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MAHAN, THOMAS W. – 1967
PROJECT CONCERN SEEKS TO DEMONSTRATE THAT THE LOWER ACHIEVEMENT OF DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS IS AN "ARTIFACT" OF A NEGATIVE INTERACTION BETWEEN THE SLUM NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE SLUM SCHOOL. TO COUNTERACT THIS EFFECT, THE PROJECT HAS BUSED OVER 250 INNER CITY MINORITY GROUP CHILDREN, FROM KINDERGARTEN THROUGH FIFTH GRADE, TO FIVE MIDDLE CLASS…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Ancillary Services, Black Students, Bus Transportation
A Cooperative Program Between a City School District and a Suburban School District. Interim Report.
Rochester City School District, NY. – 1967
An urban-suburban interdistrict program is described in which efforts were made to correct racial imbalance in both districts. In 1965 free transportation was provided for 25 first grade children who were sent voluntarily from a Rochester, N.Y. public school to six schools in the West Irondequoit district. This longitudinal metropolitan approach…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance, Control Groups, Experimental Groups
Egley, Robert J.; Jones, Brett D. – Rural Educator, 2004
This study examines how rural elementary school administrators perceive the effects of high-stakes testing in comparison to suburban and urban elementary administrators. High-stakes testing had a greater impact, both positively and negatively, on rural administrators than on their counterparts in suburban and urban schools. Specifically, the…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Test Results, Testing Programs, Testing
Northern Territory Dept. of Education, Darwin (Australia). – 1992
This report contains details of the results of the Primary Assessment Program conducted in 1991 in urban and non-urban schools in the Northern Territory of Australia. The assessment program, conducted annually at years 5 and 7 in urban schools and at ages 10 years and above in non-urban schools, monitors achievement in English and mathematics. In…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests, Comparative Testing
Jackson, Rex – 1976
A group of highly regarded schools in affluent suburban areas was divided into two groups: those judged to have a traditional orientation and those judged to have a more experimental orientation, in terms of course and program structure. A review of the mean Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) from the 1966, 1969, 1973, and 1976 graduating classes from…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Affluent Youth, College Bound Students, College Entrance Examinations
New York State Education Dept., Albany. – 1989
This report presents information about enrollment trends, student achievement, graduation rates, the teaching force, and school finances for elementary and secondary schools and higher education in New York State for the 1986-87 school year. Most of the data for elementary and secondary schools were drawn from the Basic Educational Data System…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Characteristics, Dropout Rate, Educational Finance
Applebee, Arthur N.; Langer, Judith A.; Nystrand, Martin; Gamoran, Adam – American Educational Research Journal, 2003
This study examines the relationships between student literacy performance and discussion-based approaches to the development of understanding in 64 middle and high school English classrooms. A series of hierarchical linear models indicated that discussion-based approaches were significantly related to spring performance, controlling for fall…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Literacy, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Teaching Methods
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