Seton Hall University
The Value of Iowa School District Community Demographic Data in Explaining School District ITBS/ITED 3rd and 11th Grade Language Arts and Mathematics Scores
Abstract
dc:description.abstract<p>The purpose of this study was to determine which combination of 15 community demographic factors account for the most amount of variance and can best predict an Iowa school district’s percentage of students scoring proficient or above on the 2010 Iowa Test of Basic Skills (ITBS) and Iowa Test of Educational Development (ITED) for 3<sup>rd</sup> and 11<sup>th</sup> grade Language Arts and Mathematics. This study, along with extant literature and past research, supports the hypothesis that community demographic factors have an impact on state standardized test scores. </p> <p>This study revealed that 20.4% of the variance in 2010 ITBS 3<sup>rd</sup> grade Language Arts scores can be explained by community demographic variables; 12.2% of the variance in 2010 ITBS 3<sup>rd</sup> grade Mathematics scores can be explained by community demographic variables; 20.3% of the variance in 2010 ITED 11<sup>th</sup> grade Language Arts scores can be explained by community demographic variables; 23.6% of the variance in 2010 ITED 11<sup>th</sup> grade Mathematics scores can be explained by community demographic variables. Using only community demographic factors, this study successfully predicted as much as 73% (11<sup>th</sup> grade Language Arts) of the actual 2010 ITBS/ITED scores and as much as 69% (11<sup>th</sup> grade Mathematics) of the actual 2010 ITBS/ITED scores. The results of this study add to the growing body of research that community demographic factors influence student achievement results.</p>
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Executive Ed.D. in Education Leadership Management and Policy
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Dissertation
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Education Leadership, Management and Policy
- Year dc:date.available
- 2015
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Darnall, Byron E
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- Gerard Babo, Ed.D.
- Anthony Colella, Ph.D.
- Jason Glass, Ed.D.
- Ryan Wise, Ed.L.D.
Subjects
dc:subject × 5Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Repository record dc:identifier
- https://scholarship.shu.edu/dissertations/2075
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:scholarship.shu.edu:dissertations-3119