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The Longitudinal Effects of SEED Instruction on Mathematics Achievement and Attitudes. Final Report.
Download full textWebster, 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
Gaines, Margie L. – 1987
Magnet schools have become increasingly popular as alternatives to traditional curriculum offerings and as tools to promote voluntary desegregation in urban school districts. Most evaluations of magnet schools have been concerned with monitoring objectives and compliance with regulations. Few reports assess the impact of magnet curricula on…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Curriculum, Evaluation Methods
Ligon, Glynn; Battaile, Richard – 1986
In certain situations, grade equivalent scores are the most appropriate statistic available for reporting achievement test data. It is noted that testing practitioners have found that raw scores, normal curve equivalents, stanines, and standard scores are very useful. However, it is best to convert to either grade equivalents or percentiles before…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade Equivalent Scores, Measurement Objectives
Austin Independent School District, TX. – 1983
This report contains tables of District summary data for the achievement tests administered in the spring of the 1982-83 school year to all Austin Independent School District students in grades K-12. The Iowa Tests of Basic Skills (ITBS) were administered in grades K-8, the Sequential Tests of Educational Progress (STEP) were administered in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, School Districts
PDF pending restorationMangino, Evangelina – 1985
This publication summarizes the achievement results of the Austin (Texas) Independent School District (AISD) for grades 1-12 in reading and mathematics for 1975 through 1985. In 1975, the California Achievement Tests (CAT) were administered to students in grades 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, and 9. However, in 1976, the testing program was expanded to all…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Black Students
Dallas Independent School District, TX. Dept. of Research, Evaluation, and Information Systems. – 1982
Each year, through its system-wide testing program, the Dallas Independent School District collects and reports assessment data on the achievement of its pupils. The data are summarized in a variety of ways in different reports to meet the needs of a particular audience. The three reports in this year's series were produced by computer, using a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, School Districts
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
Wilkinson, L. David; Matter, M. Kevin – 1986
This paper outlines how the Austin Independent School District (Texas) tried to deal with the following questions: (1) Should special education students be included in the administration of standardized tests?; (2) Should their scores be included or excluded in the reporting of test results?; and (3) What are the evidences that test scores reflect…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Board of Education Policy, Educational Testing
Baenen, Nancy R.; Hopkins, Patricia – 1988
The Austin (Texas) Independent School District's (AISD) programs that were developed as alternatives to retention in grade for low-achieving students were studied. The AISD had 19 elementary transition classes (all-day classes, language arts, and language arts/mathematics) in 17 schools for 282 first and second graders in 1987-88. The Transitional…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Failure, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade Repetition
Schuyler, Nancy B.; Yonan, Barbara – 1987
This report documents the 1985-86 Title VII Program of the Austin (Texas) Independent School District. Major findings indicated the following: (1) three program components--staff training, tutoring, and curriculum development--were implemented as planned; (2) the staff training component included a series of English as a Second Language…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Bilingual Education Programs
Denton, Carolyn A. – 1997
The effectiveness of the Reading Recovery Program, a literacy intervention for at-risk first-grade students, as it was implemented in 1995-96 in a small rural school district in Texas was studied. Reading Recovery consists of daily individual literacy tutoring sessions taught by a specially trained teacher, and emphasizes active engagement of the…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Comparative Analysis, Elementary School Students, Grade 1
