in low-performing districts and schools. At the onset of the project, 20 districts in Arkansas, Louisiana, New…
Descriptors: School Districts, Models, Research and Development, Educational Development