School District Survey of Academic Requirements and Achievement. Fast Response Survey System, Early Release [microform]
- Bib ID:
- 5434210
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- National Center for Education Statistics (ED), Washington, DC
- Online Version:
- https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED238097
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- Description:
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- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1983
- 13 p.
- Summary:
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Results of this survey indicate that three important ways to improve high school student achievement are to increase daily attendance, improve study skills, and increase required courses. Two-thirds of the school district administrators responding rated increasing attendance as highly important. Almost half strongly favored increasing required core subject and study skill courses. Other highly rated alternatives among the eight listed were raising graduation requirements and expanding inservice teacher training. During the past 3 years (1979-82), nine out of ten districts reported implementing one or more activities to bolster achievement. Although urban, suburban, and rural districts are similar in their graduation requirements, urban districts tend to emphasize minimum competency tests and homework assignments more than rural districts. Minimum competency tests and scores from the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) and American College Testing (ACT) Program revealed no consistent pattern of positive relationships between requirements and achievement. Questionnaires mailed to a national probability sample of 571 school districts representing 11,370 school districts with high schools yielded a 93 percent response rate. Six tables of statistical findings and a reproduction of the survey questionnaire are included. (JBM)
- Notes:
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- ERIC Note: Survey questionnaire contains small print.
- Educational level discussed: Elementary Secondary Education.
- May also be available online. Address as at 14/8/18: https://eric.ed.gov/
- Reproduction:
- Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive.
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- National Center for Education Statistics (ED), Washington, DC
- Available From:
- ERIC
- Copyright:
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- Until 2053 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Publication date:
- 1983
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