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Download full textAustin Independent School District, TX. – 1982
Designed for parents of kindergarten and elementary school children in Austin, Texas, this brochure explains the structure and function of the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills. A question and answer format is used to provide information on the scope and purposes of the tests, grade level differences in testing, meaning and accuracy of the scores, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Educational Testing, Elementary Education
Austin Independent School District, TX. Office of Research and Evaluation. – 1982
This volume summarizes the results of the evaluation of the Austin (Texas) Independent School District 1981-82 State Compensatory Education Program. This technical report is organized into eight appendixes. Each appendix reports the information collected by a specific measure. Each appendix consists of (1) an instrument description, (2) purpose of…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Bilingual Students
Stanley, Cheryl; And Others – 1986
This is one of a series of annual reports which describe standardized test performance of elementary school pupils in the Houston Independent School District (HISD). Tests reported include the Iowa Test of Basic Skills (ITBS) and the Texas Educational Assessment of Minimum Skills (TEAMS). In addition to achievement scores, this report contains…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Magnet Schools, Profiles, School Demography
The Longitudinal Effects of SEED Instruction on Mathematics Achievement and Attitudes. Final Report.
Webster, William J.; Chadbourn, Russell A. – 1989
Project Special Elementary Education for the Disadvantaged (SEED) is a nationwide program in which professional mathematicians and scientists from universities and research corporations teach conceptually oriented mathematics to full-sized classes of disadvantaged elementary school students as a supplement to their regular mathematics instruction.…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Control Groups, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Education
Webster, William J.; Chadbourn, Russell A. – 1992
Project Special Elementary Education for the Disadvantaged (SEED) is a national program in which professional mathematicians and scientists from universities and industry teach abstract, conceptually oriented mathematics to full-sized classes of elementary school children as a supplement to their regular mathematics instruction. In the Dallas…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Control Groups, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Education
Webster, William J.; Chadbourn, Russell A. – 1990
Project Special Elementary Education for the Disadvantaged (Project SEED) is a nationwide program in which mathematicians and scientists from academia and industry teach abstract, conceptually oriented mathematics to full-sized classes of elementary school students as a supplement to their regular arithmetic classes. A Socratic group-discovery…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Control Groups, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Education
Christner, Catherine; And Others – 1990
In April of 1986-87, the School Board approved a student assignment plan which returned most elementary students to their neighborhood schools, creating 16 predominantly minority schools with many students from low-income families. To assure the quality of education in these schools, a 5-year plan was developed. This report summarizes results in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Compensatory Education, Educational Quality
