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Using Above-Level Testing to Track Growth in Academic Achievement in Gifted Students
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Warne, Russell T. – Gifted Child Quarterly, 2014
Above-level testing is the practice of administering aptitude or academic achievement tests that are designed for typical students in higher grades or older age-groups to gifted or high-achieving students. Although widely accepted in gifted education, above-level testing has not been subject to careful psychometric scrutiny. In this study, I…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Middle School Students, Longitudinal Studies, Hierarchical Linear Modeling
Academic Self-Concept and Academic Achievement of African American Students Transitioning from Urban to Rural Schools
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Bacon, La Shawn Catrice – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The relationship between academic self-concept and academic achievement in African American students who have experienced geographic mobility was the focus of this study. Specifically, this study used quantitative methods to assess African American students from counties in Iowa to obtain information about the students' relocation from urban to…
Descriptors: African American Students, Rural Schools, Student Attitudes, Grade Point Average
The Dimensions of Self-Concept (DOSC) as Predictors of Academic Achievement among Mexican-American Junior High School Students.
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Omizo, Michael M.; And Others – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1981
Two purposes of this study were to determine the relationship between scores on five scales of the Dimensions of Self-Concept (DOSC) and academic success, and to ascertain the differential validity of the DOSC scales in comparing Mexican-American junior high school males and females. (Author/GK)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Grade 7, Junior High Schools, Mexican Americans
Growth in Reading as a Correlate of Student Classroom Behavior.
Coker, Homer; Lorentz, Jeffrey L. – 1976
Systematic classroom observation instruments were used to study the relationship between student coping style and student growth in reading. Classrom behaviors were recorded in the fall and the following spring with the Coping Analysis Schedule for Educational Settings (CASES). Data were analyzed separately for two types of classroom setings:…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Age Differences, Classroom Environment, Classroom Observation Techniques
Toward an Evaluation of Education: A Description of the Quality Measurement Project. Second Edition.
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Wohlferd, Gerald – 1969
The Quality Measurement Project was established in 1956 by the New York State Education Department to determine the feasibility of measuring quality differences between schools and of identifying variables related to these differences. In the latest revision of the project, begun in 1964, 99 representative school systems, excluding the New York…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Grade Equivalent Scores