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Peer reviewedAsbury, Charles A. – Journal of Experimental Education, 1973
Investigation was undertaken to add to, strengthen, and clarify already existing research relating relevant sociological background factors to the discrepant school achievement of white and black, economically deprived, rural, first grade children. (Author)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Children, Elementary School Students, Family Structure
Download full textSouth Carolina State Dept. of Education, Columbia. – 1996
The Metropolitan Achievement Test, Seventh Edition (MAT7) reports percentages of student test scores above the 50th U.S. national percentile (top half of the distribution of student test scores) and percentage in each national quarter. Having more students than 50% above the 50th national percentile means that achievement was higher than the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Public Schools
Beck, Michael D. – 1975
A sizable representative subsample of the standardization group for the Metropolitan Achievement Tests participated in both the Fall and Spring standardization programs. Fall and Spring test records were matched for all such pupils and Fall-Spring "growth expectancies" were derived. Additionally, the sample was split into three subgroups…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Growth Patterns, National Norms
Innes, Thomas C.; Cormier, William H. – 1973
The adequacy of using a combination of criterion-scaled non-school variables to predict achievement score means of schools is discussed. Non-school data gathered on eighth-grade students were criterion-scaled, using the total score of the Metropolitan Achievement Test. Eight non-school category scores and actual achievement scores of selected…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Item Analysis, Performance Factors
Feeney, J. D.; And Others – 1968
This experiment investigated the significance of spontaneous occurrence of number symbols in the drawings of 86 (23 male pairs and 20 female pairs) kindergarten children. A comparison was made of first grade achievement on the Piaget Number Concept Test of students who used alphabetic and numeric symbols in the Draw-a-Classroom Test in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Testing, Concept Formation, Kindergarten Children
Rogers, R. S.; Wright, E. N. – 1969
From the Toronto, Canada, longitudinal Study of Achievement, data on the school performance of children for whom English was a second language are presented. Data sources were pupil profile folders, teacher rating questionnaires, Metropolitan Achievement Test, Otis Quick-Scoring Mental Ability Test, student mobility cards, and referrals to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Bilingual Students, Data Analysis
Macdonald, H. A., Comp.; Netherton, A. H. – 1969
The report presents local norms and tables derived from scores of the third administration of the Metropolitan Achievement Test Battery to pupils in grades 2, 4, and 6 in the Northwest Territories during November and December of 1968, and similar data from testing in 1966 and 1967. The student population in the schools consisted of 3 broad ethnic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, American Indians, Anglo Americans, Disadvantaged Youth
Peer reviewedSwan, Karen; And Others – Journal of Research on Computing in Education, 1990
Analyzes results of a study that investigated the efficiency of computer-based instruction (CBI) for teaching remedial skills in reading and mathematics to educationally disadvantaged students in grades 3 through 10. Test results from Degrees of Reading Power (DRP) and Metropolitan Achievement Tests (MAT) are compared, and further research is…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Analysis of Covariance, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction
Neufeld, Barbara; And Others – 1985
This evaluation report summarizes the impact of the Hartford Effective Schools Initiative (HESI) during the 1984-85 implementation year and is based on: (1) interview and observation data gathered during two day visits to each of the three schools in April and May and compared with similar data collected from the same teachers, facilitators,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Bilingual Education, Classroom Observation Techniques
CHAMBERLIN, GORDON L.; CATTERALL, CALVIN D. – 1963
A GROUP OF 25 OVERAGE UNDERACHIEVING PUPILS WHO HAD REPEATED A GRADE AT LEAST ONCE COMPLETED BOTH THE SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADE DURING AN EXPERIMENTAL 1 YEAR PROGRAM. RESULTS FROM THE METROPOLITAN ACHIEVEMENT TESTS (MAT) ADMINISTERED IN FEBRUARY AND JUNE OF THE EXPERIMENTAL YEAR REVEALED INCREASED MOTIVATION AND ACHIEVEMENT IN ALL BASIC SUBJECTS.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Age Grade Placement, Counselor Evaluation
Rochester City School District, NY. – 1986
This is the fifth volume in an annual series reporting on the Rochester City School District's Data Base, originated in 1981-82. The recent edition of the Data Base is meant to serve two purposes: (1) to present a core of relevant information about the District, including information on enrollment, achievement and attendance; and (2) to provide an…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Attendance Patterns, Educational Assessment
FOX, DAVID J. – 1967
THIS SHORT-TERM EVALUATION OF THE MORE EFFECTIVE SCHOOLS (MES) PROGRAM IN 21 NEW YORK CITY PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS ASSESSED THE MES INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM AND ITS IMPACT ON THE STUDENTS. DATA WERE GATHERED FROM (1) OBSERVATIONAL VISITS TO CLASSROOMS BY TWO-MEMBER TEAMS OF EDUCATORS AND SOCIAL SCIENTISTS, (2) STRUCTURED INTERVIEWS WITH…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrative Organization, Arithmetic, Attitudes
Fagergren, Peter J. – Online Submission, 2003
Academic achievement under a four-day school week is compared to the traditional five-day school week. Test scores from the CAT [California Achievement Test], ITBS [Iowa Test of Basic Skills], TASK [Stanford Test of Academic Skills], SAT [Stanford Achievement Test], TAP [Tests of Academic Proficiency], and MAT [Metropolitan Achievement Test] were…
Descriptors: School Schedules, Academic Achievement, Middle School Students, Secondary School Students
