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Spalding, Audrey; DeGrow, Ben – Mackinac Center for Public Policy, 2016
This is the Mackinac Center's fourth school report card and covers elementary and middle schools. A similar report card was published in 2013, and this edition includes two years' worth of new data. A unique characteristic of this report card is that takes into consideration the "context" of a school when assessing its performance.…
Descriptors: Achievement Rating, Educational Assessment, Regression (Statistics), Academic Achievement
Brown, Elaine T. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Response to Intervention (RtI) is a process that has shown to be advantageous in improving academic achievement. The purpose of this study was to examine if teachers in two elementary schools in a Detroit, Michigan, suburban school district felt that their schools were ready to implement RtI, and also to identify teachers' priorities to improve…
Descriptors: Suburban Schools, School Readiness, Intervention, School Districts
Diarrassouba, Nagnon; Johnson, Shirley – International Journal of Educational Leadership Preparation, 2014
This study examined the demographic shifts in a medium-sized school district in West Michigan and the responses developed as a result of these changes during the last two decades. Findings indicated that the district's school demographics changed from being European American to minority dominant. As a result of these changes in student population…
Descriptors: School Districts, Population Trends, Minority Groups, Educational Policy
Maranowski, Rita – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This study examined student achievement in Michigan public school districts to determine if rural school districts are demonstrating greater financial efficiency by producing higher levels of student achievement than school districts in other geographic locations with similar socioeconomics. Three models were developed using multiple regression…
Descriptors: School Districts, Urban Schools, Rural Schools, Suburban Schools
Temple, Aja – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this study was to examine patterns of academic achievement among minority students and investigate teacher-student relationships, teachers' classroom and future educational expectations for students, and students' levels of classroom engagement in order to better understand their patterns of academic achievement. Participants (n =…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Academic Achievement, Models, Teacher Student Relationship
McCray, Kimeko – Online Submission, 2007
This report describes a program designed to enhance social studies skills and knowledge. The target areas for enhancement are geography, economics, history, and core democratic values. The need for strengthening these skills was documented by literature, and surveys. An analysis of probable cause for lack of social studies skills revealed that…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Suburban Schools, Research Design, Qualitative Research
Abbey, Antonia; Jacques, Angela J.; Hayman, Lenwood W., Jr.; Sobeck, Joanne – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly: Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2006
The deleterious effects of early substance use have been well documented. Past research has produced mixed results regarding the extent to which the profile of risk differs for urban African American and suburban Caucasian youth. Sixth graders from urban (n = 420; 92% African American) and suburban (n = 391; 89% Caucasian) schools in metropolitan…
Descriptors: Prevention, Academic Achievement, Suburban Schools, Grade 6
Meade, Edward R.; Saltz, Eli – 1972
This paper reports the results of two related studies. The primary purpose of the first study (involving both nursery and first grade subjects) was to determine what evidence there is of two distinct processes basic to the control over the initiation and inhibition of inappropriate behavior on the Luria task. In the second study the focus of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary School Students, Intelligence Tests, Lower Class
Wardlow, George W., Ed.; Johnson, Donald M., Ed. – 1996
The following are among the 42 papers and 8 poster sessions included: "Association of Methodology and Student Learning Style on Student Perception of a Collegiate Leadership Course" (McNulty, Townsend); "Learning Styles and Cognitive Performance of Secondary School Pupils" (Cox, Connors); "Effect of Style-Specific…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Attitudes, Agricultural Education, American Indians