ERIC - Search Results

Publication Date

In 2026	0
Since 2025	0
Since 2022 (last 5 years)	0
Since 2017 (last 10 years)	2
Since 2007 (last 20 years)	277

Descriptor

Grade 8	335
National Programs	335
Educational Assessment	324
Public Schools	311
Elementary School Students	273
Comparative Analysis	272
Racial Differences	272
Scores	272
Ethnic Groups	271
Low Income Groups	271
Middle School Students	270
Gender Differences	269
National Competency Tests	254
Secondary School Students	254
Achievement Gap	253
Profiles	251
Statistical Analysis	230
Educational Indicators	198
Economic Status	156
Reading Achievement	148
Reading Tests	145
Reading	144
Mathematics Achievement	126
Mathematics Tests	121
Achievement Gains	106
More ▼

Source

National Center for Education…	272
American Educational Research…	1
Assessment in Education:…	1
Educational Evaluation and…	1
Eurydice	1
Research in Mathematics…	1
Society for Research on…	1

Publication Type

Numerical/Quantitative Data	319
Reports - Evaluative	275
Reports - Research	54
Journal Articles	3
Reports - Descriptive	3
Information Analyses	2
Speeches/Meeting Papers	2
Tests/Questionnaires	2
Books	1
Collected Works - General	1
Guides - Non-Classroom	1
Legal/Legislative/Regulatory…	1
More ▼

Education Level

Grade 8	277
Middle Schools	267
Elementary Education	264
Secondary Education	250
Junior High Schools	249
Elementary Secondary Education	12
Grade 4	6
Grade 9	3
High Schools	3
Grade 10	2
Grade 7	2
Grade 12	1
Grade 5	1
Grade 6	1
Intermediate Grades	1
More ▼

Audience

Policymakers	44
Researchers	44
Practitioners	4
Teachers	2
Administrators	1

Location

California	17
Texas	16
Florida	13
District of Columbia	11
Georgia	11
Illinois	11
Kentucky	11
Maryland	11
Michigan	11
New York	11
North Carolina	11
Ohio	11
Pennsylvania	11
Wisconsin	11
Massachusetts	10
New Mexico	9
Iowa	6
Alabama	5
Arizona	5
Arkansas	5
Colorado	5
Connecticut	5
Delaware	5
Hawaii	5
Idaho	5
More ▼

Laws, Policies, & Programs

Assessments and Surveys

National Assessment of…	326
Program for International…	1
Self Description Questionnaire	1

What Works Clearinghouse Rating

Showing 1 to 15 of 335 results Save | Export

Beyond Shanghai and PISA: Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Competencies of Chinese Students in Mathematics. Research in Mathematics Education

Peer reviewed

Direct link

Xu, Binyan, Ed.; Zhu, Yan, Ed.; Lu, Xiaoli, Ed. – Research in Mathematics Education, 2021

This book seeks to illustrate the research on mathematics competencies and disposition in China according to the conceptual development and empirical investigation perspective. Mathematics education in China has a distinguishing feature a focus of attention to mathematical competency. Paradoxically, there has not been an explicit, refined, and…

Descriptors: Mathematics Skills, Mathematics Achievement, Mathematics Education, Evaluation Methods

Supporting Teachers in Argument Writing Instruction at Scale: A Replication Study of the College, Career, and Community Writers Program (C3WP)

Peer reviewed

Direct link

Nicole Arshan; Cj Park; Allison Milby; Rebecca Goetz – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2021

Background: College- and career-ready standards cite the "special place of argument writing" in preparing students to be college students, professionals, and engaged citizens in an information-rich society (NGA, 2010). To support these critical skills, the National Writing Project (NWP) developed the College, Career, and Community…

Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Persuasive Discourse, Program Effectiveness, Secondary School Students

Teacher Performance and Student Learning: Linking Evidence from Two National Assessment Programmes

Peer reviewed

Direct link

Taut, Sandy; Valencia, Edgar; Palacios, Diego; Santelices, Maria V.; Jiménez, Daniela; Manzi, Jorge – Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice, 2016

This paper investigates the validity of a national, standards-based teacher evaluation programme by examining the relationship between teachers' evaluation results and their students' learning progress. We used census achievement data that assessed the same cohort of students at the end of 8th and 10th grade. We applied multilevel modelling and…

Descriptors: Teacher Evaluation, Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, National Programs

The Big-Fish-Little-Pond Effect and a National Policy of Within-School Ability Streaming: Alternative Frames of Reference

Peer reviewed

Direct link

Liem, Gregory Arief D.; Marsh, Herbert W.; Martin, Andrew J.; McInerney, Dennis M.; Yeung, Alexander S. – American Educational Research Journal, 2013

The big-fish-little-pond effect (BFLPE) was evaluated with 4,461 seventh to ninth graders in Singapore where a national policy of ability streaming is implemented. Consistent with the BFLPE, when prior achievement was controlled, students in the high-ability stream had lower English and mathematics self-concepts (ESCs and MSCs) and those in the…

Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Self Concept, Student Attitudes, Positive Attitudes

The Nation's Report Card[TM]: Trial Urban District Assessment--Reading 2009. NCES 2010-459

Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC

Download full text

National Center for Education Statistics, 2010

The Nation's Report Card[TM] informs the public about the academic achievement of elementary and secondary students in the United States. Report cards communicate the findings of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), a continuing and nationally representative measure of achievement in various subjects over time. Results from the…

Descriptors: Reading Achievement, National Programs, Educational Assessment, Educational Improvement

The Nation's Report Card Science 2011 State Snapshot Report. Delaware. Grade 8, Public Schools

Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC

Download full text