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Kettler, Ryan J.; Elliott, Stephen N.; Kurz, Alexander; Zigmond, Naomi; Lemons, Christopher J.; Kloo, Amanda; Shrago, Jacqueline; Beddow, Peter A.; Williams, Leila; Bruen, Charles; Lupp, Lynda; Farmer, Jeanie; Mosiman, Melanie – Assessment for Effective Intervention, 2014
Motivated by the multiple-measures clause of recent federal policy regarding student eligibility for alternate assessments based on modified academic achievement standards (AA-MASs), this study examined how scores or combinations of scores from a diverse set of assessments predicted students' end-of-year proficiency status on statewide achievement…
Descriptors: Eligibility, Alternative Assessment, Academic Achievement, Predictive Validity
Mercer, Jane R. – 1972
The Pluralistic Assessment Project, which has been funded for three years by the National Institute of Mental Health, was developed in response to the results of earlier studies on the epidemiology of mental retardation. During 1963 and 1964, data were gathered for a comprehensive epidemiology of mental retardation in the City of Riverside,…
Descriptors: Blacks, Cultural Pluralism, Demography, Educational Diagnosis
Durham Education Improvement Program, NC. – 1967
THIS REPORT DESCRIBES THE DURHAM EDUCATIONAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT (EIP) FOR DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN, WHICH WAS DEVELOPED THROUGH THE COOPERATIVE EFFORT OF A UNIVERSITY, TWO SOUTHERN SCHOOL DISTRICTS, A NEGRO COLLEGE, AND A COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM. EIP IS AN EXPERIMENTALLY DESIGNED MODEL SCHOOL SYSTEM WHICH PROVIDES LONGITUDINAL STIMULATION. BUILT…
Descriptors: Demography, Developmental Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, Evaluation
Dunn, Lloyd M. – 1988
A review of research on the cognitive, linguistic, and scholastic development of mainland Hispanic-American children paints a dismal overall picture. Hispanics are the fastest growing ethnic group in the United States, 11% of the population in 1986; about 75% have Mexican ancestry. Less than half of Latin adults speak English well enough for the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Bilingual Education Programs, Bilingualism