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Peer reviewedBuntaine, Roberta L.; Costenbader, Virginia K. – Psychology in the Schools, 1997
Investigates the academic effectiveness of a prekindergarten program in a suburban, predominantly Caucasian upper middle class school system. Matched children who spent an extra year in prekindergarten with youngsters who proceeded directly to regular kindergarten. Using achievement test scores and other measures, found no significant differences…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, High Risk Students
District of Columbia Public Schools, Washington, DC. Div. of Quality Assurance. – 1986
The District of Columbia's Student Progress Plan (SPP) was designed as the delivery system for the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC), and regulates student promotions based on skill attainment and mastery of the instructional objectives. An evaluation of SPP was conducted in the second semester of school year 1985-86, and its findings are…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Mathematics Instruction
Solomon, Henry; And Others – 1986
In 1980, the New York City Board of Education set reading standards that fourth- and seventh-grade students were required to achieve before being promoted. The Gates Program was established to provide remedial education to those students failing to meet the standards. A total of 15,705 students in the two grades failed to meet the standards in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Board of Education Policy, Criterion Referenced Tests, Elementary Education
Ostrowski, Patricia Maslin – 1987
This monograph reviews pertinent research and issues concerning grade retention in an effort to understand the implications for retention and promotion policies, especially in elementary schools. The monograph discusses 11 topics, including: (1) the historical context of retention and promotion; (2) the link between grade retention and dropouts;…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cost Estimates, Court Litigation, Dropout Prevention
Download full textChesterfield, Ray; Enge, Kjell – 2002
Despite advances in primary school enrollment and completion in recent years, school completion in rural areas of Guatemala is low. The problem is especially severe among indigenous female students, where only about one in eight completes primary school. In 1997, the Guatemalan government launched an ambitious program designed to assist poor…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, American Indian Education, Cost Effectiveness, Economically Disadvantaged
District of Columbia Public Schools, Washington, DC. Div. of Quality Assurance. – 1983
The Evaluation System of the District of Columbia Public Schools has several purposes. It is designed to enable the school system to evaluate the effectiveness of programs and to identify characteristics of programs that seem to increase effectiveness. Also, it is designed to enable the schools to follow particular students over a period of years,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance Patterns, Data Collection, Elementary Education
Rachal, Janella – 1986
As part of Louisiana's minimum competency program, the Basic Skills Test (BST) was administered in grades 2 through 5. Student promotion rates in these grades between 1980 and 1985 were examined. Results showed that, in all four grades, the percentage of students retained to repeat the grade increased slightly. The BST was the main, but not the…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Compensatory Education, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Rachal, Janella – 1985
The longitudinal effects of Louisiana's Compensatory/Remedial Program upon student performance were assessed using data from four administrations of the Basic Skills Test (BST) between 1982 and 1985. Language arts and mathematics tests were administered in grades 2 through 5. Scores increased slightly between 1982 and 1984, and declined in 1985;…
Descriptors: Analysis of Covariance, Basic Skills, Compensatory Education, Elementary Education
