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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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Black, Aime T.; Seder, Richard C.; Kekahio, Wendy – Regional Educational Laboratory Pacific, 2014
In some areas of the Regional Educational Laboratory (REL) Pacific Region, between one-fourth and a half of secondary school-age students are not enrolled in school. Not being enrolled in school or being chronically absent can have lasting effects on students' economic and social development. This REL Pacific report summarizes research on…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Enrollment, Attendance, Foreign Countries
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Wilson, Melly; Linke, Lance; Bellhouse-King, Mathew; Singh, Malkeet – Regional Educational Laboratory Pacific, 2011
The report describes the percentage of secondary schools that have adopted policies and practices for student wellness, physical education, food service, and nutrition education across the seven jurisdictions in the Pacific Region. Policies include providing professional development for lead health education teachers, developing strategies to…
Descriptors: Food Service, Secondary Schools, Physical Education, Health Education
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Wilson, Melly; Linke, Lance; Bellhouse-King, Mathew; Singh, Malkeet – Regional Educational Laboratory Pacific, 2011
The report describes the percentage of secondary schools that have adopted policies and practices for student wellness, physical education, food service, and nutrition education across the seven jurisdictions in the Pacific Region. Policies include providing professional development for lead health education teachers, developing strategies to…
Descriptors: Food Service, Secondary Schools, Physical Education, Health Education
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Hammond, Ormond W.; Wilson, Melly; Barros, Corrin – Regional Educational Laboratory Pacific, 2011
Native Hawaiian students represent the largest single ethnic group in Hawai'i, at 27 percent of the student population in 2008/09. This REL Pacific report, "Comparing the Achievement Patterns of Native Hawaiian and Non-Native Hawaiian Grade 8 Students in Reading and Math," reports the reading and math proficiency rates of grade 8 Native Hawaiian…
Descriptors: Hawaiians, Grade 8, Mathematics Achievement, Reading Achievement
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Hammond, Ormond W.; Wilson, Melly; Barros, Corrin – Regional Educational Laboratory Pacific, 2011
This summary describes a larger report that discusses how Native Hawaiian students represent the largest single ethnic group in Hawai'i, at 27 percent of the student population in 2008/09. This larger REL Pacific report, "Comparing the Achievement Patterns of Native Hawaiian and Non-Native Hawaiian Grade 8 Students in Reading and Math," reports…
Descriptors: Hawaiians, Grade 8, Mathematics Achievement, Reading Achievement
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Camblin, Sharon; Keir, Scott – Regional Educational Laboratory Pacific, 2008
This technical brief describes the current status of the preparation and hiring of school principals in the Pacific Region--American Samoa, Guam, Hawaii, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia (Chuuk, Kosrae, Pohnpei, and Yap), Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and Republic of Palau. The brief answers the…
Descriptors: Principals, Personnel Selection, Degree Requirements, Administrator Education
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Chesswas, Roger; Lee, Lesley – Regional Educational Laboratory Pacific, 2008
This study was designed to answer the question: What is the status of student achievement in middle school mathematics in the Pacific Region jurisdictions? Findings provide a portrait of the types of mathematic assessments used in grades 7 and 8 and of how well students are performing. In addressing the question of mathematics achievement in…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Mathematics Achievement, Low Achievement, Standardized Tests