Researchers and policy makers have questioned the efficacy of family-involvement interventions. They believe that more studies are needed to compare outcomes of students whose families received a partnership intervention with those who did not. The author used data from the state of Ohio to compare student attendance in elementary schools that…

Using data from a nationwide longitudinal study of student attendance patterns in higher education, this study compared the responses of community college students who discontinued their enrollment during their initial semester with those of community college students who persisted for two years. Data for the analysis and comparison were opinion,…

The investigation identified Delaware public and charter middle schools across the state which outperformed other Delaware middle schools with similar student demographic profiles. Teachers and administrators at six of these "Beating the Odds" schools and at six comparison middle schools were surveyed regarding their schools…

The present study attempts to find the variables in the fifth grade which discriminate between dropouts and non-dropouts and to test the hypothesis that data about a student's school achievement from the fifth to seventh grades will yield a significant increase in predictable variance. This study makes use of a data bank, collected especially for…

Data from public and private sectors reveal that few persons stay in psychotherapy long enough to be classified as "long-term" clients. Those who do remain in psychotherapy for a long time are rarely studied because attention has generally been focused on terminators. Demographic, treatment, and psychometric characteristics of 64 long-term…

This investigation focused on the effects of busing white children (N=116) away from their neighborhood schools and is not a study of the effects of desegregation. Evidence indicates no significant differences between bused and nonbused, white, fifth and sixth graders concerning achievement, attendance, self-concepts, and perceptions of school…

We tested five course designs that varied in the structure of daily and weekly active-learning exercises in an attempt to lower the traditionally high failure rate in a gateway course for biology majors. Students were given daily multiple-choice questions and answered with electronic response devices (clickers) or cards. Card responses were…

As more students enroll at community colleges, questions are raised about whether learning is the same in the two- and four-year sectors, both overall and for sub-groups, and whether effects of student backgrounds and college experiences on learning are similar. This study used structural equation modeling with CCSSE and NSSE data from a sample…

The data presented in this combined report--"Rankings & Estimates"--provide facts about the extent to which local, state, and national governments commit resources to public education. As one might expect in a nation as diverse as the United States--with respect to economics, geography, and politics--the level of commitment to…

When the University of California at Berkeley initiated year-round operation in the summer of 1967, the prevailing question concerned whether such a system would work. Midway through the summer term of the following year, a mail survey of 2,100 students --a 25% sample of those enrolled in the 1968 Summer Quarter-- was conducted to evaluate the…

Complete sets of notes on an introductory psychology course were obtained and analyzed, and information about class attendance and the quantity, organization, and presentation of the notes was collected. Variables based on this information were then correlated with performance on two final examination papers. (Author/MLW)

A random sample of regular attenders and a sample of chronic absentees at a community college were studied to identify the reasons for absenteeism and the nature of the absentees. The absentees are little different from the regulars, but two basic causes for absenteeism are suggested. (Author)

Four indices of achievement relative to a measure of general intelligence were constructed for a sample of 178 adolescents. Measures of achievement were taken from tests in reading comprehension and mathematics, from an English essay, and from the results of public examinations at 16+. (Author)

Absence data from the Follow Through program in 18 Philadelphia public schools over the 1974-75 school year are presented according to grade, model and total program. The report, covering grades K-3, examines both overall absence patterns and differences in absence patterns of pupils with and without previous Head Start or equivalent experience.…

This report examines 1974-1975 achievement test results for Philadelphia Follow Through pupils in the light of "quasi-longitudinal" variables from the Follow Through longitudinal pupil file. In Part I, Head Start effects are examined by comparing the Head Start group and the Non Head Start group of pupils within the maximum exposure…