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Showing 1 to 20 of 53 for “"School Accountability"”.
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School Accountability Grades: The Influence Of Student And School Characteristics
… that enacted a grading system by which schools are measured for their performance through a formalized ranking system, which deem schools a success or failure. These accountability systems are developed by legislators and policymakers in order to fulfill federal requirements like the No …
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Charter School Accountability: Patterns of Practice Among Multiple Sponsoring Agencies
Since 1991, charter schools have become a popular school choice option. Charter schools are independent public schools free from most state regulations in exchange for a written contract specifying that certain results will be obtained. Charter school accountability depends on both the specific …
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Ethical Leadership in the Age of Accountability: Principals' Perceptions of Ethical School Accountability
… and the economic neoliberal underpinnings of school accountability processes through the lens of middle school principals in Virginia. A synthesis of Shapiro and Stefkovich's ethics of the profession framework was applied to evaluate the history of accountability legislation in terms of …
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An Analysis of Issues That Helped Shape Florida Public School Accountability Legislation: 1989-2000
… education. Driven by a public desire to measure schools and educators based on student achievement, policymakers have moved quickly to create politically expedient accountability reform laws. Research into early attempts show significant difficulties with regard to their political and legal …
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No Principal Left Behind: Leadership and Ethical Dilemmas in the Turbulent Era of School Accountability
In 2003, Mid-County North High School (pseudonym), a large suburban, rather affluent school did not make Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) under the No Child Left Behind Act. The school's special education population was unable to meet the proficiency requirements of the Mid-County's state, and as …
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The Arts and Student Engagement: Correlational Insights for School Accountability of Low Income, English Learners, and Foster Youth
… in both academic classes and the broader school community within a diverse, urban, public charter high school. Using survey data from 251 students in grades 9–12, analyses explored whether arts engagement was associated with academic and school-community engagement and whether these …
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Middle School Accountability and Positive Behavior Recognition: A Qualitative Case Study of the Perspectives of Parents/Guardians, Teachers, and Administrators in a Xaverian Brothers Sponsored School
… policies, and interventions of Catholic schools holding middle school boys accountable for their behavior while helping them envision the future with positive roles and outcomes for themselves. The school in this single-case study is one of 13 Xaverian Brothers Sponsored Schools (XBSS) in …
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Radical Inclusion: An Engagement Model for Accountability Redesign
<p>To ensure that Chicago Public Schools’ school accountability policy is equitable and representative of the insights and perspectives of those most impacted, this study advocates for CPS to enact a Radically Inclusive Stakeholder Engagement (RISE) policy to enforce a more inclusive policy …
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The Impact of Accountability on School Dropouts: The Students' Voices
… influenced students of one suburban Louisiana school district to leave school prior to obtaining a diploma. Qualitative methods were used to investigate the reasons that students gave for what influenced them in making their decision to leave school. Additionally, it was the intent of the study …
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School-based self-evaluation in Greece: a challenge for primary schools
… explores whether and to what extent a particular school self-evaluation (SSE) programme, aimed at school accountability and school improvement, can be accommodated into the Greek reality. The research employs an ethnographic case study in one primary school in Athens and involves collaborative …
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The Influence of Neighborhood, Family, School, and Student Dimensions of Social Capital on Academic Achievement: An Integrated Theoretical Framework
… of the academic achievement of students with schools while ignoring other social factors that might influence the educational outcomes of students. Students are part of a complex social system that both enable and constrain their development and behavior. If we are to look at ways to improve …
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The Influence of Neighborhood, Family, School, and Student Dimensions of Social Capital on Academic Achievement: An Integrated Theoretical Framework
… of the academic achievement of students with schools while ignoring other social factors that might influence the educational outcomes of students. Students are part of a complex social system that both enable and constrain their development and behavior. If we are to look at ways to improve …
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Essays on the economics of education
… of three original research articles relating to schooling in England. The first research chapter evaluates a recent English education policy which encourages state primary schools to become academies: state-funded, non-selective, and highly autonomous establishments. The chapter investigates the …
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Promoting Parental Participation and Involvement
… and involvement. The mounting efforts of school accountability movements in the United States (i.e., No Child Left Behind) has created a pressing need for educators of school aged children to become not only advocates for their students, but seekers of strategies that will facilitate their …
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High School Contextual Variables and ACT Scores
… findings from the 2015 Crepe Myrtle High School (CMHS) graduates and determines if statistically significant relationships exist between student demographic and school participation variables with ACT composite scores. Utilizing both a Pearson product moment statistical correlation and …
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Equitable Assessment for Elementary Dual-Language Learners
… education. I argue that dual-language elementary schools in the New York City Department of Education would be better served by a performance assessment model to measure student and school accountability for several reasons. Performance assessment is more equitable for students who are …
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Literacy Instruction for Learners with Moderate to Severe Intellectual Disabilities: A Chance for Growth in Reading through Adapted Materials and Evidence-Based Strategies
… strategies during literacy instruction for high school students with moderate to severe disabilities. Historically, students with severe disabilities have been denied consistent and quality literacy instruction in the educational setting. If reading instruction was provided, it traditionally …
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Balanced Calendar versus Traditional Calendar: Measuring the Difference in Reading Academic Achievement among Kindergarten through Third-Grade Students Who Have Been Identified as Reading Below or Well-Below Grade Level
School accountability is increasing with federal mandates. As public schools investigate strategies to raise students’ achievement scores and graduation rates, some have implemented a modified school calendar. Schools are focusing particularly on the academic success of students from third-grade …
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Student Voice: How the Presence of School-Wide Student Voice Initiatives at the Elementary Level Impact the School Community
<p>Although the presence of student voice in schools has diminished over the past few decades due to a nationwide focus on standardized testing and school accountability, recent student movements and a push for equity and engagement in school reform efforts have brought this topic back to the …
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Examining the Effects of Gender, Poverty, Attendance, and Ethnicity on Algebra, Geometry, and Trigonometry Performance in a Public High School
Over the last few decades school accountability for student performance has become an issue at the forefront of education. The federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) and various regulations by individual states have set standards for student performance at both the district and individual …
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