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Fisher, Tracee Nichole – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The problem that guided this study was the low proportion of students scoring 3 or more on the Advanced Placement English Language and Composition (APELC) exam at one Department of Defense (DoD) school. Moreover, the qualifying ratios were lower than students attending all DoD and U.S. schools. The need for teachers to examine the performance of…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Academic Achievement, Advanced Placement Programs, English Instruction
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Rebecca Archer Anwar; Juliet E. Hart Barnett – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2024
"Augmentative and alternative communication" (AAC) refers to a wide variety of communication devices, systems, tools, and strategies that support or replace spoken language. Augmentative and alternative communication users represent a range of ages, abilities, and communication needs. Support for AAC often begins in the public school…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Special Education, Special Education Teachers, Speech Language Pathology
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Chalfant, Logan; Rose, Karen; Whalon, Kelly – Science Teacher, 2017
Approximately one in 68 children in the United States has an autism spectrum disorder (ASD), according to official estimates (CDC 2016). Although students with ASD have no typical learning profile, many have trouble organizing information, connecting past and present experiences/events, linking concepts, determining relevant from extraneous…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Public Schools, Student Needs
Pierce, Jennifer; Jackson, Dia – Education Policy Center at American Institutes for Research, 2017
P.S. 52 Sheepshead Bay School in Brooklyn, New York, serves more than 850 students from pre-kindergarten to fifth grade from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds. After scores on the 2014 New York State English language arts assessment were unsatisfactory, first-year principal Rafael Alvarez searched for a way to improve academic outcomes for his…
Descriptors: Response to Intervention, Elementary School Students, Public Schools, Program Effectiveness