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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"Student Socioeconomic Status"”.
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School Leadership Practices, Student Socioeconomic Status, and Student Achievement in One Virginia School District
… literature review for this study suggests that socioeconomic status is a factor in student achievement results. Over the decades the variety of factors contributing to the changes in the achievement gap among subgroups of students has consistently included such elements as educational …
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How Much Does Teacher Turnover Matter? the Mediating Impact of Teacher Turnover upon Student Socioeconomic Status and Student Achievement
… schools serving large populations of low-income students. Research acknowledges the existence of a gap in educational opportunities afforded students in low-income schools but has not considered teacher turnover as one source of that gap. Higher teacher turnover may help partially explain low …
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Teacher's Perceptions of Leadership Characteristics of Public High School Principals Associated with Student Socioeconomic Status, Community Type, Race, and Student Achievement
… of the school demographic factors of ethnicity, socioeconomic percentages, academic performance, and school location (urban versus rural) on principal leadership with data analyzed when schools were placed into groups ex-post-facto. One-Hundred and sixty-nine teachers representing six public high …
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The Perceptions of Principal Instructional Leadership Practices on 8th Grade Ohio Achievement Assessment (OAA)
… instructional leadership behavior and student performance, (b) to determine if a significant relationship between teacher perceived principal instructional leadership behavior and student performance, (c) to determine the extent principals’ instructional leadership behavior scores, as …
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Migrant children and academic achievement in Shanghai : a PISA study of influential student and school characteristics
… a quarter of the compulsory-education students (grades 1 to 9) in contemporary China. In an effort to provide an equal schooling opportunity for migrant students, Shanghai in 2008 opened up local public schools to migrant students. However, few studies to date have investigated how …
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Student vs. teacher perception of student behavior for youth with emotional and behavioral disorders : accurate assessment
… valid instrument for measuring the behaviors of students with EBD and (b) to determine whether there was a relationship between teachers' perceptions of behaviors of students with EBD and these students' perceptions of their own behaviors. Perceptions were measured using the BOS and the Child …
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The Relationship Between School Climate and Student Achievement at the Elementary School Level
… is the relationship between school and student socioeconomic status (Sirin, 2005). According to Bryk and Schneider (2003), if schools create positive learning environments, students will achieve at a higher level than what their socioeconomic background would otherwise predict. The …
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Teacher Efficacy Beliefs in Collaborative Learning Communities: A Statewide Study in Large High Schools
… tenth grade teachers, involve sharing a group of students across the school day, have common planning time to create similar expectations, and are provided professional development in order to more effectively collaborate on student achievement. Professional Learning Communities allow groups of …
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The Effects Of A Sustained, Job-Embedded Professional Development On Elementary Teachers' Math Teaching Self-Efficacy And The Resulting Effects On Their Students' Achievement
… explored connections among teacher efficacy and socioeconomic status with student achievement.</p> <p>Using a quantitative approach, a job-embedded professional development initiative sustained over a 2-year period with 35 teachers was found to increase teachers' general and personal efficacy in …
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Essays on understanding post-secondary preparation and matriculation of high school students relative to differential public school contexts
… entrance, and matriculation of high school students, particularly for underrepresented populations. My inquiry utilizes comprehensive state longitudinal data, nationally representative longitudinal data, and national school fiscal data, along with quantitative methods to examine these …
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Educating the Whole Child: Evidence of Health and Wellness Instruction in the Schools Serving Low-Income Students
… the United States are expressing concern about student physical and mental well-being. Childhood obesity has more than doubled in the past three decades, and today, one in five children experiences symptoms of mental illness. Low-income children are especially subject to these conditions. The …
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The Relationship Between Selected Attributes of Algebra I Teachers and Student Achievement on the Algebra I SOL Test in Grades 9-12
… the relationship between teacher attributes and student scores on the SOL Algebra I Test in Grades 9-12 focused on three prominent teacher attributes: certification, specialization in math, and years of experience teaching math. The study also assessed two additional relationships: 1) the …
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A Contextual Examination Of Mississippi's Principal Preparation Programs And Their Impact On Student Achievement
… preparation programs and their impact on student achievement, is to determine whether a difference exist between Mississippi's traditional and alternate route principal preparation programs. The study also determines if there is a difference between Mississippi's eight principal …
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A Study Examining Secondary Student Achievement in the Eleventh Grade Based on Large and Small High School Population Size in Virginia
… Virginia to try to understand if the high school student population size influenced the student achievement of eleventh grade students based on identified predictor variables. Several studies were identified and included in the literature review. From the literature review, the predictor variables …