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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"Letter Grade"”.
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Do high school English teachers' and their students' perceptions about writing become more closely aligned after a semester of interaction?
… experience. Students were balanced on gender, grade level, and letter grade in English. Data were categorized and analyzed using the methods of constant comparison and recursive analysis. Findings indicated that students' perceptions became more closely aligned with their teachers' perceptions …
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The impact of standards-based report cards on reading achievement in the third grade
… are transitioning away from traditional A-F letter grade report cards in favor of standards-based report cards (SBRC). Previous studies have indicated that many parents were confused by SBRC. The purpose of this study was to determine if a difference exists between the reading achievement of …
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A School District's Change To Standards-Based Grading: A Conduit To Student Learning
… an elementary school district from a traditional letter grade system to a standards-based grading system. Survey data were collected from 91 teachers across the district in order to measure their understanding of standards-based grading. A standards-based grading pilot was conducted with six …
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Increasing the Buy-In and Effectiveness of a Social and Emotional Learning Class Program in a Single Sex, Urban and Charter High School: Social and Emotional Learning Specialists and Student Perceptions of Its Implementation.
… sizes were too large, students should be given a letter grade, and that more buy-in was needed from various stakeholders. This data could be used to help implement SEL programs across the country. Students, parents, communities, and schools should benefit from having high-quality SEL programs …
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Characteristics and Behaviors of School Board Members in "Grade A" Arkansas Public School Districts
… where 50% or more of their campuses earned a letter grade of “A” on the 2014 Arkansas School Performance Report (Arkansas Department of Education [ADE], 2015). This purpose was achieved through analysis of artifacts from selected school districts including: achievement patterns; board minutes; …
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Peer Led Team Learning in Introductory Biology: Effects on Critical Thinking Skills
… significantly higher exam and final course grades in introductory biology than similar students not participating in PLTL. Finally, among introductory biology students who opted not to enroll in the associated lab course, those who participated in PLTL averaged more than a letter grade …
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An Online Academic Support Model for Students Enrolled in Internet-Based Classes
… comparing the students' cumulative credit hours, grade point averages, college entrance test scores, and first exam scores. The study's four null hypotheses were tested using multiple linear regression equations with alpha levels set at .01. Results indicated that the SI participants earned better …
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Toward an Advanced System of Accountability for Improved Student Learning Outcomes: A Mixed-Methods Analysis of Test-Based Accountability in Louisiana
… defines local school quality through a letter grade rating scale that uses an index for school performance scores (SPS), which in turn impacts traditional and nontraditional (e.g. charter) school expansion, closure, and takeover, administration of opportunity scholarships (e.g. voucher) …
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Failure Facing Pedagogy in First-Year Rhetoric and Composition Classrooms
… missing the mark, or receiving a “below average grade or score” (Inoue 333). However, this perception of failure works to instill a fear in students that may last through their academic journey. Throughout a student’s academic journey, they are taught to operate within the binary of success and …
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Factors influencing grades awarded by teachers: why don't grades reflect achievement only?
… related factors the discrepancy between the grades teachers actually award to hypothetical student profiles and the grades that would result if based on academic achievement alone. Teachers learn in their professional training to base grades on student achievement, however in actual practice …
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The Effects of Race and Gender Bias on Style Identification and Music Evaluation
… The dependent variables were classical jury grade predictions, jazz jury grade predictions, and accuracy of style identification. Results of a 2x2 ANOVA revealed significant differences in style identification by gender and interaction of race and gender. Participants were more likely to …
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A Phenomenological Study on The Lived Experience of First and Second Year Teachers in Standards-Based Grading Districts
… teams, (m) the responsibility of teachers to grade student work, (n) holding students accountable for their work, and (o) translating a number to a letter grade. Conclusions: Varying experiences in preservice programs, the presence of a mentor, a lack of consistent SBG implementation, and …
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Essays in Labor and Education Economics
… in racially integrated schools during earlier grades. Differences in school choice by race contribute to unequal access to effective schools and exacerbate school segregation. Conditional on test score and district of residence, Black and Hispanic families consistently opt for schools with …
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Harnessing curiosity, interest, and empathy in the college chemistry classroom
… the multi-semester intervention perform a half letter grade better in introductory biochemistry after controlling for their ACT Composite and Math scores. Perhaps the most intriguing results from the FPIDC questionnaire is that the General Chemistry 2, Cohort 3 intervention resulted in a small …
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Assessment reform: Higher education faculty beliefs
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2025-03-28 without embargo terms