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Download full textNational Center on Education and the Economy, 2013
In the fall of 2009, the National Center on Education and the Economy (NCEE) initiated a series of research programs designed to support the high school reform program, "Excellence for All," based on more than 20 years of research on the school reform programs of the countries with the most successful education programs worldwide. A…
Descriptors: College Readiness, Career Readiness, Community Colleges, College Freshmen
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Direct linkMatsumura, Lindsay Clare; Garnier, Helen E.; Slater, Sharon Cadman; Boston, Melissa D. – Educational Assessment, 2008
This study explores two approaches to directly measuring the quality of instruction: teachers' assignments with student work and focused lesson observations. The technical quality and potential feasibility of these approaches for measuring instruction in large numbers of classrooms are compared within two different content areas (reading…
Descriptors: Assignments, Reading Comprehension, Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests
Collins, Kathleen M. T.; Onwuegbuzie, Anthony J.; Jiao, Qun G. – Reading Psychology, 2008
The present study examined the relationship between reading ability (i.e., reading comprehension and reading vocabulary) and academic procrastination among 120 African American graduate students. A canonical correlation analysis revealed statistically significant and practically significant multivariate relationships between these two reading…
Descriptors: Research Papers (Students), Reading Assignments, Graduate Students, Reading Comprehension
Gallavan, Nancy P.; Kottler, Ellen – Social Studies, 2002
In this article, the authors present eight strategies that integrate social studies and literacy by connecting assigned readings to students' contemporary knowledge and concerns. Each strategy begins with a reading assignment and is followed by an activity that connects students to the reading a second time by requiring them to go beyond…
Descriptors: Reading Assignments, Student Centered Curriculum, Discussion, Social Studies
Pace, Ann J.; And Others – 1986
An earlier study found virtually no relationship between college students' reported studying practices and various tests of reading comprehension, so a second study investigated whether different results would be obtained with an instrument based on study strategies college students actually reported using. Scores on this instrument were to be…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Advance Organizers, Content Area Reading, Data Analysis
