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The Academic Effect of Homelessness: An Important Role for School Social Workers
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Hendricks, George E.; Barkley, William M. – School Social Work Journal, 2011
No published studies using statewide end-of-grade (EOG) scores have compared the academic achievement of homeless and normally housed students. This preliminary quasi-experimental study used archival records from the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction of more than 57,000 grade six students in 2006 and more than 94,000 grade six…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Homeless People, Academic Achievement, School Social Workers
Necessary, but Not Sufficient: The McKinney-Vento Act and Academic Achievement in North Carolina
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Hendricks, George; Barkley, William – Children & Schools, 2012
The McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Assistance Improvements Act of 2001 (MCKV), which provides funds to local educational agencies (LEAs), is almost a decade old, yet no evaluations of its academic effectiveness have been reported. Using a systems theory framework, the authors answer the question of whether homeless students in grade 6 from LEAs…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Grants, Reading Comprehension, Systems Approach
The Impact of the McKinney-Vento Program on the End-of-Grade Test Scores of Homeless Grade 6 Students
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Hendricks, George – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Congressional concern about homeless students resulted in the McKinney-Vento Act (MCKV) in 2001, which provides funds to local educational agencies (LEAs). MCKV is almost a decade old, yet no evaluations of its academic effectiveness have been reported. Using a systems theory framework, this study answered research questions (RQs) involving…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Financial Support, School Districts, Context Effect