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Ramey, Madelaine – 1979
This report describes the student selection process and its results for the Horizon Program, a magnet program for gifted students conducted in Seattle, Washington public schools in 1978-1979. In the first section various measures used to determine students' creative, academic, intellectual, and leadership capabilities for program admission are…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Competitive Selection, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education
Sax, Linda J.; And Others – 1995
This publication presents national norms for 240,082 college freshmen in Fall, 1995 based on the 30th annual survey of incoming students at 473 two-year and four-year colleges and universities. Three major tables present the norms for type of institutional control for all freshmen and by sex; for universities by selectivity level and by sex; and…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Competitive Selection, Educational Trends, Enrollment Trends
Astin, Alexander W.; And Others – 1994
This publication presents national norms for 237,777 college freshmen in fall 1994 based on the 29th annual survey of incoming students at 461 two-year and four-year colleges and universities. Three major tables present the norms for type of institutional control for all freshmen and by sex; for universities by selectivity level and by sex; and…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Competitive Selection, Educational Trends, Enrollment Trends
Astin, Alexander W.; And Others – 1993
This publication presents national norms for college freshmen in fall 1993 based on the 28th annual survey of 220,757 incoming students at 427 two- and four-year colleges and universities. Three major tables present the norms for type of institution and control for all freshmen, for men, for women; for universities by selectivity level and by sex;…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Competitive Selection, Educational Trends, Enrollment Trends
DOUGLAS, J.W.B. – 1966
BASED ON A COMPREHENSIVE AND ONGOING SURVEY OF ALL BRITISH CHILDREN BORN IN THE FIRST WEEK OF MARCH 1946, THIS BOOK FOLLOWS THE EDUCATIONAL PROGRESS OF THESE CHILDREN, FROM ALL SOCIAL BACKGROUNDS, UP TO THE "ELEVEN PLUS" SECONDARY SELECTION EXAMINATION AND THEIR PLACEMENT IN EITHER A SECONDARY MODERN OR GRAMMAR SCHOOL. PARTICULARLY…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Adolescents
