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Helping Standards Make The Grade, Thomas R. Guskey
Helping Standards Make The Grade, Thomas R. Guskey
Educational, School, and Counseling Psychology Faculty Publications
When reporting on student work, educators need a clear, comprehensive grading system that shows how students are measuring up to standards.
Analysis Of The Change In Math Placement Test Instruments, Sharon Schmidtz, Carl Simpson
Analysis Of The Change In Math Placement Test Instruments, Sharon Schmidtz, Carl Simpson
Office of Institutional Effectiveness
In May of 2000 a new Math Placement Test (MPT) instrument was put into use and new cut-off scores inplemented. This report analyses the effectiveness of this change.
Alienation From School Among Aboriginal Students, Jan Gray, Quentin Beresford
Alienation From School Among Aboriginal Students, Jan Gray, Quentin Beresford
Research outputs pre 2011
It is difficult to overstate the depth of the educational disadvantage which continues to be experienced by Aboriginal young people in the Swan District. While encouraging signs can be found in the genuinely positive attitudes towards school among many of the Aboriginal students who are regular attenders, it is still the case that considerable differences in educational outcomes between Aborigines and non-Aborigines remain.
For example:
• Only one of the students interviewed was found to be undertaking a full Tertiary Entrance Examination course in the district during the Year 2000.
• Few students (especially boys) remain at school to study …