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Peer reviewedArmor, David J. – Public Interest, 1992
Explores causes of academic achievement gains by African-American students using data from the National Assessment of Educational Progress. Evidence suggests that the socioeconomic advancement of African-American families is more important than school programs, particularly desegregation, in explaining rising African-American achievement.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Black Achievement, Black Students
Sacramento City Unified School District, CA. – 1992
The long-term effects of state compensatory education (SCE) and Chapter 1 programs on the development of basic skills and academic achievement of Sacramento (California) were studied for a sample of over 6,000 SCE and Chapter 1 students in grades 2 through 5. Follow-up and retroactive approaches were used to ascertain the degree to which thinking…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Basic Skills, Black Students
Peer reviewedWinfield, Linda F. – Journal of Negro Education, 1993
Investigates the relationship between Chapter 1 and regular classroom teachers' estimates of test content coverage (opportunity to learn) and mathematics achievement of 89 fourth graders (65% were African American and 35% were white) in Chapter 1 mathematics instruction. Results indicate the importance of measuring students' opportunity to learn…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Achievement Tests, Black Students, Compensatory Education
