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Direct linkFarrington, Camille A.; Small, Margaret H. – American Youth Policy Forum, 2008
The chronic academic underperformance and student failure of most American urban high schools are actually created by the antiquated way that schools evaluate student academic performance and award (or deny) course credits. When the school leaders in a small inner-city high school in Chicago began to question the "received wisdom" of…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Grading, High Schools, Urban Schools
District of Columbia Public Schools, Washington, DC. – 1983
The 1983 6-week summer school program of the District of Columbia Schools provided remedial courses to elementary and secondary students in reading and mathematics, in courses needed for promotion and graduation, and in developing career and entry level skills for student interns. In evaluating the program, this report found that the average…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation, Graduation Requirements
Download full textCorcoran, Thomas B. – 1985
Issues surrounding the statewide competency testing of at-risk students are discussed. Sanctions, such as negative evaluations of educational programs associated with such tests, used to fall most heavily on schools and staff, but tests are increasingly becoming prerequisites for promotion and graduation, with increasing impact on students.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Dropout Rate, Educational Change, Educationally Disadvantaged
National Association of State Boards of Education, Alexandria, VA. – 2000
A study examined alternatives to retention or social promotion. Chapter 1 considers the short-term and long-term consequences of each alternative and concludes that neither improves declining graduation rates, declining ability to meet employer requirements, or the achievement gap between white students and students of color. Chapter 2 recommends…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Failure, Access to Education, Accountability
Froman, Terry; Rubiera, Vilma – Research Services, Miami-Dade County Public Schools, 2006
For the past few years the Florida School Code has set the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT) performance requirements for promotion of 3rd graders and graduation for 10th graders. Grade 3 students who do not score at level 2 or higher on the FCAT SSS Reading must be retained unless exempted for special circumstances. Grade 10 students…
Descriptors: At Risk Students, Academic Achievement, Prediction, Grade 3
Glatthorn, Alan A. – 1985
The curricular recommendations of the current educational-reform movement are discussed and their likely effects on at-risk youth are considered. Current reform efforts tend to focus on three major curricular changes: (1) increase the number of academic courses required to graduate from high school; (2) increase the time for education; and (3) end…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Critical Thinking, Curriculum Development, Disadvantaged Youth
