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Romero, Mariajose; Lee, Young-Sun – National Center for Children in Poverty, 2008
This report is the second in a series examining the causes and consequences of chronic absenteeism during the early school years, based on analyses of data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Cohort (ECLS-K, National Center for Education Statistics). It is part of National Center for Children in Poverty's larger Pathways to…
Descriptors: Poverty, Economically Disadvantaged, Physical Health, Attendance Patterns
Kober, Nancy; McMurrer, Jennifer; Silva, Malini R. – Center on Education Policy, 2011
Title I provides extra instructional services designed to raise achievement for low-performing students in schools with relatively high poverty rates, and for all students in many of the nation's highest-poverty schools. To learn more about how well Title I students are performing academically, the Center on Education Policy (CEP) compared…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, Achievement Gains, Achievement Rating, African American Students
Stedman, Lawrence C. – National Assessment Governing Board, 2009
During the past 25 years, the country witnessed a dramatic transformation of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). Actions by the Educational Testing Service (ETS), Congress, and the National Assessment Governing Board fundamentally changed NAEP's role in federal educational policy and the nation's schools. Developed in the 1960s…
Descriptors: National Competency Tests, Educational Testing, Educational Trends, Trend Analysis

Kaeser, Susan C. – Education and Urban Society, 1979
Suspension, although it temporarily alleviates a difficult situation, does little to change behavior or solve the underlying causes of misbehavior. Furthermore, suspension has been found to be used disproportionately against Black students, thus depriving them of access to education. Schools should evaluate their own practices and seek new…
Descriptors: Black Students, Discipline Policy, Discipline Problems, Elementary Secondary Education
Waddington, Susan – 2003
This study examined the progress toward school completion of students who entered ninth grade in fall 1998 and were scheduled to graduate on time in spring 2002 after 4 years of high school, offering outcomes for the class as a whole and for specific groups of students categorized by gender, native language, race/ethnicity, and immigrant status.…
Descriptors: Dropout Rate, Dropout Research, Graduation, High School Graduates
Terwilliger, James S.; Magnuson, Paul – Online Submission, 2005
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of three basic demographic variables on reading test scores for students in the middle elementary grades. Limited English proficiency (LEP), race/ethnicity and socio-economic status (SES) were studied to determine their influence individually and in combination on performance in large-scale…
Descriptors: Limited English Speaking, Elementary School Students, Racial Differences, Ethnicity
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn. Div. of Assessment and Accountability. – 2002
This report presents progress toward school completion of New York City public school students who entered ninth grade in 1997 and were scheduled to graduate on time in 2001. Outcomes are presented for the whole class and by gender, native language, race/ethnicity, and immigrant status. The class of 2001 dropout rate was 20.4 percent, marking the…
Descriptors: Dropout Rate, English (Second Language), Graduation, High School Graduates
Kosar, Kevin – 2001
This report presents statistical data on academic failure in New York City's Schools Under Registration Review (SURR) schools. The tables and charts focus on: SURR schools in New York state; SURR schools by grade level; academic achievement in new SURR schools; academic performance in all SURR schools; children attending New York City SURR Schools…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Failure, Disadvantaged Schools, Educational Quality
Loveless, Tom – 2001
This annual report examines student achievement in U.S. schools, using evidence released in the previous 12 months to investigate the enormous gap between the U.S. and other nations in mathematics achievement and analyze the gap in reading achievement between the nation's best and worst fourth-grade readers. The report also explores the culture of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Students, Mathematics Achievement
Massachusetts State Dept. of Education, Quincy. Bureau of Research, Planning, and Evaluation. – 1990
This report summarizes information about students who dropped out of Massachusetts public schools during 1989 and provides comparative dropout data from the 1987 and 1988 surveys. Both the annual dropout rate and the projected 4-year dropout rate are presented. The annual rates describe the percentage of students who drop out in a given year and…
Descriptors: Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Rate, Ethnicity, Geographic Distribution
Zafirau, James; Fleming, Margaret – 1982
This study investigated disparities in reading performance among minority and white students in an urban school district undergoing desegregation in 1980-81. Phase one compared minority and white students on reading comprehension test performance. It was found that white students performed significantly higher on the test than minority students,…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Black Students, Desegregation Effects, Educational Improvement
Spradlin, Terry E.; Kirk, Ryan; Walcott, Crystal; Kloosterman, Peter; Zaman, Khadija; McNabb, Sarah; Zapf, Jason – Center for Evaluation and Education Policy, Indiana University, 2005
In this Special Report, the Center for Evaluation and Education Policy at Indiana University examines the factors that contribute to student achievement gaps, defines the scope of the achievement gaps that exist in Indiana, evaluates whether these gaps are narrowing or will persist as Neal suggests, and offers strategies that have been identified…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Minority Group Children, Poverty, Limited English Speaking
Arbaugh, Franklin – 1990
These four tables of statistical data report Delaware public school racial and ethnic information compiled from the September 30, 1989 school enrollment reports. Table 1, "Racial and Ethnic Report by School, Pupil Enrollment," reports the number and percentage of enrollment of the following groups by school and by school district: (1)…
Descriptors: American Indians, Asian Americans, Black Students, Elementary Secondary Education
San Diego City Schools, CA. Evaluation Services Dept. – 1983
During spring 1983, approximately 12,000 students who were enrolled in the court-identified minority-isolated (MI) schools in the San Diego City Schools were administered the appropriate levels of the Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills (CTBS). The content areas of reading, language, and mathematics were assessed. In Grades 5, 7, and 9, all…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Court Litigation
Ferguson, Ronald F. – 2002
This survey presents statistics on secondary school student culture by school district and race/ethnicity, using data from approximately forty thousand secondary school students in Minority Student Achievement Network districts. Information is presented in six areas: (1) "Family Background Resources and Living Arrangements (racial/ethnic…
Descriptors: Comprehension, Ethnicity, Family Characteristics, Homework