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Showing 1 to 20 of 27 for “"End of grade"”.
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Teacher Self-Efficacy and Student Achievement as Measured by North Carolina Reading and Math End-Of-Grade Tests.
… continue to experience an increased sense of responsibility as it relates to job performance while still being required to produce at the same level with relation to student performance. This can cause an increase in personal stress and result in lowered feelings of self- worth, having a …
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The Relationship of School Size and Socioeconomic Status to Middle Grades Growth Status on End of Grade Tests in North Carolina.
<p>The purpose of this quantitative study was to compare student achievement, as assessed by the ABC (Accountability, Basics, Local Control) end of grade tests, of students in different sized schools and of different socioeconomic backgrounds. The population consisted of 379 middle schools in North …
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Interscholastic Sports Academic Performance and Attendance of Middle School Student Athletes and Nonathletes.
<p>The purpose of this study was to determine if student athletes were more successful in school than nonathletes at 2 middle schools located in the same school district in Western North Carolina. Each school serves students in grades 6-8; however, data were only gathered from students in grades 7 …
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Principal Leadership, Teacher Morale, and Student Achievement in Seven Schools in Mitchell County, North Carolina.
<p>The purpose of this study was to understand and measure principal leadership practices and teacher morale as it relates to student achievement in Mitchell County at two elementary schools, four middle schools, and one high school. First, a review of the related literature attempted to define …
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The correlation between scores in selected eighth grade tests and achievement in ninth grade algebra
… was concerned with algebra readiness. The policy of the Stockton Unified School District, where the study was made, was to schedule students to take elementary algebra in grade nine if their test scores indicated a reasonable expectation of success. The problem was to determine which of the group …
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An outcome evaluation of the Shine Centre's literacy hour programme
… dissertation reports on an outcome evaluation of The Shine Centre's literacy intervention, Literacy Hour. The Shine Centre is a South African non-governmental organisation that offers literacy support to Grade 2 and 3 learners at risk of reading failure. The programme takes the form of …
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Educational Decision making among Grade 9 learners in Cape Town
… make the decision to leave high school at the end of Grade 9, whilst other learners continue to Grade 12 or tertiary education. This exploratory, longitudinal study investigated the Educational Decision Making (EDM) of 16 Grade 9, Coloured, male learners from poor neighbourhoods in Cape Town. …
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How Principal Characteristics Including Experience, Leadership Style, Philosophy, and Education Influence Science Achievement
<p>The purpose of this evaluation was to analyze the leadership characteristics of principals and determine how the characteristics influenced science achievement. The context of this inquiry was a school system in the southern United States where 55% of elementary students scored below grade level …
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Should Modality Be a Consideration in the Selection of an Approach to Beginning Reading?
The purpose of the study was to examine the results of an effort to select an approach to first-grade reading for each child in accordance with his modality strength as determined by an informal modality test. In their kindergarten year, 60 middle-class children with at least average intelligence …
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The Relationship Between Elementary School Administrators' and Teachers' Perceptions of the Influence of Male Teachers and Schools' Male Student Achievement Growth in English Language Arts
… students in the United States. A common recommendation to reduce this achievement gap has been to hire more male teachers. The purpose of this study was to examine the perceptions that elementary administrators and teachers have of male teachers’ influence on male student growth in English …
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Estimating the Effectiveness of Special Education Using Large-Scale Assessment Data.
The inclusion of students with disabilities in large scale assessment and accountability programs has provided new opportunities to examine the impact of special education services on student achievement. Hanushek, Kain, and Rivkin (1998, 2002) evaluated the effectiveness of special education …
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School Factors and Their Impact on the Black-White Achievement Gap in Eastern North Carolina
… for much longer. The gap between the test scores of Blacks and Whites is often termed the Black-White achievement gap. The present study used publicly available test score data, from the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction Report Cards of End-of-Grade tests, to investigate the presence …
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Standards of South African Senior Certificate Biology examinations : 1994 to 2007. Volume 1 : Chapters and references.
… Senior Certificate (SC) examinations at the end of Grade 12, signal two messages to the society in which they operate: first, the competencies that are valued, that is, its standards; second, the required level of mastery in these competencies that are construed as indicators of success. The …
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Language practices and pupil performance in rural and urban Grade 1 primary classrooms in Swaziland
This study of language practices and pupil performance in Grade 1 urban and rural classrooms in Swaziland attempts to analyse and evaluate the Swaziland Language-in- Education Policy in Grade 1 classrooms. It is derived from an observation that within the Swaziland Education System there are two …
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INCREASING STUDENT LEARNING THROUGH THE USE OF DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICES IN MIDDLE GRADES MATHEMATICS
This Dissertation in Practice examined the effect of differentiated instructional practices on student proficiency, engagement, and teacher perceptions of student learning in middle grades mathematics classrooms. The study was guided by three inquiry questions: (a) What is the effect of …
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Learning difficulties grade 12 Pupils experience in Biology: The case of selected High School in Samfya District of Zambia
… have shown that many pupils fail biology at end of grade 12. The purpose of the study was therefore to investigate the nature and causes of learning difficulties pupils experience in biology in high schools of Samfya district. This study was guided by the following questions: 1.What learning …
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Learning difficulties grade 12 Pupils experience in Biology: The case of selected High School in Samfya District of Zambia
… have shown that many pupils fail biology at end of grade 12. The purpose of the study was therefore to investigate the nature and causes of learning difficulties pupils experience in biology in high schools of Samfya district. This study was guided by the following questions: 1.What learning …
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Teachers' Perceptions of French Immersion Inclusionary Strategies
… listening and communicating in French by the end of Grade 12 by immersing them in an almost all-French instructed education (Calgary Board of Education, n.d.). Despite the large body of research exploring inclusion and its manifold benefits for all students in mainstream programs (Avramidis et …
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Grade three(3) pupils preparedness for the read on course(ROC): a case of selected basic schools in Chingola district of Zambia
The study was conducted to assess Grade 3 pupils’ preparedness for the Read On Course (ROC) under the Primary Reading Programme (PRP) in reading and writing in Bemba as a first language and English as a second language. The study addressed the following main objectives among others: to establish if …
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Grade three(3) pupils preparedness for the read on course(ROC): a case of selected basic schools in Chingola district of Zambia
The study was conducted to assess Grade 3 pupils’ preparedness for the Read On Course (ROC) under the Primary Reading Programme (PRP) in reading and writing in Bemba as a first language and English as a second language. The study addressed the following main objectives among others: to establish if …
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