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Showing 1 to 20 of 24 for “"Academic Achievement Gap"”.
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Utilizing Proper Behavior Modification Support Models to Narrow the Academic Achievement Gap Among At-Risk Students
… had a positive impact on the behavioral and academic outcomes among at-risk students. The context of this inquiry is a large middle school located in a medium sized public-school district in North America. This mixed-method, quasi-experimental, formative evaluation, demonstrates outcomes of …
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The Study of Black American Male School Principals’ Life Experiences and How They Affect Black American Male Students in Their Schools to Close the Academic Achievement Gap
… Black American male students in closing the academic achievement gap. The context of this inquiry was an examination of three Black American male former principals/district leaders in one region of the United States, and the study focused on how they used their life and professional …
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Digging deeper : a case study on Hispanic male students' post-secondary plans in a rural Texas high school.
The academic achievement gap between Hispanic males and other demographic groups is not a new problem. Historically, due to years of marginalization, language barriers, and suppression, Hispanic males underperform academically compared to their demographic counterparts. While more Hispanic males …
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Identifying social, cultural, and pedagogical factors that contribute to minority students' low academic achievement
… impact minority students' motivation to achieve academic success. Major aspects of the methodology plan included a self-guided survey with two open-ended questions. The sample size was approximately 106 elementary school students from Oak Valley Elementary School in Deptford, New Jersey. The data …
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The effectiveness of Title I funding : an improvement science quantitative study.
… through Title I have yet to eliminate the academic achievement gap between low socioeconomic students and their advantaged peers in fourth grade reading scores in k-12 education. As the largest educational intervention of the United States, Title I is designed to close the achievement gap …
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Effects of the working class label: increased affect and social class identification
… and its implications for the social class academic achievement gap are discussed.
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Differences Between African American and White Males in Grades 6-8: Comparative Evidence from Selected Texas Rural Schools
<p>The academic achievement gap among Black males in grades 6-8 across Texas is a growing concern. Based on the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR), secondary data from the Texas Education Agency (TEA) was used to evaluate scores from a sample of Texas rural schools. In this …
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A Phenomenological Study of How Anti-Racist Leadership Training Principles Impact the Actions of Middle School Principals
<p>The national crisis of the academic achievement gap is one of the most impactful phenomena for the nations' public schools. This study used a phenomenological qualitative research design to capture the essence and perceptions of building principals' experiences related to principles of …
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A study of academic achievement differences between the genders
This study seeks to explore the academic achievement gap between male and female students by comparing grade point averages across genders. Specifically, the researcher hypothesized that such a gap exists and that females would academically surpass their male counterparts in the classroom. …
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Advocating For One-Way Dual Language Programs In High School, Academia Bilingue
<p>To reduce the achievement gap and stem the increasing dropout rate of English Learners (ELs), a one-way dual language program, Academia Bilingue, was introduced at Sterling High School. ELs then and now account for approximately 20% of the students in the district. A significant academic …
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Effects of Culturally Responsive Teaching Practices on the Literacy Learning of Latino Students
Raising scholastic achievement of diverse and struggling students as well as narrowing the academic achievement gap between students from mainstream and diverse backgrounds seems to be essentially dependent on educators’ personal knowledge, perspectives, and definitions regarding the terms …
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What works? Teaching African American students in urban schools
<p>The academic achievement gap for African American students compared to their White counterparts has historically and currently remained significant. Many researchers have been prompted to address this issue by examining the practices utilized to teach African American students. The findings from …
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Closing the achievement gap: from teacher education to student learning
The academic achievement gap in the United States keeps growing every day. Beginning in eighth grade, students around the world are compared to each other using one international assessment to measure student performance. The results of the assessment are disheartening for Americans because …
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Academic efficacy among adolescent African American males
The academic achievement gap between African American males and their White American counterparts is one of the most researched phenomena in educational and political circles. Current research proposes academic efficacy, sense of school belonging, and racial identity are internal psychological …
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High School Curriculum Tracks as Determinants of Post-Secondary Outcomes: A Study of Track Mobility and Its Effects
… tracking and ability grouping perpetuate the academic achievement gap that exists in the United States, the practice continues. The reason for this persistence is a confluence of educational, social, and political factors. As tracking will continue as practice for the foreseeable future, …
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Eliciting Student Voice to Explore the Need for Culturally Responsive Teaching in Secondary Schools
… of important factors that influence the academic achievement gap in a secondary school with predominantly White students and a minority group of students of color. Current studies are limited when it comes student perspective on the effects of culturally responsive teaching, identity …
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The Impact That The Power Scholars’ Academy Program Has On The Achievement Of Students In Reading And Math
… program that is designed to improve the academic achievement gap. The target population for this research study was participants of the Power Scholars Academy (PSA) program. PSA is a collaboration of BellXcel, local school districts, and community organizations. BellXcel as the creator of …
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The roles and experiences of Black school social workers: are they prepared to fill in the gaps for Black youth in K-12 school settings?
… taken against Black students and the persistent academic achievement gap that remains between Black and white students continue to plague many schools. Historically, Black social workers have stepped in to fill in the gaps suffered by poor and disadvantaged Blacks in the past that encompassed …
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Disrupting the impact of socio-contextual disadvantage on school readiness skill attainment among preschool children: The role of Head Start attendance
… was developed to improve children's social and academic readiness for kindergarten and to reduce the academic achievement gap between impoverished and more affluent children. However, questions about the effectiveness of Head Start have trouble the program since its inception. Head Start …
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A Decentralized Approach to Confront the Debasement of Black Male Student Athletes Who Attend PWI'S
… on other pervasive issues including: (1) the academic achievement gap that exist between Black male student athletes and their White counterparts (Harper, 2013), (2) the commercialization of college athletics (Beamon, 2008; Donnor, 2005), and (3) negative stereotypes that continue to plague …
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