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• A different view of the IQ-achievement gap

  1/1/76 - Gordon, Margaret T.

  Investigated the relationship between children's IQ and scholastic achievement scores and race, occupational attainment, and social mobility of their parents. The IQ and achievement test scores of 1,102 Chicago area 5th and 6th graders--Black and White, middle- and working-class--were aggregated into 7 cohorts of approximately equal IQ scores. Within these cohorts differences in achievement emerged which could not be attributed to race- or class-linked intellectual discrepancies. Among Ss...

• A history of the western Interstate Commission for Higher Education:The first 40 years

  Frank. C. Abbott

  A history of the western Interstate Commission for Higher Education:The first 40 years describes its origin and takes us from those early development years into its impressive growth and success under the leadership of Harnold Enarson and Robert Kropsch

• Access to Higher Education: The Hope for Democratic Schooling in America

  1/1/04 - Burke, J. Bruce, Johnstone, Michelle

  The American aspiration for higher education as a road to a better life for everyone is threatened. As the economic and social gap between the upper third of the population and the bottom third widens, so access to better education, especially to higher education, becomes increasingly difficult to achieve. The traditional role of hope in the American Democratic Dream of a just and fair society is being eroded, as increasing numbers of Americans are marginalized, jailed, recruited into...

• Achievement disparities between minority and nonminority students in suburban schools

  1/1/90 - Levine, Daniel U., Eubanks, Eugene E.

  National data show that in 1986, African-American (AA) and Hispanic (HS) 13-yr-old students with college-educated parents had average reading proficiency scores 16 and 13 points (respectively) below the average for comparable White students. Reading and spelling performance data for 5th-8th graders at a suburban school show that in 1988, AAs were near or above the national norm in spelling but were clearly below the national norm in reading comprehension. Data on AAs' performance in southern...

• AFRICAN AMERICAN PARENTS IN THE SEARCH STAGE OF COLLEGE CHOICE

  1/1/06 - Smith, Michael J., Fleming, Michael K.

  A serious imbalance exists in today's African American undergraduate student population in which the number of women far outnumber the number of men. Although at the macro level, political, sociological, and economic forces frame this gender enrollment gap, scant research has explored microlevel influences such as parents and parenting. This study uses a qualitative methodology and Hossler's model of college choice to examine African American parent involvement during the search stage. The...

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  After-school programs and academic impact

  1/5/09 - Robert Goerge, Gretchen Cusick, Miriam Wasserman, Robert Gladden

  The findings in this report highlight the importance of further research into what leads students to participate in after-school programs and the factors that lead to higher engagement and retention once they are enrolled. A better understanding is crucial for improving enrollment in after-school programs such as ASM. Moreover, accounting for student factors that lead to a greater engagement in the program will lead to a clearer understanding of ASM’s contribution to the positive outcomes...

• An Exploration of the Relationship Between Ethnicity, Attention Problems, and Academic Achievement

  1/1/04 - Rabiner, David L., Murray, Desiree W., Schmid, Lorrie

  Abstract. There has been longstanding concern about achievement differences across ethnic groups. Inattention is a significant factor associated with underachievement, and higher ratings of inattention have been found for some minority groups. The present study examined the relationship between inattention and achievement across Caucasian, African American, and Hispanic first graders. Thirty-three teachers rated over 600 students on their academic achievement, inattentive classroom behavior...

• An Exploration of the Relationship Between Ethnicity, Attention Problems, and Academic Achievement

  1/1/04 - Rabiner, David L., Murray, Desiree W., Schmid, Lorrie, Malone, Patrick S.

  There has been longstanding concern about achievement differences across ethnic groups. Inattention is a significant factor associated with underachievement, and higher ratings of inattention have been found for some minority groups. The present study examined the relationship between inattention and achievement across Caucasian, African American, and Hispanic first graders. Thirty-three teachers rated over 600 students on their academic achievement, inattentive classroom behavior...

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  Approaches to dropout prevention: Heeding early warning signs with appropriate interventions

  1/3/09 - Kennelly, Louise, Monrad, M.

  This report outlines steps that schools can take to identify at-risk students and provide the necessary support systems and relevant interventions to assist students in obtaining a high school diploma. Further, the report discusses the use of early warning data systems to target interventions for groups and individual students, offers a variety of best practice approaches undertaken by higher-performing high schools, and presents effective programs that are currently being implemented to...

• Are boys excelling girls in geometric learning?

  1/1/29 - Perry, W. M.

  The data of a previous study by the author are examined for sex differences in the solution of geometric originals. The subjects are 53 boys and 36 girls. Although the boys are somewhat higher in general mental ability and in reasoning ability, the girls reach a higher achievement. "Especially were the girls the more superior in responding to those 'link' steps, by means of which they were able to bridge the gap between the given relations (those observed with the pertinent recalled facts...

• Attributed for academic achievement: A comparative study in tribal and non-tribal settings

  1/1/08 - Rath, Muralidhar

  The failure or poor performance of tribal students in their academic tests has initiated deep debates and grave discussions now-a-days. It is worthwhile to note that tribal students in India are not only they who reside in ashrams or hostels of different urban schools and colleges, and are mostly compared by researchers with non-tribal students. Rather, a major portion of tribals dwell in rural and tribal settings and some of them pursue their education in poorly maintained schools and...

• Beyond Black and White: The Model Minority Myth and the Invisibility of Asian American Students

  1/1/07 - Wing, Jean

  This study of diverse Asian American students at a racially integrated public high school illustrates that the achievement gap is a multi-racial problem that cannot be well understood solely in terms of the trajectories of Black and white students. Asian American students demonstrated a high academic profile on average, but faced difficulties and failure in ways rendered invisible by widespread acceptance of the “Model Minority Myth,” which says that Asians comprise the racial minority...

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  Beyond the School Yard: Pre-K Collaborations with Community-Based Partners

  1/12/09 - Albert Wat, Chrisanne L. Gayl

  When state and federal funding for pre-k falls short, school administrators can collaborate with community-based programs to expand higher-quality early learning opportunities to more young children. This report highlights what some programs are doing to work together and examines the benefits and challenges of collaboration between K-12, Head Start, faith-base organizations, and other community-based groups.

• Black-White achievement gap and family wealth

  1/1/08 - Yeung, W. Jean, Conley, Dalton

  This article examines the extent to which family wealth affects the Black-White test score gap for young children based on data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (aged 3-12). This study found little evidence that wealth mediated the Black-White test scores gaps, which were eliminated when child and family demographic covariates were held constant. However, family wealth had a stronger association with cognitive achievement of school-aged children than that of preschoolers and a...

• Black–White Achievement Gap and Family Wealth

  1/1/08 - Yeung, W. Jean, Conley, Dalton

  This article examines the extent to which family wealth affects the Black–White test score gap for young children based on data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (aged 3–12). This study found little evidence that wealth mediated the Black–White test scores gaps, which were eliminated when child and family demographic covariates were held constant. However, family wealth had a stronger association with cognitive achievement of school-aged children than that of preschoolers and a...

• Bridging the gap between academics & athletics

  1/1/98 - Jones, Dianne C.

  A study at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater examined the validity of the stereotypes that student athletes were inferior students, selected easier majors, and did not graduate. A review of grade point averages proved that the student athletes at the university were not academically inferior to the general student population. A tabulation of majors showed that student athletes did not select perceived "easier" majors than the general student body. Furthermore, an analysis of graduation...