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John Thomas Hornsby – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The purpose of this study was to determine if there has been a change to the scores on the Texas State Peace Officer Licensing Examination over a given time, and if been a so, identify subjects where scores improved or declined. By recognizing stagnation or declination in test scores, interventions can be designed to enhance the adult learning…
Descriptors: Peace, Police, Law Enforcement, Certification
Leslie B. Smith – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Due to House Bill (HB) 3, passed by the 86th Legislature, Texas public independent school districts are mandated to assess early childhood students using a universal screener. This bill focuses on forming high-quality educational programs and improving reading success in pre-kindergarten through third grade. The Texas Education Agency (TEA) State…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Grade 1, Reading Skills, Student Improvement
Alex Nuñez-Thompson; Ann Saterbak; Christina Rincon; Josh Stelling; Genevera Allen; Matthew Wettergreen – Advances in Engineering Education, 2023
At a small, private school in the southern US, an elective first-year design (FYD) course is offered in addition to the required capstone design course; both courses challenge student teams to tackle real-world problems. In FYD, positive team member effectiveness is cultivated through teaming instruction, demonstrations, and practice. In this…
Descriptors: Teamwork, Engineering Education, College Freshmen, Private Colleges
Eva Quinonez – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The current study was a longitudinal quasi-experimental quantitative study conducted to determine whether or not targeted small-group intervention impacted learning loss relative to the COVID-19 pandemic at a North Texas Title 1 elementary school. Reading and math benchmark and practice test scores from a cohort of 38 fifth-grade students at the…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 5, Small Group Instruction, Intervention
Michael Anthony Kelly Jr. – ProQuest LLC, 2021
As state school-based accountability systems have become more complex and increasingly comprehensive, school district leaders have struggled with the balance of managing limited school district funding while focusing on improving student academic achievement as quantified by state-mandated testing results. The amount of a school district's…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 3, Attendance Patterns, State Aid
Cerna, Oscar – MDRC, 2019
Community colleges continue to increase their efforts to better serve students who enter their institutions with limited basic math, reading, or writing skills. In 2015, MDRC partnered with the Texas Coordinating Higher Education Board on a study to examine how colleges implemented state guidelines for students scoring below ninth-grade…
Descriptors: Mathematics Skills, Basic Skills, Skill Development, Mathematics Instruction
Kennedy, T. J.; Odell, M. R. L. – Science Education International, 2014
With the "flattening" of the global economy in the 21st century, the teaching of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) has taken on new importance as economic competition has become truly global. STEM education has evolved into a meta-discipline, an integrated effort that removes the traditional barriers between these…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Learner Engagement, High School Students, Academic Achievement
Rehak, Patricia A.; McKinney, Lyle – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2015
The thoughtful utilization of student course evaluation data has been documented in the literature as a way to significantly improve student learning outcomes and the overall quality of instruction. However, at many community colleges, course evaluations continue to be used only for summative purposes or as a generic measure of instructor…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Course Evaluation, Developmental Studies Programs
McShane, Michael Q. – Education Next, 2019
Communities in Schools is one of the nation's oldest and largest providers of integrated student supports, also known as "wraparound services." Started in New York City in the 1970s, the agency now works with more than 2,300 schools in 25 states and the District of Columbia. The model is straightforward: Communities in Schools recruits,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Student Improvement, Achievement Gains, Charter Schools
Houser, Chris; Garcia, Sonia; Torres, Janet – Journal of Geoscience Education, 2015
Summer research experiences are an increasingly popular means of increasing awareness of, and developing interest in, the geosciences and other science, technology, engineering, and math programs. We describe and report the preliminary results of a 1-wk Geosciences Exploration Summer Program in the College of Geosciences at Texas A&M…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Earth Science, Summer Science Programs, Science Education
Kimbark, Kris; Peters, Michelle L.; Richardson, Tim – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2017
Despite a great increase in the numbers of students enrolling in higher education, specifically at community colleges, the successful completion rates for these students has remained static since the 1970s. When reviewing strategies to increase student retention and successful completion, the Student Success Course (SSC) has emerged as a promising…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Two Year College Students, Academic Persistence, School Holding Power
Morton, Tabitha S. M. – Journal of Latinos and Education, 2015
This article seeks to determine whether 2 common management strategies, representative bureaucracy and personnel stability, can be used in combination with each other in order to improve educational policy outcomes for Latinos. Using data from Texas school districts from 1994 to 2010 and a cross-sectional longitudinal research design, I find that…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, Educational Improvement, Outcomes of Education, Educational Policy
Halupa, Colleen M.; Caldwell, Benjamin W. – International Journal of Higher Education, 2015
This quasi-experimental research study evaluated two intact undergraduate engineering statics classes at a private university in Texas. Students in the control group received traditional lecture, readings and homework assignments. Those in the experimental group also were given access to a complete set of online video lectures and videos…
Descriptors: Quasiexperimental Design, Engineering Education, Undergraduate Students, Lecture Method
McGruder, Nancy C. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
The purpose of the current study was to determine if three community colleges were serving developmental education students in an effective and cost-efficient manner, make observations about the developmental education demographics, and conclude if Senate Bill 162 (SB 162) increased the percentage of college ready students who participated in…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, State Legislation, Educational Change, Developmental Studies Programs
Sobel, David – NAMTA Journal, 2014
As research today is often required to validate innovative aspects of education, David Sobel's analysis of the SEER report makes quantitative sense of nature education and its ability to improve learning. Test scores increase, attendance surges, language arts assessments show richer self-expression, speaking skills gain a community cause, math…
Descriptors: Place Based Education, Achievement Gap, Environmental Education, Outcomes of Education