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Download full textHauser, Robert M.; Pager, Devah I.; Simmons, Solon J. – 2000
This paper reviews the policy context of school retention and shows that age-grade retardation has been common and growing in American schools from the 1970s-90s. The paper focuses on the period from 1972-98 and on grade retardation at ages 6, 9, 12, 15, and 17 years. By age 9 years, the odds of grade-retardation among African American and…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Black Students, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Hauser, Robert M., Ed.; Brown, Brett V., Ed.; Prosser, William R., Ed. – 1997
Social scientists are concerned that many measures of children's physical and emotional health are inadequate, misleading, or outdated, leaving policymakers ill-informed. This book provides an inquiry into current efforts to monitor children from the prenatal period through adolescence. Working with the most up-to-date statistical sources, experts…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Problems, Child Health, Child Welfare
Peer reviewedHauser, Robert M.; Martin, Wayne; Neill, Monty; Qualls, Audrey L.; Porter, Andrew – Educational Researcher, 2000
Presents the responses of five people in the field of education (professors and assessment administrators) to the recently published position statement by the American Educational Research Association on high stakes testing in preK-12 education. The responses point out the contributions of this position statement and offer suggestions for…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, High Stakes Tests
Direct linkHauser, Robert M., Ed.; Edley, Christopher F., Jr., Ed.; Koenig, Judith Anderson, Ed.; Elliott, Stuart W., Ed. – National Academies Press, 2005
The National Assessment of Adult Literacy (NAAL) is a household survey conducted periodically by the Department of Education that evaluates the literacy skills of a sample of adults in the United Stages ages 16 and older. NAAL results are used to characterize adults literacy skills and to inform policy and programmatic decisions. The Committee on…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Evaluation Methods, English, Basic Skills
