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An Investigation Examining the Closing of the Achievement Gap in Louisiana with the NGSS
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Cage, George C. – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The purpose of this study was to investigate the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and its implications of being a curricular and pedagogical intervention in terms of narrowing the achievement gap in science education for Children of Color. In using the explanatory mixed methods design, standardized test data and one-on-one interviews were…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, Science Achievement, Academic Standards, Science Education
Exploration of Standards-Based, Literacy Leadership Characteristics and Practices in Low Socioeconomic Status, High-Performing Elementary Schools in Louisiana
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Lashana Denise Pollard – ProQuest LLC, 2020
A critical issue is the role of the educational leader in closing the achievement gap in literacy between students living in poverty and those who are not. Not all students are given the same opportunity to be successful in school (Jacobson, 2011; Krashen, 2011). Poverty often means lower scores on all measures of school achievement (Krashen,…
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, Elementary School Students, Low Income Groups, Socioeconomic Status
An Examination of the Perceptions of Educational Leaders on the Ensuring Literacy for All Initiative's Impact on Student Reading Achievement in Louisiana
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Nguyen-Dufour, Khanh Kim – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this qualitative phenomenological study was to examine the experiences of Louisiana's Ensuring Literacy For All (ELFA) initiative from the perspective of educational administrators in order to identify: (a) the factors within ELFA that contributed to student reading performance; (b) the effects of the perceptions of ELFA…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrators, Literacy, Reading Achievement