Pennsylvania's Public School Students: What Do They Know? What Do They Think?

Autor/in	Miller, Leann R.
Titel	Pennsylvania's Public School Students: What Do They Know? What Do They Think?
Quelle	(1982), (12 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Academic Achievement; Attitude Measures; Basic Skills; Educational Trends; Elementary Secondary Education; Grade 11; Grade 5; Grade 8; Longitudinal Studies; Public Schools; State Surveys; Statistical Analysis; Student Attitudes; Pennsylvania Educational Quality Assessment + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulleistung; Basic skill; Grundfertigkeit; Bildungsentwicklung; School year 11; 11. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 11; School year 05; 5. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 05; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Statistische Analyse; Schülerverhalten
Abstract	The data gathered from the Pennsylvania Educational Quality Assessment (EQA) inventory from 1978 to 1981 were analyzed. The results of the analysis were used to determine whether nationwide trends in levels of achievement, opinions, and attitudes of public school students are reflected in Pennsylvania. The status of currently emphasized skills and attitudes in Pennsylvania schools was also assessed. The percentage of Pennsylvania students who selected the correct response to multiple-choice items measuring reading comprehension, mathematics, and writing skills has generally increased over the period studied. Attitudes toward their schools, teachers, schoolwork, and communities have remained relatively stable. The report cites specific research results in the areas of basic skills, political system, safety, drugs and alcohol abuse prevention, occupational opportunities, energy and environment, and arts and the humanities. The data assessed in this report are from a relatively small number of the more than 500 items on the EQA questionnaire. (DWH)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC