A Case Study of Two Rural Elementary Schools: What Are The Identified Characteristics That Make School A Outperform School B In Reading?

<p>The research objective was to gain a greater understanding of schools in rural Kentucky communities. Through interviews and surveys the investigator studied two schools with a similar populations facing many of the same obstacles, such as, a low socioeconomic status. The 2007-2008 Kentucky Performance Report stated that School A had an Academic Index of 105.7 in the area of reading and that School B had an Academic Index of 82.4. </p> <p>Through the research, the investigator expected to better identify the gaps between lower performing and higher performing elementary schools in the region. My research question was, A Case study of two rural elementary schools: Why had one school outperformed the other? </p> <p>The research project focused attention on school A and school B in rural Kentucky. The researcher attempted to identify some of the reasons as why school A appeared to have been more successful than the other school, while facing very similar economic and socio-economic struggles. The researcher analyzed reading scores from both school A and school B as a means of selecting these. </p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts (MA)

Level thesis:degree_level

Master's

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Educational Leadership and Policy Studies

Grantor dc:publisher

Eastern Kentucky University

Year

2013

Author dc:creator

• Levey, Emily Taylor Finley

• Education
• Reading
• Rural
• Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 2013 Emily Taylor Finley Levey

Repository record dc:identifier

https://encompass.eku.edu/etd/189

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:encompass.eku.edu:etd-1187