Beginning in 2011, Advocates for Children of New Jersey (ACNJ) started publishing the Paterson Kids Count Data Book, a one-stop source for child well-being data on the state's third largest city. Paterson Kids Count includes the latest statistics, along with five-year trend data, in the following areas: demographics, family economic security,…

Describes features of excellent mathematics department in California high school serving multiethnic, low-income students. Explores reasons why these low-income students outperform students from wealthier school districts on independently designed mathematics tests, but have significantly lower SAT-9 mathematics scores than students in other high…

Students with learning disabilities can prepare for the SATs (Stanford Achievement Tests) by (1) counseling sessions to discuss college prerequisites and pre-admission tests; (2) taking more academic courses or procuring necessary remedial help; (3) school personnel identifying and correcting skill weaknesses; and (4) discussing abuses and uses of…

Analysis of scores of 1,664 hearing impaired students (12 years and older) on the Special Education for Hearing Impaired students of the 1973 Stanford Achievement Test revealed that growth in reading achievement of typical hearing impaired students over a five-year period was approximately one-third that of average hearing students. (CL)

This study addresses English learner students' (ELs') reading achievement in San Diego public schools in the years after the passage of the "English only" initiative (Proposition 227). To comply with Proposition 227's requirements, all of California's public school districts administered a newly adopted English-language norm referenced…

The use of Stanford Achievement Tests (SATs) with hearing impaired students is considered. Background of the test is given, and the SAT-HI (SAT for the Hearing Impaired) is discussed in terms of its content, item wording, and norms. Among six specific recommendations made are to use the SAT-HI because it minimizes floor and ceiling effects,…

Reports on a study to determine whether placement in a remedial English class is more effective than placement in a regular English class for enabling students who are beyond the acquisition phase of reading development to pass district minimal competency tests. Data support placement in the regular English class. (NH)

Alabama Science in Motion (ASIM) is a statewide in-service and outreach program designed to provide inservice training for teachers in technology and content knowledge. ASIM is also designed to increase student interest in science and future science careers. The goals of ASIM are to complement, enhance, and facilitate implementation of the…

Close monitoring and warm encouragement by teachers in a structured setting appear to provide the most conducive learning situation. Students' 8th- and 10th-grade performances are studied, measured by their aptitude and their treatment by teachers. Aptitude patterns vary markedly within teacher treatment. (CM)

Teachers of 30 adult evening high school completion classes in Jackson County, Iowa, completed questionnaires to assess their own inservice training needs in relation to program content and effectiveness. The comparative few who recognized a need for inservice training stressed such concerns as courses in English, and adult education trends and…

The Summer Remediation for Incoming Pupils Program was designed to provide remedial instruction in mathematics, reading, or English as a second language (ESL) to selected incoming 9th and 10th grade pupils in New York City. This report describes the program and evaluates its effectiveness for the summer of 1975. A major goal of the program was to…

The Reach System is a set of direct instruction (DI) programs designed to bring students who are performing as low as grade 1 level in language arts to performing at grade 8 level within 2 years of instruction delivered 3 hours per day. It involves a comprehensive system of professional development, curriculum, and instruction within the larger DI…

Information is provided for educators and the general public about the performance of students on the standardized tests administered in 1990 as part of the South Carolina Norm-Referenced Testing (SCNRT) Program. The first section of this report provides background information necessary for interpretation of the results. The second section reports…

This report summarizes the results of the 1984 and 1985 administrations of the following tests in Hawaii: (1) the grade 8 Stanford Achievement Test (SAT), Advanced Level, 6th edition, of the Vocabulary, Reading Comprehension, Spelling, and Language Subtests; and (2) the grade 10 Stanford Test of Academic Skills (TASK), Level 1, 6th edition of the…

A model for educational supervisors which attempts to link management theory to learning is demonstrated. With teachers today having greater autonomy in selecting appropriate content and methods, supervisors should focus on two tasks: they should become more involved with teachers in selecting goals and become more adept in monitoring the…