Counseling is effective with low-achieving secondary school students. The literature suggests that when counselors are selected, when small numbers are treated, when objectives are clear, and when methodology is carefully developed, individual or group counseling can be effective in modifying student behavior and improving academic performance.…

Interviewed about their child's infancy and early childhood were parents of 327 elementary school children classified as low achieving, poorly adjusted, hyperactive, or control Ss. (CL)

Discusses a procedure in which chemistry students performing in the lowest decile on the first hour exam are advised that they can transfer to another chemistry course designed for underprepared students. (MLH)

This article lists the problems involved in teaching the low achiever and suggests possible solutions through the utilization of instructional technology. (Author)

Before adoption of the Student Accountability Standards on April 1, 1999, the North Carolina State Board of Education and Department of Public Instruction were working with low-performing schools to improve student achievement, both in mandated and voluntary assistance. Many K-8 schools have made exemplary progress in helping all students reach…

In 1998, the Southern Regional Education Board began using "High Schools That Work" (HSTW) strategies to improve urban student achievement. HSTW staff compared data from 1998 and 2000 HSTW assessments and examined the performance of career-bound students from 55 urban high schools. Results offer information on progress made in raising…

This paper examines underachievement, a widely used term in education policy and practice often used to refer to nations, home nations, and regions; types and sectors of schooling; physiological, ethnic, and social groups; and individuals. It has been used to mean simply low achievement, also lower achievement relative to another of these groups,…

The authors discuss causes and factors related to low school achievement of black children of average intelligence. (RP)

Results of experiment showed that of the 80 per cent of students cheating, roughly half had a GPA of over 85. (SP)

When compared with control Ss, experimental Ss showed significantly greater favorable change in seven areas. Followup research showed this program to be effective in combatting low achievement and in placing its students in challenging collegiate programs where they have remained and performed successfully for two years. (Author)

Describes a special laboratory program at Eastern Kentucky University for flunkouts." (HS)

Described are the procedures, instructional materials, and results of a pilot program in sixth-grade mathematics for low achievers in Greenwood, Mississippi. (JG)