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The National Schools to Watch Initiative: Characteristics and Implementation Levels of Successful Middle-Level Schools
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Mertens, Steven B.; Flowers, Nancy – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2016
Utilizing longitudinal data from the national Schools to Watch (STW) program, this paper examines school demographic characteristics and teacher ratings of the implementation of STW criteria in STW schools and schools that have applied but have not yet been designated as a STW. The STW program was established by the National Forum to Accelerate…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Institutional Characteristics, School Effectiveness, School Demography
The Predictive Influence of Family and Community Demographic Variables on Grade 7 Student Achievement in Language Arts and Mathematics
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Wolfe, Adam – ProQuest LLC, 2016
This correlational, explanatory, longitudinal study sought to determine the combination of community and family-level demographic variables found in the 2010 U.S. Census data that most accurately predicted a New Jersey school district's percentage of students scoring proficient or above on the 2010, 2011, and 2012 NJ ASK 7 in Language Arts and…
Descriptors: Family Involvement, Community Involvement, Grade 7, Academic Achievement
Predicting Middle Level State Standardized Test Results Using Family and Community Demographic Data
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Tienken, Christopher H.; Colella, Anthony; Angelillo, Christian; Fox, Meredith; McCahill, Kevin R.; Wolfe, Adam – RMLE Online: Research in Middle Level Education, 2017
The use of standardized test results to drive school administrator evaluations pervades education policymaking in more than 40 states. However, the results of state standardized tests are strongly influenced by non-school factors. The models of best fit (n = 18) from this correlational, explanatory, longitudinal study predicted accurately the…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Standardized Tests, Test Results, Models
Personnel Allocation in Middle Schools in the State of New Jersey: An Examination of School Context, Accountability Pressure, and Teacher Assignments
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Kirk, Kelly L. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The key focus of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 was to improve public education for all students in the United States, with an emphasis on closing the achievement gap between advantaged and disadvantaged students (Kantor & Lowe, 2006; Linn, Baker & Betebenner, 2002). The notion behind NCLB, to close the achievement gap, was praised,…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Resource Allocation, School Personnel, Accountability
In What Ways is the New Jersey County Vocational School Admissions Criteria a Predictor of Student Success on State Mandated Tests?
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Rubin, Scott; Ramaswami, Soundaram – AASA Journal of Scholarship & Practice, 2013
Vocational and Technical Education (VTE) at the secondary-school level has undergone transformation, especially in the last 25 to 30 years brought about by the implementation of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act of 1984. Earlier, the VTE education focus was to prepare students for entry-level jobs that did not require a…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Admission Criteria, Success, Language Arts