This report discusses measurement issues and their usefulness as indicators of student success at the Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology of Ontario. The following sections are included: (1) executive summary; (2) introduction; (3) retention rates, which discusses a number of issues associated with defining and measuring graduation rates; (4)…

The major change from an industrial to an information-based society has far-reaching implications for the profession of arms. This shift challenges many assumptions about soldier development and requires an aggressive response to retain the U.S. Army's edge despite an expanding mission and a shrinking budget. This article explores some of the…

The Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) is a collaborative effort by the governments of member countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) to monitor the outcomes of education systems in terms of student achievement on a regular basis and within a common, agreed-upon framework. By supporting a…

This Critical Issue Bibliography (CRIB) sheet focuses on performance indicators in higher education. Performance indicators are concrete pieces of information about a condition or result of public action that is regularly produced, publicly reported, and systematically used for planning, monitoring, or resource allocation. The resources in this…

This research is an analysis of the performance of the South African pupils on the Third International Mathematics and Science Study-Repeat (TIMSS- R) in which pupils wrote tests in mathematics and science, but in South Africa pupils also had to write an English test as a national option. The research reported here concentrates on the final…

This report examines certain home cultural factors, cultural orientations, and learning preferences of African American school children from low-income backgrounds in order to document the relationship of prior cultural socialization experiences to enhanced cognitive, performance, and motivational outcomes. A conceptual basis is suggested for the…

This brochure for educators discusses underachievement and gifted students. The causes of underachievement are reviewed, which include parents who do not stress the importance of academic achievement and do not set high standards, divorce or strained relations between the family members, peer group pressure, an unchallenging and unmotivating…

The results of study examining several indices of language use of normal and retarded children show the greatest difference between groups in sentence complexity and diversity. (TO)

Authors emphasize the importance of investigating the effects of task variables on multiple dependent measures at various age levels and points in time. (Authors/CB)

The dissimilarity between the black and the white voices failed to affect the IQ scores of black children, but it appeared to be an important variable with regard to the IQ test performance of white children. (Author)

Study designed to reveal some of the intermediate skills which might account for the superior academic performance of children who perceive their reinforcements in those situations as caused by their own behavior (internal control). (Authors)

Purpose of this study was to examine the effect of using separate, machine scorable answer sheets on the number of marking errors made by third-, fourth-, and sixth-grade students. (Authors)

Data was collected to check on the validity of the assessment at age 14 as a criterion of secondary school performance, and to provide further information on the predictive value of primary school assessments and on social class factors in secondary education. (Authors/CB)