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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
Download full textAlberta Education, 2008
Education is the key to young people becoming full partners in shaping a global future and in shaping the nation's future. Quality basic education for young people is key to maintaining Alberta's standard of living and ensuring competitiveness in the world market. The education system must focus on what all students need to learn and be able to…
Descriptors: Student Needs, Elementary Secondary Education, State Standards, Graduation Requirements
Hadley, Marilyn; Vitale, Patrick – 1985
The validity of grades in higher education as a measure of what a student has actually learned has been a concern to both the public and academicians for over three decades. This was one of several issues discussed in a report by the National Institute of Education Study Group on Conditions of Excellence in American Higher Education. Furthermore,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, College Entrance Examinations, Evaluation Methods
Enger, John M. – 1991
The role that achievement testing plays in the educational system of Trinidad and Tobago and results from the Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) tests administered in 1989 are discussed (for these tests, students generally sit for five to eight examinations on subjects they have taken throughout their secondary schooling). The educational system…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Admission Criteria, Decision Making
Tompkins, Ellsworth; Gaumnitz, Walter H. – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1954
More than ever before teachers, principals, and superintendents are joining with parents and citizens of the community in examining and appraising what the schools are trying to do and how their work can be adequately supported. One of the topics that comes up for frequent discussion in the high school field is the Carnegie Unit. It has been our…
Descriptors: Educational History, High Schools, Educational Trends, Educational Policy
