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Ensey Hover, Ashlee B. – ProQuest LLC, 2014
This research study was conducted to examine the effects of the Kindergarten Readiness program in a large suburban school district in Tennessee as measured by third grade Reading and Mathematics TCAP Achievement Test scores. In addition, the study examined the relationships between the chronological ages of the students at kindergarten entry and…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, School Readiness, Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests
Harte-Weiner, Philene – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The quantitative study contained herein was conducted to determine if there is a relationship between antibias education (ABE) and student performance on state standardized tests in a South Florida school district. In many districts, raising test scores has become priority with some schools even changing their curriculum so that teachers teach…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Academic Achievement, School Districts, Comparative Analysis
Gambrell, James Lamar – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Although much educational research has investigated the relative effectiveness of different educational interventions and policies, little is known about the absolute net benefits of K-12 schooling independent of growth due to chronological age and out-of-school experience. The nearly universal policy of age tracking in schools makes this a…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Academic Ability, Quasiexperimental Design, Regression (Statistics)
Coats-Kitsopoulos, Gloria Jean – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between the Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS), the Reading Recovery Observation Survey (RROS) early reading sub-tests, and the reading achievement of Native American first-graders as measured by the Stanford 10. A causal-comparative correlation research design…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Reservation American Indians, Grade 1, Emergent Literacy
Williams, Matthew Anthony – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this study was to investigate if the delivery of personalized extraneous multimedia (PEM) messages prior to the delivery of the primary instructional materials could prime intrinsic interest and have a positive impact upon achievement in comparison to the use of non-personalized extraneous multimedia (NPEM). Extraneous materials are…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Instructional Materials, Multimedia Materials, Multimedia Instruction
Holman, Lester Donnie – ProQuest LLC, 2011
In an ex post facto causal-comparative research design, this study investigated the effectiveness of Automated Writing Evaluation (AWE) programs on raising the student writing achievement. Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program (TCAP) writing achievement scores from the 2010 administration were utilized for this study. The independent variable…
Descriptors: Writing Ability, Writing Achievement, Writing Skills, Writing Evaluation
Schmidbauer, Hollace J. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
In the late 1990s, teachers in five pilot districts in Ohio were trained during the Baldrige in Education Initiative (BiE IN). Training included Baldrige's theory, quality process and quality tools. The study was a follow-up to determine the effect of the use of the Ohio Baldrige Initiative training in the pilot districts (and other early…
Descriptors: Research Design, Grades (Scholastic), Total Quality Management, Achievement Tests