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Direct linkRitzhaupt, Albert; Higgins, Heidi; Allred, Beth – Journal of Interactive Learning Research, 2011
This study investigated the effects of modern educational game playing on middle school students' attitudes towards mathematics, mathematics self-efficacy, and mathematics achievement. Two hundred twenty-five middle school students from four different Title 1 schools in two different counties in the southeastern United States were recruited.…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Play, Economic Status, Student Attitudes
Download full textDeck, Dennis; Arter, Judy – 1981
This paper presents key concepts and practical suggestions to use in evaluating three types of Title I summer programs. A description of the summer program characteristics is followed by outlines of the three evaluation designs: (1) norm referenced design; (2) criterion referenced design; and (3) comparison group design. The techniques, procedural…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Measurement
Crane, Laura R.; And Others – 1982
Based on Leviton and Hughes' conceptualization of variable clusters that affect evaluation utilization, a procedure for measuring utilization potential was developed. Five clusters of variables are consistently related to utilization: relevance, credibility, communication, information processing, and user involvement and advocacy. The…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education, Factor Structure
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. – 2003
Under a Congressional mandate, the General Accounting Office (GAO) studied the costs of implementing tests that will be required under the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLBA) and the reauthorization of the Title I program. In passing the legislation, Congress increased the frequency with which states are to measure student achievement in mathematics…
Descriptors: Cost Estimates, Elementary Secondary Education, Expenditures, Federal Legislation
Shapley, Kelly S.; And Others – 1997
The implementation of the Dallas (Texas) Public Schools 1995-96 Title I PK-2 reading and language arts portfolio entailed monitoring and data collection to determine the student outcomes and the technical quality of the instrument. A total of 2,001 portfolios were reviewed for prekindergarten through grade 2. The components were generally in place…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Language Arts, Performance Based Assessment, Portfolio Assessment
Moran, Edward; And Others – 1980
Since grade-appropriate levels of standardized achievement tests must frequently be used in Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title I evaluations, there may be large discrepancies between test difficulty and the achievement level of those being tested, with resultant inaccuracies in the scores. Procedures based on the Rasch scaling model were…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Achievement Tests, Compensatory Education, Difficulty Level
Baldauf, Richard B., Jr. – 1978
An overview of the system analysis approach to evaluation and the psychometric models currently proposed to evaluate Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title I projects is presented. It is argued that, in America's Pacific possessions, the sole use of the systems analysis approach to evaluation fails to provide adequate information to…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Cost Effectiveness, Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education
Dallas Independent School District, TX. Dept. of Research and Evaluation. – 1981
This report includes an overview of the Dallas Independent School District's Department of Research and Evaluation, along with its goals, budget, and senior staff members. The bulk of the report is comprised of 15 individual interpretative analyses of the Department's 1979-80 research and evaluation reports. Interpretative analyses are performed…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accreditation (Institutions), Compensatory Education, Educational Objectives
Comerford, James P.; Scheib, James E. – 1978
As a supplement to standardized reading tests, the Philadelphia Public School System prepared three parallel sets of reading tests to meet the following criteria: (1) be suitable for grouping secondary pupils within Title I reading classes; (2) be group administered and machine scoreable; (3) be short enough to be administered in one or two…
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade Equivalent Scores, Junior High School Students
Oxford, Rebecca L.; And Others – 1979
The Washington state Title I Migrant Program Evaluation project is a feasibility study designed to assess the suitability of existing normed criterion referenced tests to measuring mathematics achievement at grades four, five, and six. Objectives include judging the technical qualities and content of several normed criterion referenced tests;…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Objectives, Elementary School Mathematics
PDF pending restorationDoss, David A.; Ligon, Glynn D. – 1979
The Behavior Rating Checklist (BRC) was developed in the Austin Independent School District to evaluate the counseling component in the Elementary Secondary Education Act Title I compensatory education programs for students in kindergarten through grade 5. The BRC was developed by: defining the behavior on which the counseling activities focused;…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Behavior Rating Scales, Compensatory Education, Counseling Effectiveness
Burry, James, Ed.; Quellmalz, Edys S., Ed. – Evaluation Comment, 1978
Abstracts are presented of the major conference papers and thematic discussions delivered at the 1978 Measurement and Methodology Conference. The titles of the presentations are: Policy-Responsive Evaluation (Wiley); When Educators Set Standards (Glass); Comments on Wiley and Glass (Schutz); Key Standard-Setting Considerations for Minimal…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Achievement Tests, Cognitive Measurement, Conference Reports
