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Votke, Megan – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The purpose of the current research is to determine the effect of changing the English Language Art curriculum on the reading growth of fourth-grade students who attended a public school district located in a suburban community in the Northeastern part of the United States. This ex-post facto study is designed to evaluate the effectiveness of the…
Descriptors: English, Language Arts, Grade 4, Elementary School Students
Heyns, Barbara; Cohen, David K. – 1971
The present research was conducted to determine the relative importance of a variety of background variables and school effects on curriculum assignment in public high schools. The emphasis was on the sociological processes of selection and differentiation within schools, and the role of education in facilitating or blocking social mobility. A…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Curriculum Development, Equal Education
Martin, Peter B. – 1967
Results of the Nelson-Denny Reading Test are used as a screening device for selecting students for remedial work in the Reading and Study Skills Center (R-S) at New York Community College (NYCC). A descriptive analysis of the fall 1967 day session freshmen showed that the average freshman at NYCC was reading at the 12.6 grade level, or .4 grade…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educationally Disadvantaged, Evaluation Methods, Local Norms