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Sharp, Kimberlee A.; Purdum, Kelsey L. – Online Submission, 2019
One component of the United States' public school curriculum core is social studies. Since the No Child Left Behind Act (2001), elementary social studies has been marginalized, and in some cases, eliminated from the school day in favor of increased time for literacy and mathematics instruction. Kentucky's adoption of the ELA Common Core standards…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Social Studies, Common Core State Standards, Information Sources
Knoeppel, Robert C. – Online Submission, 2008
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of teacher certification by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) on student achievement. This study considered the research question, are there significant mean differences for measures of student achievement between schools with a higher percentage of national board…
Descriptors: Teacher Certification, National Standards, Context Effect, Academic Achievement
Knoeppel, Robert C.; Logan, Joyce P.; Keiser, Clare M. – Online Submission, 2005
The purpose of this study was to investigate the potential viability of the variable certification by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) as a policy-relevant predictor of student achievement. Because research has identified the teacher as the most important school-related predictor of student achievement, more research…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, National Standards, Academic Achievement, Teacher Certification