This report by the Center on Education Policy (CEP), an independent nonprofit organization, examines progress in raising achievement for English language learners. It also describes the factors that make it difficult to accurately assess what ELLs know and can do. The data for this analysis were collected by CEP with technical support from the…

The transition to middle school places many adolescents at risk for negative adjustment, especially poor and underserved ethnic minority students. In this cross-sectional study, I explored the role of student-perceived mismatch in the transition to a school with an early-college model, using a sample of predominantly African American and Latino…

In 2009-10 Wake County Public Schools System (WCPSS) exited District Improvement in reading and remained in level one for mathematics. All District Improvement efforts gained momentum. The Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol (SIOP®) continued as the primary focus to meet the needs of limited English proficient (LEP) students in elementary…

Austin Independent School District provided summer programs in 2010 for students to accelerate academic learning, maintain academic skills between school years, recover course credits, retake state achievement tests, or experience school-level transition activities. This is the full report, a research brief was also published. [For the research…

This paper constructs a statistical model of learning that suggests a systematic way of measuring the persistence of treatment effects in education. This method is straightforward to implement, allows for comparisons across educational treatments, and can be related to intuitive benchmarks. We demonstrate the methodology using student-teacher…

The 2019 edition of the "Digest of Education Statistics" is the 55th in a series of publications initiated in 1962. The purpose of the "Digest" is to provide a compilation of statistical information covering the broad field of American education from prekindergarten through graduate school. It contains data on a variety of…

Reanalyzes the terminal secondary student performance data in the International Study of Achievement in Mathematics (ISAM), comparing achievement of United States students to that of students from the other developed countries in the ISAM. (JN)

This paper explores levels of perceived parental influence on mathematics learning among over 700 students in China and Australia. Students in China had stronger perceived parental influences than students in Australia, and while students in China, Chinese speaking students in Australia, and other language speaking students in Australia…

A study among high school geometry students found no sex differences in ability to write geometry proofs. The findings and data from other studies suggest that girls and boys perform equally well on complex mathematics tasks when exposure to the task is equal. (Author/MJL)

The Concepts in Secondary Mathematics and Science Project isolated four "levels" of understanding in algebra. These were derived from a national study. The research reported here set out to assess how realistic it was to apply the notion of "level" to individual schools. (Author/SSH)

Discusses meta-analysis results for gender differences in mathematics achievement. (MKR)

Describes three transitional mathematics courses designed to upgrade high school math courses and lure more low-achieving students into college-preparatory math courses: California's Math A Program; Rochester, New York's Stretch Regents Program; and Buffalo, New York's University of Chicago School Math Project. Transcript data from 4,800 students…

Career and technical education (CTE) secondary students (n=48) received an instructional intervention in generalizable math skills. Compared with 36 controls, math grades and coursework were equivalent; the intervention resulted in significantly higher math achievement and attitudes. Generalizable math was responsive to individual program…

Discusses reaction to satirical letter criticizing teachers for spending extra time with weaker students published in the March 23, 2001, issue of the "San Jose Mercury News" by a former professor of mathematics and computer science. (PKP)

Suggests that the mathematics portfolio is beneficial to teachers when making instructional decisions and allows students to actively monitor their progress and growth. Discusses types of portfolios and possible contents of portfolios. (RS)