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Showing 1 to 20 of 301 for “"Achievement gap"”.
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School Engagement and the Achievement Gap
… of the influence of engagement on learning and achievement is well established. There is also indication of a test-score gap between poor students and middle class students as well as among racial and ethnic groups.</p> <p>This gap continues to be a top priority in educational reform. Since the …
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Georgia Superintendents' Perceptions of the Minority Achievement Gap
… and proposed remedies for closing the Minority Achievement Gap (MAG). Using a survey instrument developed by the author, the perceptions of Georgia public school superintendents are explored. This study codifies this information so that it is available for consideration by all superintendents …
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The minority achievement gap in a suburban school district
… system has yielded significant differences in achievement among students in different racial groups, a phenomenon commonly known as the "Achievement Gap". Despite the volume of research devoted to studying achievement gaps, school administrators faced with the challenge of reducing these gaps …
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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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Organizational Change Plan For Closing The Black And White Achievement Gap
… every suburb and every rural area there is a gap between the achievements of Black and White students. The term “achievement gap” has become an accepted label in situations where Black students severely underperform relative to their White counterparts. Many school Districts have discretely …
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Educational Policy Development For Closing The Black And White Achievement Gap
… every suburb, and every rural area, there is a gap between the achievements of Black and White students. The term “achievement gap” has become an accepted label in situations where Black students severely underperform relative to their White counterparts. Many school districts have discretely …
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Closing the Achievement Gap in Elementary Schools: A Policy Advocacy Dissertation
… (TOT) on all subjects, and close the achievement gap. It discourages the use of the pull-out program for remediation in reading and/ or other areas. My new policy, combining the collaborative specialization model, which I developed, with a push-in program, will provide students the …
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Closing The Minority Achievement Gap in Georgia Middle Schools: Principals' Perspectives
… that have been struggling to close the minority achievement gap in schools. Three Georgia middle school principals considered to be successful in closing the achievement gap were interviewed to determine the strategies and practices that they use to close the minority achievement gap. These …
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LEADERSHIP EFFORTS TO CLOSE THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP FOR HISTORICALLY UNDERPERFORMING SUBGROUPS (HUS) IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS (K-6): HOW ONE SUBURBAN SCHOOL DISTRICT IS ADDRESSING THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP
The achievement gap has been identified as a significant challenge faced by school districts across the nation and has been an item on the national agenda for quite some time. Students that are part of the identified disaggregated groups are not achieving at the same rate as their White and Asian …
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White Students in Urban Schools: The Unheard Voice in the Achievement Gap
… Texas (Morris, 2006). Research on the academic achievement of impoverished urban White students is limited. The present study investigates achievement gaps that are probably a function of student demographic characteristics, and achievement equity (i.e., the influence of school-level demographic …
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Perceptions of the Achievement Gap Between Black and White High School Students
… school systems have been battling with the achievement gap between Black and White students. It has been over 50 years since desegregation, and evidence from data still shows that Black children are still lagging behind White children on standardized tests and graduation from high school. …
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The Impact of Early Childhood Education Upon the Black-White Achievement Gap
It can be argued that the current Black-White achievement gap provides evidence for a long-standing history of racial inequity within American society, as well as an informative barometer of progress toward educational parity. By all accounts, the measurements registered by this barometer continue …
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Exploring Alaska Native and African American Parent Perspectives: The Educational Achievement Gap
… and African American parents understand the achievement gap as well as their suggestions or solutions for reducing and ending the gap. Seventeen parents were interviewed, from both Alaska Native and African American descent. These interviews took place over the phone due to the current health …
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Factors That Impact the Achievement Gap Between African American Male and Female Siblings
This study examined factors that impact the achievement gap between American male and African American female siblings. The researcher gathered data through interviews and academic artifacts consisting of Georgia's writing test for grades 8th and 11th, the 8th grade Criteria Reference Competency …
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Preschool and the Literacy Achievement Gap in one Rural School Division in Virginia
… skills. This lack of preparation creates a gap in literacy achievement that is persistent and grows throughout a child's K-12 experience. One rural Virginia school division has begun offering a full-day prekindergarten program for the most at-risk three year-old children. The purpose of this …
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Teacher Perceptions about Diversity and the Achievement Gap: Understanding the Discursive Construction of Whiteness
Teacher perceptions about diversity and the achievement gap were examined. Participants were alternative teacher licensure candidates at the student teaching phase of their preparation program. Two-hour individual, in-depth, and semi-structured interviews were conducted with each of the …
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Closing the mathematics achievement gap: exploring the applicability of growth mindset in South Africa
Growth mindset interventions have been shown to give small but significant boosts to mathematics performance. These interventions are both brief and cheap, making them attractive for boosting mathematics performance. Is it possible that South African students can benefit from a growth mindset …
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