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Denham, Magdalena – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Purpose: The purpose of this quantitative study was to investigate the impact that function, experience, and training of Independent School District School Resource Officers (ISD SROs) have on school climate. The participants were ISD SROs (n = 172) and teachers (n = 162) located in middle and high schools in Texas. Method: The Role of Law…
Descriptors: School Districts, Police, Educational Environment, Law Enforcement
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Augustine, Catherine H.; McCombs, Jennifer Sloan – State Education Standard, 2015
The Wallace Foundation is funding a multiyear demonstration project to determine whether voluntary, district summer learning programs can stem summer learning loss for low-income students. Six districts--Boston, Cincinnati, Dallas, Duval County (Florida), Pittsburgh, and Rochester, New York--were selected for the demonstration project and…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Low Income Groups, At Risk Students, Program Effectiveness
Carter, Alisa – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships of demographic (indicators describing student characteristics), structural (indicators describing school characteristics), student (indicators of student academic achievement), and financial (indicators of instructional expenditures) factors to student mathematics achievement. A sample (n…
Descriptors: High School Students, Secondary School Mathematics, Mathematics Achievement, Demography
Benson, Tammy – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this study was to examine two types of school organizational structures: elementary open-enrollment charter schools and elementary traditional public schools. The study examined the degree to which attendance rates (based upon the prior school year's data), class size and average number of years of teaching experience were related…
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, Open Enrollment, Charter Schools, Traditional Schools
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Frazelle, Sarah; Nagel, Aisling – Regional Educational Laboratory Northwest, 2015
To stem the tide of students dropping out, many schools and districts are turning to early warning systems (EWS) that signal whether a student is at risk of not graduating from high school. While some research exists about establishing these systems, there is little information about the actual implementation strategies that are being used across…
Descriptors: At Risk Students, Dropouts, Dropout Prevention, Prevention
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Johnson, Ursula Y.; Martinez-Cantu, Veronica; Jacobson, Arminta L.; Weir, Carla-Marie – Early Education and Development, 2012
Research Findings: This study investigated the relationship of the Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY) program to mothers' involvement in education at home and school, student school readiness in kindergarten, and student academic outcomes at 3rd grade. HIPPY serves a mostly minority, low-income family population and…
Descriptors: Mathematics Achievement, Achievement Tests, School Readiness, Kindergarten
Herrera, Angelica Ware; Malerba, Cathy – Online Submission, 2010
This 2008-2009 school year program in AISD uses a train-the-trainer model in which Spanish-speaking mothers participate in a 6-week course about teaching early literacy skills and preparing their children for school. Sixty-nine of 107 mothers completed the program in 2008-2009. Students of mothers who completed the program showed academic gains.
Descriptors: Mothers, Spanish Speaking, Emergent Literacy, Literacy
Kadhi, T.; Rudley, D.; Holley, D.; Krishna, K.; Ogolla, C.; Rene, E.; Green, T. – Online Submission, 2010
The following report of descriptive statistics addresses the attendance of the 2012 class and the average Actual and Predicted 1L Grade Point Averages (GPAs). Correlational and Inferential statistics are also run on the variables of Attendance (Y/N), Attendance Number of Times, Actual GPA, and Predictive GPA (Predictive GPA is defined as the Index…
Descriptors: Grade Point Average, Law Schools, Statistical Analysis, Databases
Ogea, Angelique – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This study was designed to investigate alternative high school students' perceptions of attendance and to determine if a relationship existed among those perceptions, student attendance rates, and Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) mathematics scores. Using survey methods, data were collected from 76 high school students who attended…
Descriptors: At Risk Students, High School Students, Student Attitudes, Attendance Patterns
Sanchez, Octavio – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The need to address social and economic changes has focused greater attention on our public education system and the need to better equip students with the skills needed for a global society. This quantitative study was grounded in the principles of the constructivist learning theory. The purpose of this study was to determine whether the added…
Descriptors: Magnet Schools, Program Effectiveness, Social Change, Data Analysis
Zamarripa, Linda – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Mastering mathematics has become more important than ever before in the United States. Students with a strong background in mathematics have an advantage over those students who struggle, when competing for jobs. In the job market, workers who have a strong mathematics and science background are more likely to be employed and earn more than those…
Descriptors: High Schools, Mathematics Achievement, Teaching Experience, Secondary School Mathematics
Sanders, Margaret Ann Roden – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The objective of this study was to investigate the attendance patterns of parents and students at IEP/transition meetings where transition plans for students with disabilities are developed. Transition plans were developed to determine the level of assistance the student with disabilities required as he/she graduates or ages out of public school.…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Socioeconomic Status, Eligibility, Mental Retardation
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Jones, John T.; Toma, Eugenia F.; Zimmer, Ron W. – Economics of Education Review, 2008
The size of schools and districts in which they are located has become a salient policy issue in recent years. While consolidation of school districts and expanding high school size were in vogue from the 1960s until recently, funding agencies are now sponsoring projects to reduce school size under the assumption that smaller schools will lead to…
Descriptors: Dropout Rate, Academic Achievement, School Size, Average Daily Attendance
Harvard Family Research Project, 2011
Graduation and dropout rates are the center of the conversation about high school reform, with President Obama and the U.S. Department of Education leading the charge to boost high school and college graduation rates among our nation's students in the next ten years. Recognizing the need for a comprehensive approach to keeping teens in school and…
Descriptors: High Schools, School Restructuring, Graduation Rate, Dropout Rate
Ware Herrera, Angelica – Online Submission, 2009
This report summarizes analyses of whether results from Austin Independent School District's students' Spring 2008 state-mandated academic assessments are related to their results on a fitness assessment.
Descriptors: Physical Health, Human Body, Educational Assessment, Vocational Evaluation
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