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Download full textManpower Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. Job Corps. – 1969
This self-study program for high-school level contains lessons on: Free Trade and Tariffs; Capitalism, Communism, Socialism; and Nationalism vs. Internationalism. Each of the lessons concludes with a Mastery Test to be completed by the student. (DB)
Descriptors: Academic Education, Achievement Tests, Autoinstructional Aids, Course Content
Manpower Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. Job Corps. – 1969
This self-study program for high-school level contains lessons on: Atomic Structure and Valence, Chemical Bonding, The Table of Elements, and Electrolysis. Each of the lessons concludes with a Mastery Test to be completed by the student. (DB)
Descriptors: Academic Education, Achievement Tests, Atomic Structure, Autoinstructional Aids
Schools Council, London (England). – 1965
In order to assess achievement in technical drawing at the secondary school level, an experimental examination was conducted using 333 boys and 2 girls from 13 schools. The objectives of the course in order of importance were: (1) Understanding and Comprehension; (2) Use; and (3) Communication. Three papers were formed: Paper I, an objective…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Bulletins, Educational Research, Examiners
Pontiac City School District, MI. – 1971
The World of Manufacturing is an Industrial Arts Curriculum Project designed to acquaint junior high school students with all the major phases of the manufacturing industry. This publication reports the evaluation of a World of Manufacturing program implemented into the Pontiac School District during the 1970-1971 school year. During the summer of…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Curriculum Evaluation, Demonstration Programs, Developmental Programs
White, William F. – 1972
An information feedback system for use in evaluating an educational program is described, and its effectiveness in evaluating the Follow Through program and its use in relation to the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills are discussed. The systems approach to program evaluation consists of objectives clarification, decision making, and program planning. In…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Behavior Rating Scales, Compensatory Education, Criterion Referenced Tests
Zankov, L. V., Ed. – 1968
This document is an English-language abstract (approximately 1,500 words) of a book which purposes to elucidate the connection between the development of pupils and their assimilation of knowledge and habits in the experimental grades of a new system of elementary education. Various methods of investigation were used: observation during lessons,…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests
American Association of School Administrators, Washington, DC. – 1972
This report discusses the merits of performance contracting in the light of recent performance contract experiment evaluations, and it provides guidelines for administrators who are considering the use of performance contracts. The merits of the OEO experiment and the interpretation of the results by the OEO and the Rand Corporation are discussed.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests, Administrators
Keller, Marjorie J.; May, W. Theodore – 1971
A 4-year project was conducted at the University of Tennessee College of Nursing to identify occupational health nursing content essential in baccalaureate education for professional nursing. In the process of determining content, a review of relevant literature was made, and a theoretical framework was developed which consisted of an integration…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Allied Health Occupations Education, Bachelors Degrees, Conceptual Schemes
PANCRAZIO, SALLY; STARR, FAY H. – 1966
SCORES FROM 16 VARIABLES WERE USED TO ASSESS DIFFERENCES AMONG 194 JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL BOYS AND GIRLS OF 4 TEXAS COMMUNITIES WHO WERE AMONG MORE THAN 1,500 PUPILS INCLUDED IN THE "TEXAS HUMAN TALENT PROJECT." SUBJECTS WERE CLASSIFIED INTO "UP,""DOWN," OR "STABLE" SAMPLES. CLASSIFICATION INTO THE…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement, Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests
Greenleigh Associates, Inc., New York, NY. – 1966
IN A LARGE-SCALE FIELD TEST WITH FUNCTIONALLY ILLITERATE ADULTS, THIS PROJECT EVALUATED FOUR READING SYSTEMS--LEARNING TO READ AND SPELL, READING IN HIGH GEAR, MOTT BASIC LANGUAGE SKILLS PROGRAM, AND SYSTEMS FOR SUCCESS. TESTING WAS CONDUCTED IN SEVEN COMMUNITIES IN NEW YORK, THREE IN NEW JERSEY, AND FIVE IN CALIFORNIA, PROVIDING A MIXTURE OF…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Adult Literacy, Dropouts, Evaluation
Vairo, Frank Marion, Jr. – 1976
This study investigated the effectiveness of the Story Writing Scales of the Personalized Progress Assessment set in determining the writing capabilities of fourth, sixth, and eighth graders and assessed the relationship between students' story-writing competencies and their achievements in reading comprehension, vocabulary, usage, and spelling.…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Doctoral Dissertations, Educational Research, Elementary Education
Jensema, Carl – 1975
Academic achievement test data from a nationwide random sample of 6,873 students enrolled in special educational programs for the hearing impaired in spring, 1974, were considered in relation to the demographic characteristics of the students. After statistical rescaling to eliminate the influence of age, the data clearly showed some strong…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Age, Demography
Holthouse, Norman D.; And Others – 1976
Academic achievement gain scores (determined through the administration of standardized achievement tests) and socioeconomic data (determined by means of a confidential survey form) were gathered on 1567 randomly-sampled students in Grades 1-10 in a school representing a cross section of all socioeconomic backgrounds. Previous research suggested…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests, Elementary Secondary Education
Virgin, Albert E.; Shecter, H. E. – 1974
This study is part of a series of three studies related to the incidence and effects of grade repetition on elementary school children. The focus of this study was to determine whether kindergarten teachers are able to make accurate predictions about their pupils' general academic and reading achievement when they reach Grade 3. In the 1970/71…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Failure, Achievement Tests, Early Childhood Education
Math, Hannah; Virgin, Albert E. – 1975
The purpose of this study was to examine the academic and social growth of first grade pupils whose teachers received one of the following sources of assistance: (1) information regarding pupil performance on academic and social measures early in the school year, (2) student volunteers who assisted the teacher on a regular basis, and (3) both test…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Foreign Countries, Grade 1
