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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Tajalli, Hassan; Opheim, Cynthia – Educational Research Quarterly, 2005
This study, assumes the significance of socioeconomic status (SES) or input factors in explaining achievement, and considers the impact of other "process" variables, that is, factors over which schools have some control. Using the Texas Academic Excellence Indicator System (AEIS) data, it examines these variables to determine the elements that can…
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, Secondary Schools, Economically Disadvantaged, Institutional Characteristics
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Roby, Douglas E. – Educational Research Quarterly, 2004
The research and analysis completed for this study focuses on one variable and its relationship to student achievement: school wide student attendance. It is a variable that is often overlooked or taken for granted as an interesting but meaningless statistic, however, the positive impact of good school attendance on academic achievement may be…
Descriptors: Attendance Patterns, Achievement Tests, Academic Achievement, Urban Schools