Student Outcomes and the Implementation of a Ninth Grade Academy in a Western North Carolina High School.

<p>One purpose of this study was to compare outcomes of students who were part of a 9^th grade academy during their freshman year with outcomes of students who were not part of a 9^th grade academy during their freshman year. Student outcomes are defined for this study to include attendance, promotion rate to 10^th grade on time, in-school suspension assignments, Algebra I End-of-Course exam scores, and English I End-of-Course exam scores. The second purpose of this study was to compare outcomes of 10^th grade students who were part of a 9^th grade academy during their freshman year with outcomes of 10^th grade students who were not part of a 9^th grade academy during their freshman year. 10^th grade student outcomes are defined for this study to include attendance, promotion rate to 11^th grade on time, and in-school suspension assignments. Data were collected from a high school located in Western North Carolina over a period of 4 years (2007 - 2011). Independent samples t-tests and one-way Chi Square analyses were used to make comparisons for each outcome of the study. Based on the findings of this study, the promotion rate of 9^th grade students to 10^th grade on time increased after the implementation of the 9^th grade academy. In-school suspension assignments for 10^th grade students who were part of a 9^th grade academy during their freshman year were also less when compared to those of 10^th grade students who were not part of a 9^th grade academy. Ninth and 10^th grade students who were part of a 9^th grade academy tended to have more absences than 9^th and 10^th grade students who were not part of a 9^th grade academy. Little difference was found in the other outcomes of the study.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

EdD (Doctor of Education)

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation - unrestricted

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Educational Leadership

Year dc:date.issued

2011

Author dc:creator

• Samuelson, Monet Calloway

• Freshman Academy
• Ninth Grade Academy
• Transition Issues
• High School Dropout
• School Reform
• Small Learning Communities
• Education
• Educational Administration and Supervision
• Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright by the authors.

Repository record dc:identifier

https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/1365

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:dc.etsu.edu:etd-2556