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Max Altman – Southern Education Foundation, 2024
This report presents a broad overview of data on the education of Black students in the United States in early childhood, K-12, and postsecondary education. The data clearly show disparities in outcomes for Black students' graduation rates, test scores, course completion, and many other measures, when compared with national averages and other…
Descriptors: African American Students, Elementary Secondary Education, Postsecondary Education, Equal Education
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Klein, Joseph; Landa, Hadas – Teaching Education, 2021
Mathematics teacher training is intended to inculcate teaching skills for success in all learning levels. The aim of this study is to examine the questions: Which factors contribute to the successful assignment of teachers to learning levels? Can teachers teach all levels or only some? The findings should help to clarify which factors to consider…
Descriptors: Mathematics Teachers, Teacher Placement, Teacher Qualifications, Teacher Characteristics
Wu, Yong; Schunn, Christian D. – American Educational Research Journal, 2021
Research has shown that engaging students in peer feedback can help students revise documents and improve their writing skills. But the mechanistic pathways by which skills develop have remained untested: Does receiving and providing feedback lead to learning because it produces more extensive revision behavior or is such immediate implementation…
Descriptors: Writing Improvement, Revision (Written Composition), Peer Evaluation, Feedback (Response)
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Salimpour, Saeed; Bartlett, Sophie; Fitzgerald, Michael T.; McKinnon, David H.; Cutts, K. Ross; James, C. Renee; Miller, Scott; Danaia, Lena; Hollow, Robert P.; Cabezon, Sergio; Faye, Michel; Tomita, Akihiko; Max, Charles; de Korte, Michael; Baudouin, Cyrille; Birkenbauma, Daina; Kallery, Maria; Anjos, Sara; Wu, Qixuan; Chu, Hye-eun; Slater, Eileen; Ortiz-Gil, Amelia – Research in Science Education, 2021
Astronomy is considered by many to be a gateway science owing to its ability to inspire curiosity in everyone irrespective of age, culture, or general inclination towards science. Currently, where there is a global push to get more students engaged in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, astronomy provides an invaluable conduit to…
Descriptors: Astronomy, Science Instruction, Cross Cultural Studies, Science Curriculum
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Beamer, Zachary – Community College Enterprise, 2021
Many students enter higher education with poor preparation for college mathematics courses. These students are often placed through high-stakes placement testing into developmental coursework that bear no credit towards graduation, but many students who begin in developmental coursework never succeed in a college-level mathematics course. Recent…
Descriptors: Developmental Studies Programs, Academic Achievement, Graduation, Remedial Mathematics
Plucker, Jonathan A.; Callahan, Carolyn M. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2021
There is substantial evidence on the effectiveness of many forms of advanced education, especially various approaches to acceleration, ability grouping, and curricular innovations such as structured curriculum and enrichment. Nonetheless, additional research on the ways in which advanced education impacts the learning and lives of students across…
Descriptors: Talent Development, Academically Gifted, Gifted Education, Program Effectiveness
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Iverson, Melissa; Dentato, Michael P.; Green, Keith; Busch, Nikki – Journal of Social Work Education, 2021
The ongoing emphasis on micro practice and declining interest in macro practice has raised concerns regarding the availability and quality of macro internships. Effective training of macro practitioners entering the field remains necessary for reasons including oversight of staff and student internships. This study examines student and faculty…
Descriptors: Social Work, Counselor Training, Graduate Students, Masters Programs
Bickerstaff, Susan; Kopko, Elizabeth; Lewy, Erika B.; Raufman, Julia; Rutschow, Elizabeth Zachry – Center for the Analysis of Postsecondary Readiness, 2021
Despite evidence suggesting that standardized tests are an imperfect measure of academic readiness, many community colleges across the country rely on them alone to determine student course placement. However, when the COVID-19 pandemic forced campuses to transition to remote operations in spring 2020, proctoring in-person placement tests became…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Student Placement, Alternative Assessment
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Rentz, Bradley; Holquist, Samantha E.; Nardi, Chelsey L.; Simion, Karen; Martin, Pressler; Arens, Sheila A. – Regional Educational Laboratory Pacific, 2021
As of 2010, about 15 percent of residents older than age 25 on Pohnpei in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) had completed an associate degree or higher. To increase the number of college graduates, the Pohnpei Department of Education and the College of Micronesia--FSM are working together to improve the early college outcomes of their…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Graduates, Academic Achievement, College Students
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Regional Educational Laboratory Pacific, 2021
The "Using High School Data to Explore Early College Success on Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia" study examined high school academic preparation characteristics and college student characteristics to determine whether they are associated with five early college success outcomes: College of Micronesia--FSM Entrance Test result;…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Graduates, Academic Achievement, College Students
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Rentz, B.; Holquist, S. E.; Nardi, C. L.; Simion, K.; Martin, P.; Arens, S. A. – Regional Educational Laboratory Pacific, 2021
As of 2010, about 15 percent of residents older than age 25 on Pohnpei in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) had completed an associate degree or higher. To increase the number of college graduates, the Pohnpei Department of Education and the College of Micronesia--FSM are working together to improve the early college outcomes of their…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Graduates, Academic Achievement, College Students
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Regional Educational Laboratory Pacific, 2021
This Study Snapshot highlights key findings from a study which examined the relationship between high school academic preparation characteristics, such as cumulative grade point average; college student characteristics; and college success outcomes, including college entrance test result, placement in credit-bearing courses, and persistence to a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Graduates, Academic Achievement, College Students
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Stollhans, Sascha – Research-publishing.net, 2021
This contribution reflects on some of the challenges the COVID-19 pandemic has introduced for languages in Higher Education (HE). In particular, two areas are discussed: the delivery of teaching and learning activities, including assessments, and the year abroad. These two areas, on which the enforced move to online provision has had a significant…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, COVID-19, Pandemics
Vazquez Cano, Manuel; Umansky, Ilana M.; Thompson, Karen D. – National Research and Development Center to Improve Education for Secondary English Learners at WestEd, 2021
The purpose of this research brief was to synthesize key findings about levers to increase course access for students classified as English Learners in secondary settings. Specifically, we focus on malleable levers that are under the control of educators and policymakers. We reviewed eleven levers under three domains: (1) state and district…
Descriptors: High School Students, English Language Learners, Access to Education, State Policy
Adam Kenz – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The purpose of this study is to investigate how high school academic and non-academic factors are related to college readiness and performance in freshman-level mathematics and science courses and retention in STEM fields. High school academic indicators for college readiness will include performance in high school science and mathematics courses,…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Predictor Variables, Academic Persistence, School Holding Power
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