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A Quantitative Study of School Characteristics that Impact Student Achievement on State Assessments and those Assessments' Associations to ACT Scores in Tennessee.
<p>The purpose of this study was to determine whether a significant relationship exists between particular home, student, and school characteristics and ACT scores and the relationship these characteristics subsequently have with the TVAAS grades assigned to each high school's ACT scores. These …
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An Examination of Principal Leadership Practices and School-Level Variables in Connecticut Schools with Achievement Gains Above and Below the State's Average Performance Gain on State Assessments
… annual achievement gains above and below the state’s average gain in student performance and sought to determine if there were significant differences in school antecedent/context variables, leadership practices, and mediating variables between these schools.</p> <p>Method</p> <p>Research …
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Testing accommodations for students with emotional or behavioral disorders: a national survey of special education teachers
… behavioral disorders (E/BD), to participate in state assessments. For most students with E/BD, testing accommodations are necessary for participating in large scale state assessments. Yet years after the passage of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 2004 and Title 1 of the No …
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An Evaluation Of A Title One Elementary School's English For Speakers Of Other Languages Program
… at many public schools in the United States are students who primarily speak languages other than English and lack proficiency in the English language. These students are required to show language proficiency on end-of-year English-only state assessments. One public elementary school …
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A QUANTITATIVE SURVEY ANALYSIS OF ELEMENTARY PRESERVICE TEACHER PERCEPTIONS OF ASSESSMENT TASKS IN SCIENCE COURSEWORK
… are assessed through informal and formal assessments, including close-ended and open-ended questions, through classroom and high-stakes assessments. With great significance placed on high-stakes state assessments, classroom instruction and assessments oftentimes mirror the format of state …
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The impact of spending cuts on Missouri student achievement
… There has been an increase in federal and state control of local school districts, as demonstrated in the adoption of the Common Core Standards and mandatory national and state assessments. In conjunction with these changes, an economic recession has resulted in reduced funding for …
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An Evaluation of School Culture and Its Impact on Student Achievement
… achievement due to initial low attainment on state assessments and low graduation rates. The data collected provides both quantitative and qualitative information using a teacher survey, a teacher focus group, administrator interviews, and school achievement data. The results of the study …
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Thinking Beyond the Text: Examining Teachers’ Dispositions of Critical Thinking in Elementary Social Studies Classrooms Through the Use of Socratic Seminars
… pressure on teachers to prepare students for state assessments, teachers teach to the test, not giving students chances to dialogue with their peers. To produce citizens in a genuinely democratic world, the voices of students is crucial. Socratic Seminar is a classroom methodology that can …
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A Study on the Relationships Between Participation in Tutoring and Accountability Measures in One Urban High School
… who participated in the FCAT Reading and EOC assessments and is was identified if they participated in the school tutoring program or not. Quantitative results revealed the relationship between students* frequency of participation and performance outcomes on state assessments. Then, the …
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Misinformation Alters Personality Assessment Scores
… More specifically, can personality trait and state scores be suggestively influenced by false feedback? Similar to personality traits and states, previous false feedback literature has found that an individual’s self-reported confidence, self-esteem, and mood ratings can be suggestively …
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The Relationship Between Student Performance on ALEKS Software and Standardized Tests
… school year and their performance on mathematics state assessments. The study is conducted in a Midwest urban charter school with approximately 300 students. This is a quasi-experimental quantitative research design with a sample size of 336 students in grades sixth through eighth between the …
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Do Homework Trackers Affect Students’ Academic Performance?
With new state assessment requirements for high school graduation, teachers are focusing on different strategies to assist students to achieve those goals. Many teachers state that students who complete homework perform better academically. The current study analyzed whether homework planners …
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A Quantitative Analysis of the Effect of Integrated Co-Teaching on the Growth of English Language Arts and Mathematics Achievement in Elementary School Students Using Student Growth Percentiles
… language arts and mathematics using the New York State testing program results. A quasi-experimental design and a post hoc statistical analyses using t-tests was used to look for statistical differences between identified groups. Achievement growth was operationalized as the student growth …
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A Phenomenography Of Mississippi African American High School Students' Progress In English Language Arts (Ela)
… school has collectively demonstrated success on state assessments and has met growth in ELA, as measured by the Mississippi subject-area testing program 2 (satp2): English II. The primary participants from this school included three juniors and nine seniors. In an attempt to saturate the data and …
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A Brain-Based Approach To Educational Pedagogy
… (ASD) are underperforming their peers on state assessments. The purpose of this practical action research study is to explore how professional development, focused on brain-based research, informs educators’ pedagogical design for students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). By combining …
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A Focus on Making Great Problem-Solvers
… multistep problems that are the main focus of state assessments. Related literature focused on four major steps that should be used when problem-solving. These four steps are closely aligned with Polyas' problem-solving process. My goal in this research was to show that students are struggling …
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Teachers' Beliefs About Students With English as an Additional Language and Co-Existing Disability Participation in State Academic Achievement Tests
… co-existing disability (SEAL+D) participation in state-mandated accountability assessments. U.S. federal laws of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), last reauthorized as the Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015 (ESSA), and the Individuals with Disabilities Act of 2004 (IDEA) require …
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Analysis of the effect of intellectual functioning on scores of a state assessment
… meaningful differences in student performance on state assessments. The purpose of the study was to determine if there is a relationship between the intellectual functioning and the percentage correct on the State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness (STAAR) or STAAR Modified for students …
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The Consequences of the State Implementation of a Nationally Standardized Teacher Performance Assessment as a Certification Requirement: A Mixed Methods Study
… a safety-net more consistent with the other State assessments, increasing funding for the ongoing demands to provide appropriate support, changes to the scoring process and portfolios, and allowing for teacher educators to contest a score that is inconsistent to field assessments.</p>
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