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Showing 1 to 20 of 127 for “"Low-Performing"”.
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The Effects of Math Recovery on the Low-Performing Mathematics Student
This study examined the effectiveness of the course, Math Recovery, on a group of ninth-grade students enrolled in the course Algebra/Geometry I measured by course grades and subsequent tenth-grade MAP scores. In addition, gender and race differences were investigated in this study to determine the …
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The Impact Of Professional Development Of Effective Teachers In Low Performing Schools
… factor to the success or lack of success in low-performing schools. Specific student-focused professional development can be used to increase academic achievement, school culture, and the level of effective teaching. A lack of attention to school-specific professional development can …
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Behavioral Analysis of Directors of High-Performing Versus Low-Performing High School Bands
… into one of two categories, directors of high-performing bands or directors of low-performing bands, based on audio recordings of concert band performances. Directors from the two categories were matched in terms of years of experience, educational background, and current teaching environment …
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Identifying the Competencies Required to be a Highly Effective Leader in a Low-Performing School
… required to be a highly effective leader in a low-performing school. This is a Fall 2013 project that involved district leaders and school-based administrators in one of the largest school districts in Florida. This project is important because if successful, it can directly affect the 25% …
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A Comparative Analysis Of Teacher Perceptions Of School Culture In High-Performing And Low-Performing Iowa Schools
… gaps that exist in student subgroups of low socioeconomic status, English language learners, special education, and racial/ethnic minority identification. State departments of education collect a vast array of data to monitor public school performance. In most states, teacher perceptions …
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Four Year Old Kindergarten Should Not Be Optional, But A Necessary Program For Low Performing School Districts
… can help to close the achievement gap in underperforming school districts. Research has shown that students from lower social economic status do not have the same access to high quality early education compared to more affluent communities. The WEEE Policy will help to provide resources and …
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Factors That Lead to Teachers Applying to and Staying in a High-Poverty, Low-Performing Elementary School
… applying to and staying in a high-poverty, low-performing elementary school. Duncombe (2017) noted that 16% of their teaching staff in high-poverty schools were within their first 2 years of teaching, in stark contrast to low-poverty schools having only 8% of their teachers in their first 2 …
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Gottshall Early Reading Intervention: A phonics based approach to enhance the achievement of low performing, rural, first grade boys.
… live in poverty cannot read or read two years below grade level. In this experimental study, I designed and examined the effects of the Gottshall Early Reading Intervention (GERI) to determine if direct instruction with a small group, phonics based approach would increase the literacy achievement …
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A Study Examining Disparities in Selected Variables of High Performing and Low Performing High Schools in the Commonwealth of Virginia
… among selected variables between high- performing and low-performing high schools in Virginia. Overall, student academic performance is the major difference between the two categories of schools, but there may be other differences within the school dynamic that can rationalize the …
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A profile of selected high- and low-performing nonprofit foundations in public community, technical, and junior colleges in the United States
… study was to determine whether effective (high-performing) and less effective (low-performing) foundations differ significantly in their organizational and operational characteristics. As a result of this study, the following questions were answered: (a) What are the organizational and …
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A Study of the Relationship Between Building Conditions, Selected Teacher Qualifications, and Student Attendance in High and Low Performing Elementary Schools
… result in schools being categorized as either low or high performing. The major difference between the two categories is obviously student academic performance, but there may be other differences in the school organizations that would also account for the categorization of schools. This leads …
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The Examination of Real-Life Implementations of Critical Elements in a Professional Learning Community for High-Performing Middle Schools and Low-Performing Middle Schools
… across the nation categorized as failing or low-performing schools. A significant amount of attention and resources are dedicated to transform low-performing schools to high-performing schools promoting student achievement. Because of the increasing demand that low-performing schools be …
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Examination of the Professional Development and District Support Needed for Leadership Success from the Perspective of Middle School Principals in Low-Performing Urban Schools
<p>Principals leading low-performing urban middle schools operate in complex, high-accountability environments characterized by diverse student populations, elevated expectations, and high leadership turnover rates. Although principals play a critical role in school improvement, limited research …
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The Relationship Between the Haberman Star Teacher Pre-Screener Score and the Students’ Academic Growth in a Large Urban School District's Low-Performing Schools.
… are at-risk of failing in schools across the US. Low-income and minority students, specifically African American students, have a reduced chance to get teachers of high quality when compared with their non-minority, non-low-income peers (Center for Public Education, 2005). Teacher attrition has a …
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Complicating choice : nuanced portrayals of parental choice decisions
… for families and children attending persistently low performing schools for the past 40 years. Since 1960, choice programs have been expanded with the principal goal of providing opportunities to families and children to attend schools that better align with the families’ educational goals. The …
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Improving teacher compensation : an exploration of teacher attitudes
… teachers to work with the most at-risk, low-performing students and at hard-to-staff schools intensifies the educator drought and professional deluge. As the challenge to staff schools grows increasingly alarming, schools need to implement sustainable measures to address this concern. …
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A comparison of mental strategies used by skilled and unskilled mental calculators
… was made between the strategies used by high and low performing mental calculators. A number of high and low performing mental calculators were chosen as a result of their performances on twelve interview items. Both groups of students were given a set of division problems to complete mentally. …
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Middle School Principals' Time-on-Tasks and the Relationship to School Performance
… differences are in how principals in high and low-performing middle schools spend their time and to determine what relationships exist between the principal's time-on-tasks and school performance. In the literature review, the researcher identified seven categories of time use to collect and …
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