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Showing 1 to 20 of 59 for “"Adequate Yearly Progress"”.
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Principals' Practices Contributing to the Attainment of Adequate Yearly Progress in Georgia
… to improve student achievement in order to meet Adequately Yearly Progress (AYP). The study included elementary, middle, and high school principals from selected schools that made AYP. Focus groups from each of the schools were also interviewed and included parents, teachers and other school …
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School Climate Components that Contribute to Adequate Yearly Progress in Elementary Schools
… website pertaining to one school that made Adequate Yearly Progress, and one that did not make Adequate Yearly Progress. The sample of eight teachers was selected using a purposive sampling and the accounts of their personal ideas, feelings, beliefs, and perceptions of their feelings of job …
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Public School Funding and School Systems Meeting Adequate Yearly Progress in Tennessee.
… focused on Tennessee school systems and their adequate yearly progress <em>(AYP)</em> status of "targeted" or "good standing" from 2007 through 2009. Federal, state, and local funding, as well as per-pupil expenditure, average teacher salary, and number of students, were used as variables. All …
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The No Child Left Behind Act: Characteristics of Public Elementary Schools and Adequate Yearly Progress
This study evaluated how public elementary schools in the second largest school district in Nevada, with the largest populations of students with special needs, fare under the No Child Left Behind Act. The study also examined how such students in schools on a traditional calendar compared to …
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A Description of Accommodations, Modifications, and Forms of Assessments in Middle Schools That Made Adequate Yearly Progress in an Urban County During 2010
… frequently been one of the subgroups not to make adequate yearly progress (AYP) in middle schools. If one subgroup does not meet the required objectives for meeting Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP), the entire school does not meet AYP. The purpose of this study was to identify accommodations, …
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Strategies And Techniques Used By Exemplary Georgia Middle School Principals To influence The Achievement of Students With Disabilities And Meet Adequate Yearly Progress Goals
This study investigated and defined effective strategies and techniques that four exemplary principals from Pacesetter middle schools used to promote the achievement of students with disabilities and to meet AYP goals. A qualitative triangulated case study was employed, utilizing data from …
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A Study of the Relationships between Superintendent Longevity, Board Member Longevity, Board Member Training, and School Districts Demonstrating Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) During the 2004-2005 School Year
… Pennsylvania school districts that demonstrated Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) during the 2004-2005 school year. AYP was selected as a barometer of school effectiveness because it is the most prominent and widely accepted National measure of school achievement in place as a result of NCLB. A …
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Examining Leadership Styles in Ten High Poverty Elementary Schools
… (kindergarten through eighth grade) that achieve adequate yearly progress overall for 3 consecutive years?</p><p>2. What is the perception of principals and select teachers of the leadership style of five principals at low SES area elementary schools (kindergarten through eighth grade) that do not …
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Job Satisfaction of Public Middle School Principals in the Commonwealth of Virginia: Revisited
… school population, accreditation status, and Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP). Specifically, this study sought to answer the following 5 questions: (1) What is the general satisfaction level of middle school principals in the state of Virginia as measured by the Minnesota Satisfaction …
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The Relationship Between Attitudes Toward the "No Child Left Behind" Law and Perceived Levels of Burnout Among Teachers in Berrien County, Michigan
… and teachers' opinions of NCLB and its adequate yearly progress. Teachers' years of teaching experience and the class size as it relates to small, average, or large class sizes were also examined to determine how they influenced differences in reported levels of burnout. Descriptive …
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No School Left Behind: A Multiple Case Study of High-Performing Third-Grade Reading Programs in Low-Income Rural Schools in Southern Illinois
… makes it difficult to sustain growth trends in Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP). Nonetheless, Adequate Yearly Progress has become the accountability tool by which the public and politicians perceive the success or failure of the public school system. Bauch (2001) articulated the importance of …
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The No Child Left Behind Act: An Analysis of its Impact on the Academic Success of Students in Cobb and Fulton Counties in Georgia
… order to hold teachers and students accountable. Adequate yearly progress is a measurement of the percentage of students and schools that satisfy the requirements of NCLB. The Georgia Department of Education uses the Criterion-Referenced Competency Test as the adequate yearly progress assessment …
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Integrating 6th Grade Geometry Standards into a Waldorf Methods Charter School
… bar of academic success measured by their Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP). Because these scores are based largely on standardized tests there is a need to integrate California’s academic content standards into Waldorf methods charter schools. The purpose of this review of the literature is …
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The Relationship between Household/Parental Structure and Student Performance on Standardized Tests
… is imperative for schools to achieve mandated adequate yearly progress scores. Quantitative research methods were used in this study to show correlations between household structure and student performance. Participants in the study included 33,136 students in Seattle Public Schools. …
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An Investigation of the Principal's Communication in the Comer School Development Model
… gap, find viable strategies for reaching adequate yearly progress, and have chosen to address these critical concerns by implementing school reform models. The purpose of this qualitative case study was to examine the characteristics of the principal's communication in the operation of the …
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A Study of the Leadership of High-Poverty, High-Performing Schools Through the Lens of Moral Leadership
… and mathematics in two previous years; made Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) in the two previous years as required by No Child Left Behind.</p>
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A Multiple Case Study of the Co-Teaching Practices of Trained Educators in Two Successful Schools
… teachers in schools consistently making adequate yearly progress with their students with disabilities. The present study was a multiple case study examination of trained co-teaching partners in two successful schools. Findings in this study resulted in the emergence of a newly proposed …
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Leadership Behaviors that Improved Student Achievement in Three Selected Georgia High Schools
… were chosen based on successfully achieving adequate yearly progress (AYP) during 2005-2006 school years, as outlined by the Georgia Department of Education. Fifteen leaders from three Georgia high schools were interviewed to examine their roles in improving student achievement. Research …
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School leaders as both colonized and colonizers: understanding professional identity in an era of no child left behind
… intensifies each year as the benchmark for Adequate Yearly Progress under the NCLB policy is raised, resulting in standards-based reform, scripted curriculum and pedagogy, absence of elective subjects, and a general lack of autonomy critical to the work of teachers as they approach each …
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