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Direct linkVanessa Ann Curley-Ward – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The purpose of this quantitative comparative study was to examine if gender and participation in a STEM curriculum have separate and/or interacting statistically significant effects on academic achievement of 8th grade middle school students attending Arizona Title I middle schools. The theoretical foundation was cognitive learning theory, which…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Low Income Students, Disadvantaged Youth, Middle School Students
Peer reviewedLohr, Abby M.; Bell, Melanie L.; Coulter, Kiera; Marston, Sallie; Thompson, Moses; Carvajal, Scott C.; Wilkinson-Lee, Ada M.; Gerald, Lynn B.; Korchmaros, Josephine – Health Education & Behavior, 2023
When students feel connected to their school, they experience positive health and academic outcomes. In contrast, school disengagement is a predictor of dropout, delinquency, and substance use. School garden programming has the potential to help children achieve academic outcomes and feel connected to their school. Unfortunately, most school…
Descriptors: Gardening, Student School Relationship, Learner Engagement, Hispanic American Students
Slamowitz, Paula – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The purpose of this research study was to determine if there was an academic achievement gap between third through eighth-grade students in Title I and Non-Title I schools in the academic content areas of English Language Arts and Mathematics. The study focused on the following subgroup: economically disadvantaged students. The data was gathered…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, Academic Achievement, Grade 3, Grade 4
Alliance for Excellent Education, 2009
Graduation rates are a fundamental indicator of whether or not the nation's public school system is doing what it is intended to do: enroll, engage, and educate youth to be productive members of society. Since almost 90 percent of the fastest-growing and highest-paying jobs require some postsecondary education, having a high school diploma and the…
Descriptors: Graduation Rate, Dropouts, Graduation, Academic Achievement
Download full textHorne, Tom – Arizona Department of Education, 2009
Ensuring that all Arizona children receive the high-quality education they deserve requires an effective teacher in every classroom along with school and district leadership that is focused on raising student achievement. Arizona's educators, from the classroom teacher to the district superintendent, are the most important component of the state's…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Academic Achievement, Minority Group Children, Educational Quality
Arizona Department of Education, 2010
As part of compliance with with the federal No Child Left Behind Act, this document presents the State Report Card of Arizona for 2009-2010. The report card provides tables relating to percentage of students who passed AIMS in Arizona by subject and grade. The tables shown in this document include: (1) Mathematics Grade 3; (2) Reading Grade 3; (3)…
Descriptors: Graduation Rate, Definitions, Educational Improvement, Federal Programs
Arizona State Department of Education, 2005
The Arizona Department of Education, as part of compliance with the federal No Child Left Behind Act, provides this state report card for parents. Arizona is committed to achieving the best possible academic education for its children. This includes an emphasis on accountability, discipline and character initiatives, help for schools in delivering…
Descriptors: Student Diversity, Disadvantaged Youth, Academic Achievement, Accountability
Dentler, Robert A.; Hafner, Anne L. – 1997
The study described in this book was designed by the Southwest Regional Laboratory as part of a proposal to create a Metropolitan Center for the Far West Laboratory. The Center would focus on the challenges facing urban educators in its service area. Metropolitan school districts, characterized by high numbers of minority students, successfully…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Ancillary School Services, Curriculum, Disadvantaged Youth
Brichler, Susan E. – 2001
Arizona's high school dropout rate is nearly double the national average of 9 percent, with a significant number of its dropouts being students from economically and socially disadvantaged ethnic minority backgrounds. The Arizona Minority Education Policy Analysis Center conducted a series of roundtable discussions with school administrators,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Rate
Arizona State Dept. of Education, Phoenix. – 1970
This evaluation attempts to measure the extent and effectiveness of ESEA Title I programs designed to meet the needs of disadvantaged children and apprizes the public and the legislature of program outcomes. In keeping with USOE requirements for evaluating Title I programs, this document is constructed of (1) responses to USOE probes by…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Community Involvement, Compensatory Education
Dentler, Robert A. – 1994
This paper presents an overview of a 3-year, federally funded comparative study of 11 public school districts and 40 schools in metropolitan areas of California, Arizona, and Nevada. The purpose was to identify school districts that are successfully meeting the challenge of educating relatively high numbers of newcomer students (ethnic and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Comparative Analysis, Cultural Differences
SMITH, DAVID WAYNE – 1967
PRESENTED ARE A SELECTED GROUP OF PAPERS CHOSEN FROM THOSE GIVEN AT TWO INSTITUTES ON FOSTERING AND REINFORCING INNOVATIVE BEHAVIOR IN SELECTED SCHOOL PERSONNEL. THE TOPICS PRESENTED INCLUDE--(1) THE VALUE OF RESEARCH IN THE CLASSROOM, (2) THE NECESSITY FOR TEACHERS TO BE INNOVATIVE, (3) THE FACTORS RELATED TO ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT, (4) THE USE OF…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement, Administrators, Bibliographies
