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Download full textHudson, J. Blaine – 1989
This study sought to examine American College Test (ACT) and basic skills placement test score patterns; the use of these test scores in academic advising; student performance in freshman level reading, English, and mathematics courses; relationships among these factors and their power to predict or account for placement and performance; and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Advising, Basic Skills, College English
Nye, Barbara A.; And Others – 1991
Between 1985 and 1989, the Student Teacher Achievement Ratio (STAR) Project studied the effect of class size on student achievement in Tennessee schools. The study examined: (1) small classes of 15 students per teacher; (2) regular classes of 24 students per teacher; and (3) regular classes with a teacher's aide. The sample included students from…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Class Size, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Nelson, Carol; Smith, Carl, Comp. – 1990
Originally developed for the Department of Defense Schools (DoDDS) system, this learning package on evaluating the progress of the school reading program is designed for teachers who wish to upgrade or expand their teaching skills on their own. The package includes a comprehensive search of the ERIC database; a lecture giving an overview on the…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Haase, Murray; Caffrey, Patrick – 1983
The activities of Sacramento City College's (SCC's) Assessment Center are described in this report for April 1, 1982 through October 31, 1982. After revealing a 12.13% increase in the use of the Assessment Center over the previous year, the report provides data on the reading levels of SCC students and shows that through the college's assessment…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Community Colleges, Educational Diagnosis
Carswell, Lorraine; White, William F. – 1983
To assess the impact of economic deprivation on students' reading scores in standardized tests, the vocabulary and reading comprehension portions of the California Achievement Test and the Degree of Reading Power test were admininstered to two groups of eighth grade students--60 students participating in the federal free lunch program and 60…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Criterion Referenced Tests, Economic Factors, Economically Disadvantaged
Gilliland, Hap – 1983
The oral Red Cloud Reading Test provides a complete analysis of reading level and skills for American Indian students in grades 1-7 or for high school and adult students reading at or below high school levels. The test determines the basic and recreational reading levels, identifies reading problems, determines reading speeds, and analyzes the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, Context Clues
Ward, Annita Marie – 1986
A study compared the performances of adults who were learning to read with those of two groups of preliterate and second-grade children on selected cognitive tasks and on the display of certain metacognitive understandings. It was hypothesized that if the adults (who could not successfully read a passage from a fourth-grade reader) did as well as…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Adult Students, Age Differences, Cognitive Ability
Robinson, Maxine – 1990
The evaluation process and results asociated with 1989-1990 reading (kindergarten through grade 12) and language arts (kindergarten through grade 5) programs of the Des Moines (Iowa) Independent Community School District are presented. The evaluation is divided into four parts: context; input; process; and product. Language arts instruction…
Descriptors: Context Effect, Curriculum Evaluation, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Chalker, Rhoda N.; Horns, Virginia – 1986
This study tested the hypothesis that there is no significant difference in reading achievement among children in grades 2 through 5 related to family structure. Researchers administered the Stanford Achievement Test to 119 students in an Alabama city suburban school system. Of the sample, 69 children lived in intact families and 50 lived in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Secondary Education, Family Structure, Latchkey Children
Ediger, Marlow – 1986
A high quality reading readiness program should be available for each student beginning reading. Such a program should be sequential and should emphasize (1) securing the students' interest in reading, and in achieving reading skills, (2) attaching meaning to content being studied in a reading readiness program, (3) providing for each student's…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Curriculum Development, Learning Activities, Learning Experience
Claus, Richard N.; Girrbach, Charmaine J. – 1985
The Saginaw Successful Schools Project (S3P) was described and evaluated using data collected from 1980 to 1985. S3P is a school improvement project based on instructional and school effectiveness research findings; but the starting point for change is determined by staff in each of the 31 school buildings. The School Improvement Survey (SIS) was…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Environment, Educational Facilities Improvement, Educational Improvement
Ketcham, Clay A., Ed. – 1966
The proceedings of the ninth annual meeting of the College Reading Association consisted of the following papers: (1) "President's Address" (R. C. Aukerman); (2) "Planning and Implementing a College Reading Program" (M. Schleich); (3) "Reinforcement Counseling with Small Groups in Modifying Study of College Students"…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Linguistics
Davidoff, Stephen H.; Fishman, Roger J. – 1988
The Chapter 1 Evaluation and Reporting System (CHIERS) is an annually updated system for gathering and reporting student information regarding the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act Chapter 1 program in the Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) School District. Data elements included in the CHIERS are school location, achievement test scores, and…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Compensatory Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Elementary School Students
Myerberg, N. James – 1984
The results of the administration of the California Achievement Tests (CAT) to students in the Montgomery County Public Schools, Maryland (MCPS) are presented. The battery is administered in the fall of each school year to students in grades three, five, and eight under a state mandate. The CAT is administered to students in Grade 11 under a local…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Comparative Analysis, County School Districts
Negin, Gary A. – 1987
Noting that accurate procedures for predicting reading ability in school settings are necessary for a variety of purposes, this paper reviews methods for predicting reading ability and presents a new, more precise model for use at the second grade level. First, the paper defines reading expectancy as an informed estimate of the level of reading…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Diagnostic Tests, Grade 2, Individual Testing
