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Grade Inflation Causes and Evidence

to determine what can be - and should be - done about it. The basic definition of grade inflation is when a student receives a gra...

High Stakes Tests and Their Effects

with new and higher levels of standards for each grade level, standards that in many cases cause profound anxiety in students and ...

Classrooms That Are Graded versus Nongraded

ideas concerning education. Rousseaus thoughts were very different. Rather then seeing the mind of the child as a blank slate, Ro...

Application of Theory on Delinquency

that blockage of these goals can result in delinquency that indicates that deviant behavior is an illegitimate method for achievin...

ISAT

10 be tested (Bettis, 2004). The Illinois Goals Assessment Program (IGAP) was created to "develop competency-based tests" (Bettis,...

Failing Grades and LD Students

the legal system that the best place for special education students - psychologically and otherwise - is within the mainstream sys...

Failing Grades and Learning Disabilities

category was first formulated in 1977. The phrase, "All student will learn to read by third grade" has become a rallying point in ...

Elementary Education and Technology Integration

typed their writing assignments, they were able to make more effective editing choices (Fletcher, 2001). Other findings included: ...

Impact of Inclusion Upon Learning Disabled Students

"like frequent breaks or a small-group setting" (Rubenstein and Quinones, 2004). The state reports that 84 percent of students wit...

Third Grade Student and Childhood Learning Assessment

that it was a test that had also been given to her friend Haifa and that it was important to test more than one person. This seeme...

Methodology on a Study Regarding Student Outcomes and Parent Involvement

organizing parent help at school, home, or other locations (Sheldon and Epstein. 2005, p. 196; Jones, 2001, p. 36). * Type 4. Lear...

Year Long Mathematics Program Planning for the Fifth Grade

will be able to classify polygons. 3.) Students will identify triangles by sides and angles. * Data analysis and probabilities: 1....

Grades Seventh through Twelfth and Dropout Rates

and test performance, inasmuch as stereotype vulnerability has proven to predispose ethnic populations to related test anxiety. "...

Elementary School PE

during these age levels and becomes a self-starter (Kahn, 1997). Understanding these characteristics help the teacher to plan le...

A Target Behavioral Intervention Plan for ADHD

an anecdotal recording and data sheet summarizing a systematic classroom observation of the target student and a control student u...

Viability of Grade Retention

use of voluntary retention is a way to help a failing child succeed (Perry, 1999). The trend is really based on anecdotal evidence...

Elementary Students and Creative Writing

In five pages this paper discusses the educational importance of creative writing in 1st through 3rd grades. Four sources are cit...

4 Topics Summarized

In six pages four topics are discussed and include learning disabilities and educational interventions, psychological and educatio...

Elementary Level Assessment of Portfolios

In ten pages this research paper examines elementary school grade level portfolios as an assessment alternative approach. Twenty ...

2nd Graders and the Impact of Silence and Rap Music

In six pages this research paper provides a review of the pertinent literature regarding the process of learning and the effects o...

Elementary Education, Standardized Testing, and Grade Retention

In thirty pages this paper considers elementary schools' use of standardized testing such as the Iowa Test of Basic Skills in an e...

The Concepts of Graded Structure, Central Tendency and Ideal Dimensions Among Tree Experts and Novices

6 pages and 2 sources. This paper provides an overview of an article by Lynch, Coley and Medin entitled: "Tall is typical: ...

Moral Permissibility of an Educator Raising the Grade of a Student

In five pages the philosophies of Immanuel Kant and John Rawls are applied to a consideration of whether or not it is ethically ac...

Creation of Freshman Wings

In eight pages this paper examines ninth grade school transition issues and the impact of freshman wings' creation in schools as a...

Child's Play Can Be Educational

In five pages this report on learning and the importance of educational games in kindergarten and first grade levels are discussed...

Objectives for Lesson

An instructional unit on water for grade 6 was selected from the Web. This essay analyzes the lesson and creates terminal and enab...

Curriculum Regarding Drug Education

In three pages an appropriate curriculum regarding drug education for 5th grade students is discussed. Three sources are cited in...

Gap in Scores in Texas

Schools are required to administer exams each year in certain subject areas and in certain grade levels. Texas has revised their e...

Michigan Educational Assessment Program

The Michigan Educational Assessment Program is the assessment program for several subject areas in certain grade levels. This is t...

Personal and Professional Goals

This 5 page paper outlines some personal goals on how to achieve professional appeal. This paper states various minor goals such a...