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Parker, Philip D.; Jerrim, John; Schoon, Ingrid; Marsh, Herbert W. – American Educational Research Journal, 2016
Persistent inequalities in educational expectations across societies are a growing concern. Recent research has explored the extent to which inequalities in education are due to primary effects (i.e., achievement differentials) versus secondary effects (i.e., choice behaviors net of achievement). We explore educational expectations in order to…
Descriptors: Socioeconomic Status, Cross Cultural Studies, Correlation, Databases
Education Commission of the States, Denver, CO. National Assessment of Educational Progress. – 1982
The content of the Public-Use Data Tapes of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) is summarized and descriptions of recent research using the database are provided. Since 1969, NAEP has surveyed 9-, 13-, and 17-year-old students and occasionally young adults in assessments of achievement in art, career and occupational…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adults, Databases, Educational Assessment
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Ennis, Demetria L. – Computers in the Schools, 1993
Discussion of computer literacy, database technology, and higher-order thinking skills focuses on a study that compared the problem-solving performance of fourth-grade students receiving search strategy training during computer-assisted instruction with students who did not receive training. Time spent on problems and the number of correct answers…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy