Closing the Achievement Gap in Elementary Schools: A Policy Advocacy Dissertation

<p>My paper details a policy recommendation for elementary schools in a large school district in Florida. Its aim is to provide equal educational opportunities and equity for all students. I developed it in part based on an educational, economic, social, political, and moral-ethical analysis. My policy's purpose is to enhance the educational experience for all children, maximize time-on-task (TOT) on all subjects, and close the achievement gap. It discourages the use of the pull-out program for remediation in reading and/ or other areas. My new policy, combining the collaborative specialization model, which I developed, with a push-in program, will provide students the required TOT to maximize learning in all subjects without getting pulled out for remediation.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Ed.D. Doctor of Education

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation - Public Access

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Educational Leadership

Year dc:date.available

2014

Author dc:creator

• Villaverde, Nicole

Contributors dc:contributor

• James L. Schott
• Carol A. Burg
• Dale E. Moxley

• Elementary School
• Pull-out Program
• Push-in Program
• Achievement Gap
• Time on Task (TOT)
• Education
• Educational Administration and Supervision
• Educational Leadership
• Elementary and Middle and Secondary Education Administration

Repository record dc:identifier

https://digitalcommons.nl.edu/diss/90

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digitalcommons.nl.edu:diss-1093