This integrative study of student socioeconomic status (SES), race and gender focused on mathematics achievement and self-esteem in the school context. Data for the study were derived from the Pennsylvania Educational Quality Assessment Program for the years 1981 through 1984. Analyses were conducted at the fifth, eighth, and eleventh grade…

The Austin (Texas) Independent School District (AISD) required that all students who graduated in 1985-86 and previous years have skills in reading and mathematics equivalent to ninth-grade level or above. Special education students who could not be validly tested were exempted from the requirements. Students who had not met the requirements could…

This report from the East Lake Elementary School in Atlanta (Georgia) provides information on student achievement for the 1986-87 school year. The narrative presents 23 findings concerning enrollment, attendance, reading achievement, and math achievement. Conclusions and recommendations generated from these findings are the following: (1) the…

This report from the Gideons Elementary School in Atlanta (Georgia) provides information on student achievement for the 1986-87 school year. The narrative analysis presents eight findings concerning attendance, reading achievement, and math achievement. Conclusions and recommendations generated from these findings are the following: (1) basal…

This report from the Lakewood Elementary School in Atlanta (Georgia) provides information on student achievement for the 1986-87 school year. The narrative presents 21 findings concerning enrollment, attendance, reading achievement, math achievement, and achievement in other subject areas. Conclusions and recommendations generated from these…

This report from the Lin Elementary School in Atlanta (Georgia) provides information on student achievement for the 1986-87 school year. The narrative presents 22 findings concerning enrollment, attendance, reading achievement, and math achievement. Conclusions and recommendations generated from these findings are the following: (1) scores on…

This report from the Miles Elementary School in Atlanta (Georgia) provides information on student achievement for the 1986-87 school year. The narrative presents 23 findings concerning enrollment, attendance, reading achievement, and math achievement. Conclusions and recommendations generated from these findings are the following: (1) there was…

This report from the Peterson Elementary School in Atlanta (Georgia) provides information on student achievement for the 1986-87 school year. The narrative presents 14 findings concerning enrollment, attendance, reading achievement, and math achievement. Conclusions and recommendations generated from these findings are the following: (1) the…

This report from the Slaton Elementary School in Atlanta (Georgia) provides information on student achievement for the 1986-87 school year. The narrative presents 26 findings concerning enrollment, reading achievement, math achievement, and achievement in other subject areas. Conclusions and recommendations generated from these findings are the…

This report from the Venetian Hills Elementary School in Atlanta (Georgia) provides information on student achievement for the 1986-87 school year. The narrative presents 24 findings concerning enrollment, attendance, reading achievement, and math achievement. Conclusions and recommendations generated from these findings are the following: (1)…

This report from the West Atlanta (Georgia) Elementary School provides information on student achievement for the 1986-87 school year. The school serves students in kindergarten through grade 7 and the Program for Exceptional Children, and receives support from the Chapter 1 program. The narrative presents 26 findings concerning enrollment,…

This report from the Woodson Elementary School in Atlanta (Georgia) provides information on student achievement for the 1986-87 school year. The narrative presents 23 findings concerning enrollment, attendance, reading achievement, and math achievement. Conclusions and recommendations generated from these findings are the following: (1) student…

This paper describes a middle school mathematics clinic in the District of Columbia Public Schools, which was designed to aid students in the transition from mathematics in the primary grades to high school mathematics courses. It is intended to provide the low achiever with effective diagnostic and corrective instruction by the best trained…

This study used knowledge derived from classroom-based research on teaching and laboratory-based research on children's learning to improve teachers' classroom instruction and students' achievement. Twenty first-grade teachers, assigned randomly to an experimental treatment, participated in a month-long workshop in which they studied findings on…

This study examined family beliefs and motivation as sources for the superior performance on mathematics tests by Chinese students compared with Caucasian students in the United States. Beliefs about children's performance were examined in mothers and their sixth grade children in the People's Republic of China and in Chinese-American and…