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Tamara J. Heck – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The adoption and implementation of state science standards based on the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) have posed significant challenges for the development and interpretation of science Large-Scale Assessments (LSA); specifically, the extent to which the assessment items align with the standards. Previous research has relied on large…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, State Standards, Student Experience, Science Instruction
Tafelski, John Joseph – ProQuest LLC, 2016
This Capstone project intended to create a greater awareness and develop an understanding of the impact of attendance on academic performance. Schools are faced with the tasks of ensuring students attend school and keeping them engaged while they are at school. This project encourages the reader to look past school attendance as a mere student…
Descriptors: Attendance, Counties, Grade 7, Learner Engagement
Rencher, Charles L. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
This Capstone project intended to create a greater awareness and develop an understanding of the impact of attendance on academic performance. Schools are faced with the tasks of ensuring students attend school and keeping them engaged while they are at school. This project encourages the reader to look past school attendance as a mere student…
Descriptors: Attendance, Counties, Grade 7, Learner Engagement
Floyd, Donise – ProQuest LLC, 2014
Educational institutions are placing students with disabilities in inclusive programming to meet legislative requirements. School districts have been mandated to develop rigorous programs that can increase the academic achievement of students with disabilities, as well as their participation in general education classrooms. Many school districts,…
Descriptors: Grade 7, Mathematics Achievement, Academic Achievement, Disabilities
Cameron, Garry Van – ProQuest LLC, 2010
With passage of The No Child Left Behind Act in 2001, the nation's schools have been under pressure to bring all students to a proficient level as defined by their state. The State of California currently uses a status model accountability system to measure whether a student, school, or district is proficient. Other states such as Arizona,…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Educational Testing, Legislation, Case Studies
Douma, Jason Scott – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this phenomenological study was to investigate the perceptions that male at-risk sixth, seventh and eighth grade students' possess toward reading at a small rural public school district in Michigan. Male at-risk students was generally defined as students below grade level in reading based on their STAR reading assessment. Male…
Descriptors: Phenomenology, Males, At Risk Students, Grade 6