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Direct linkApplebee, Arthur N.; Langer, Judith A. – Center on English Learning & Achievement (NJ3), 2006
This study examined student writing over the past decades. The National Study of Writing Instruction addressed questions through analyses of existing data sets, particularly those from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), which include background questions on instructional practices in U.S. middle and high schools. NAEP…
Descriptors: Writing Achievement, Teaching Methods, National Competency Tests, Portfolio Assessment
Peer reviewedSchulze, Melanie – Journal of Geography, 1996
Recommends making choropleth maps as a fun and interesting way to teach geographic concepts. Choropleth maps represent data and ratios (population density, voter registration) and can be constructed easily. Includes suggested activities and representative maps. (MJP)
Descriptors: Cartography, Data Interpretation, Geographic Concepts, Geography
Download full textWenglinsky, Harold – RMLE Online: Research in Middle Level Education, 2004
The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 calls for improving test scores of minority students in third through eighth grades, making middle level schools a key venue for closing the racial gap in achievement. This study, by analyzing data on the 15,000 eighth graders who took the 2000 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) in mathematics,…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Federal Legislation, Academic Achievement, National Competency Tests
