Article: Long Beach-area school test scores released

Article: Predictors of academic performance of university students: an application of the goal efficacy model.
College Student Journal;  June 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......the model) could predict academic performance of university students; and b) the best predictor of academic performance. The sample comprised 103...strongly correlated with academic performance. Of the four variables...

Article: Health-Related Variables and Academic Performance Among First-Year College Students: Implications for Sleep and Other Behaviors.(Statistical Data Included)
Journal of American College Health;  November 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ...Improved academic performance is an appropriate goal for...professionals. A common measure of academic performance is grade point average (GPA...affect college students' academic performance. Clearly, it is not possible...

Article: Local Schools Show Growth on State API
Targeted News Service;  April 20, 2007 ;     153 words ......latest round of student performance data shows steady, continued improvement by local schools. The Long Beach Unified School District's median Academic Performance Index of 750 is up by 14 points over last year, a rate of growth that surpasses...

Article: Does heavy drinking affect academic performance in College? Findings from a prospective study of high achievers *.
Journal of Studies on Alcohol;  July 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......association between heavy alcohol use and academic performance, as students who report more frequent...few studies have taken students' academic performance prior to college or other potential...apparent effect of heavy drinking on academic performance. A number of longitudinal ...

Article: Academic performance of nursing students: do prerequisite grades and tutoring make a difference?
Nursing Education Perspectives;  September 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......performance and tutoring services with academic performance of first semester nursing students...nursing courses. Influence on academic performance was determined by comparing the academic performance of two groups, students who attended...

Article: Alcohol consumption, sleep, and academic performance among college students.(Report)
Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs;  May 1, 2009 ;     700+ words ......behavioral problems, including poor academic performance (Buboltz et al., 2006; Perkins...surprising, especially with respect to academic performance, given the known effects of alcohol...influences both sleep patterns and academic performance and that sleep mediates the effects...

Article: Food Intake and Academic Performance Among Adolescents
Canadian Journal of Dietetic Practice and Research;  October 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......between food use and grade, sex, and academic performance. Methods: Participants (n=325) were...Demographic information and self-reported academic performance were also assessed. Vegetable and...score, and milk score predicted academic performance best. Results: Mean daily intakes...

Article: Diet quality and academic performance *.(Research Article)(Report)
Journal of School Health;  April 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ...LITERATURE REVIEW The academic performance of children impacts their...demonstrated importance of academic performance and resulting educational...overall diet quality, to academic performance. In past decades, poor...

Article: Calling for a watchdog; UW audit eyes monitoring of academic performance
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  October 5, 2006 ;     449 words ......addresses the need to monitor athletes' academic performance, a new UW audit concludes. Such...of efforts by the NCAA to improve academic performance. UW auditors were asked to review...Division II. According to the audit, academic performance standards were not included in every...

Article: A First View of the Academic Performance of African Americans at
Journal of Blacks in Higher Education, The;  March 31, 1995 ;     700+ words ......The 03-31-1995 A First View of the Academic Performance of African Americans at Three. Highly...embarking on a broad study of the academic performance of African-American college students...very few indicators to assess the academic performance of black college students. The ...

Article: NCAA creates group to examine Div. I players' academic performance
University Wire;  June 1, 2007 ;     545 words ......enhancement group that will study the academic performance of Division I men's basketball players...with Division I men's basketball academic performance as measured by the APR," Brand said...teams would be penalized for poor academic performance, Brand said. "As a result, we're...

Article: The Determinants of Academic Performance: Hong Kong Immigrant Students in Canadian Schools.
Canadian Ethnic Studies Journal;  September 22, 2000 ;     700+ words ......major factors which affected the academic performance of 368 recent Hong Kong immigrant...significantly and positively related to academic performance. A partir des concepts de capital...1990; Stevenson et al., 1985). As academic performance is generally regarded as an early...

Article: The effect of body weight on adolescent academic performance.
Southern Economic Journal;  April 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......increased body weight reduces the academic performance of adolescents or young adults...relationship between body weight and academic performance. First, it may be that poor academic performance causes higher body weight. This...

Article: PREDICTING PREHOSPITAL CARE STUDENTS' FIRST-YEAR ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE
Prehospital Emergency Care;  January 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......previously identified factors relating to academic performance be used to predict first-year academic...was conducted. Six predictors of academic performance were examined, namely: University...Three dependent variables assessed academic performance: grade point average (GPA) of ...