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Direct linkBret Bailey – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The purpose of this quantitative study was to provide school district leaders and policymakers information of the impact grade configuration had on academic performance using math and ELA ILEARN scores over a three-year period. The study included data from 585 schools that were classified into four groups: Elementary Setting, Intermediate Setting,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Grade 6, Data, Mathematics
Peer reviewedTimmermans, Anneke C.; Rubie-Davies, Christine M. – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2023
Two developments in teacher expectation research formed the basis for the current study. First, researchers have begun investigating the self-fulfilling prophecy effects of teacher expectations on a variety of psycho-social outcomes in addition to the effects on academic achievement. Second, researchers have started to realize that some groups of…
Descriptors: Expectation, Teacher Attitudes, Gender Differences, Minority Group Students
Rose, Caleb P. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
KIPP Delta College Preparatory School (KIPP: DCPS), an open-enrollment charter school, opened in 2002 in Helena, Arkansas. Since its opening, KIPP: DCPS students have consistently outperformed their peers in the Helena/West Helena School district, and moreover, recent test scores suggest that white students and minority students are achieving at…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, College Preparation, Academic Achievement, High Achievement
Schleizer, Shawn M. A. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Accelerating the acquisition of reading skills in at-risk third- through sixth-grade students is critically important if educators expect to meet federal and state performance targets and also meet children's needs. In an attempt to rapidly advance learning in reading, a large urban school district provided a group of 2,227 students performing…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Intervention, Academic Achievement, Decision Making
Reid, Jennifer L. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The purpose of the study was to determine the reading, math, and language proficiency outcomes of 4th-grade through 7th-grade students with limited English proficiency following nearly two years or more of instruction in the English Language Learner Program (ELL) and concurrent general education studies. The maximum accrual for this study was…
Descriptors: General Education, Second Language Learning, Language Proficiency, Limited English Speaking
Download full textZinth, Jennifer Dounay – Education Commission of the States (NJ1), 2009
The middle grades are in crisis. By state and national measures, student achievement gains realized in the elementary grades all too often diminish by grade 8. In most states, the considerable policy focus on high schools in recent years has not trickled down to a focus on the middle grades --yet preparation for "college- and work-ready standards"…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, At Risk Students, Educational Change, Academic Achievement
