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Direct linkPagnini, Deanna; Stylianou, Marianna; Kok, Bernadette; Johnson, Deanne – Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2014
Increasing participation in higher education for under-represented groups has been a goal of both the Australian Government and Australian universities. In particular, the government has invested in a wide range of programs to support the efforts of universities to increase the enrollment and completion rates of: (1) Aboriginal and Torres Strait…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Equal Education, Foreign Countries, Measurement Techniques
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Download full textNational Center for Education Statistics, 2013
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) mathematics assessment measures students' knowledge and skills in mathematics and students' ability to apply their knowledge in problem-solving situations. At each grade, students responded to questions designed to measure what they know and can do across five mathematics content areas: number…
Descriptors: National Surveys, Educational Indicators, Educational Assessment, Mathematics Achievement
Hutchings, Merryn; Francis, Becky; De Vries, Robert – Sutton Trust, 2014
The authors analysed school performance data to review how well disadvantaged pupils achieve in academy chains. They included chains only if they had at least three academies in 2013, and two sponsored secondary academies for the whole period from September 2010 to July 2013. This means that academies are included in our analysis only when there…
Descriptors: Low Income Groups, Disadvantaged, Student Records, Academic Achievement
Tallman, Mark – Kansas Association of School Boards (NJ1), 2012
Educational improvement can be measured over time and against benchmarks in four key areas: (1) mastery of basic reading and math skills; (2) high school completion; (3) preparation for postsecondary education; and (4) adult educational attainment. The first three reflect how the school system prepares students for postsecondary education. The…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, Graduation Rate, Educational Objectives, Educational Improvement
Tennessee State Board of Education, 2011
The Tennessee General Assembly passed legislation in 2007 requiring that the State Board of Education produce an assessment on the effectiveness of teacher training programs. The law requires that the report includes data on the performance of each program's graduates in the following areas: placement and retention rates, Praxis II results, and…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Teacher Education Programs, Research Reports, State Legislation
Herman, Joan L.; Wang, Jia; Rickles, Jordan; Hsu, Vivian; Monroe, Scott; Leon, Seth; Straubhaar, Rolf – National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST), 2012
With funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, CRESST conducted a multi-year evaluation of a major school reform project at Alain Leroy Locke High School, historically one of California's lowest performing secondary schools. Beginning in 2007, Locke High School transitioned into a set of smaller, Green Dot Charter High Schools,…
Descriptors: Quasiexperimental Design, Academic Achievement, Grade 9, Control Groups
Love, John M.; Atkins-Burnet, Sally; Vogel, Cheri; Aikens, Nikki; Xue, Yange; Mabutas, Maricar; Carlson, Barbara Lepidus; Martin, Emily Sama; Paxton, Nora; Caspe, Margaret; Sprachman, Susan; Sonnenfeld, Kathy – Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., 2009
In February 2007, First 5 LA contracted with Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. (MPR) and its subcontractors, Juarez and Associates, American Institutes for Research (AIR), and Berkeley Evaluation and Assessment Research (BEAR) Center, to conduct the First 5 LA/LAUP Universal Preschool Child Outcomes Study (UPCOS). The authors conducted the study…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Preschool Education, Family Characteristics, Demonstration Programs
Lessne, Deborah S. – Connecticut Department of Higher Education (NJ1), 2005
This report contains the results of a pilot survey of employer satisfaction with Connecticut's public college graduates from the class of 2003 conducted by the Department of Higher Education (DHE) in the spring of 2005. The project was part of a four-state project entitled, "Defining Best Practices for Responsible Accountability Models in…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Public Colleges, College Graduates, Job Skills
