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New Jersey Basic Skills Council, Trenton. – 1991
This report presents Fall, 1991 results of the New Jersey College Basic Skills Placement Testing which tests incoming college students and evaluates collegiate remedial courses. A summary of the findings notes that freshmen recorded poorer results on every section of the test compared to 1990 results, that in verbal skills 42 percent lacked…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Basic Skills, College Freshmen
Download full textWilson, Linda Dager; Blank, Rolf K. – 1999
The findings of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) and the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) are approached from the perspective of mathematics educators and education decision makers at state and local levels. Some key findings are highlighted to show problems and successes in mathematics teaching and…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Educational Improvement, Educational Policy, Educational Practices
Webster, William J. – 1998
This study reports the results of the implementation of Project SEED, a mathematics program for urban elementary school students, in five urban districts: Camden (New Jersey); Dallas (Texas); Detroit (Michigan); Indianapolis (Indiana); and the West Contra Costa Unified School District in Richmond and San Pablo (California). Students exposed to at…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Algebra, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. Div. of Accountability Services/Research. – 1997
Block scheduling has grown rapidly in recent years. In North Carolina, 77 schools started block scheduling in 1995-96, bringing the total number of blocked schools in the state to 207. A previous evaluation compared 1995 End-of-Course (EOC) Test scores for block-scheduled (blocked) and nonblocked schools. This report presents results of the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Algebra, Biology, Block Scheduling
Bennett, Randy Elliot; And Others – 1991
This exploratory study applied two new cognitively sensitive measurement models to constructed-response quantitative data. The models, intended to produce qualitative characteristics of examinee performance, were fitted to algebra word problem solutions produced by 285 examinees taking the Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) General Test. The two…
Descriptors: Algebra, College Entrance Examinations, College Students, Constructed Response
Schmitt, Alicia P.; Crone, Carolyn R. – 1991
Alternative mathematical items administered as prototypes at the spring 1989 Field Trials of the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) are evaluated for differential item functioning (DIF) and differential speededness. Results for Algebra Placement (AP) and Student Produced Response (SPR) items are presented and contrasted with results obtained on two…
Descriptors: Algebra, Alternative Assessment, Asian Americans, Black Students
Webb, Noreen; And Others – 1990
This study involving 29 students enrolled in an 8-week summer Algebra II class for minority students was undertaken to determine the relationship between the kinds of symbolic forms used in problem-solving instruction and students' problem-solving processes and performance. All subjects were Black or Hispanic and were about to enter grade 11. For…
Descriptors: Algebra, Black Students, Grade 11, High School Students
Graves, Sonja Lenita – 1998
The primary purpose of this postsecondary developmental mathematics curriculum evaluation is to assess the effectiveness of the Center for Occupational Research and Development's (CORD) Mathematics Foundations for Introductory College Mathematics. A contextually based, hands-on developmental mathematics curriculum, Mathematics Foundations is…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Curriculum, Developmental Studies Programs, Educational Assessment
Schroyer, Connie J.; Payne, David L. – 1994
Project TIME (Training Initiative for Manufacturing Employees) was an 18-month National Workplace Literacy Program conducted by Lord Fairfax Community College in conjunction with an automotive parts plant and Triplett Technical and Business Institute in Virginia. Project TIME had three primary objectives: to help employees obtain the basic…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Behavioral Objectives, Communication Skills
Banks, Karen E. – 1994
This paper examines political influences on assessment programs and their effects on local school systems. Specifically, it describes North Carolina's political climate and examines the impact of political influences on educational assessment in the state. The political climate in North Carolina has produced a plethora of state-mandated tests,…
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Assessment, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Council of Chief State School Officers, Washington, DC. State Education Assessment Center. – 1993
With this volume, the Council of Chief State School Officers introduces a new 2-year format for state education indicators. The first section of this report is an analysis of state-level data related to the first-ever state-by-state achievement results from the 1990 mathematics assessment of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP).…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Educational Indicators, Educational Policy, Evaluation Methods
Anliker, Renee; Aydt, Mary; Kellams, Marty; Rothlisberger, Jeanne – 1997
This action research project examined the impact of organizational and motivational strategies to increase homework completion among high school students. Participating were high school algebra and biology students in a midwestern, suburban city. The problem of homework completion was evidenced by existing grade and homework reports and teacher…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Action Research, Algebra, Biology
Nelson, Gerald E. – 1997
The Internet Based Distance Learning (IBDL) classes provided in Wyoming's Casper College have the potential to benefit all involved. The "Cyber Semester," which began in the spring of 1997, consisted of four typical freshman classes (Physical Geography, Precalculus Algebra, English Composition I, and Political Science) that were offered…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Cost Effectiveness, Distance Education, High Schools
Plomp, Tjeerd; And Others – 1990
An evaluation of the Mathematics and Computer Assisted Remedial Teaching (MASCART) project in the Pre-Entry Science Course (PESC) at the University of Botswana focused on two questions: (1) Considering the conditions for successful implementation highlighted in the literature, has the implementation of computers in the PESC department been such…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware, Diffusion (Communication)
Arapahoe Community Coll., Littleton, CO. – 1994
This annual report provides an overview of Arapahoe Community College's (Colorado) efforts to improve undergraduate education and the success of those efforts as of 1993-94. After outlining changes made in the transfer, vocational education, and developmental studies programs, the report provides information on specific recommendations implemented…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Accountability, Adult Education, Community Colleges
