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School Climate and the Latino-White Achievement Gap
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Leavitt, Rachael R.; Hess, Robyn S. – Leadership and Policy in Schools, 2019
The goal of this study was to address disparities of academic achievement and school-based factors to help ameliorate them. The study sought to examine the relationship bet ween school climate and the achievement gap between Latino and White students. Achievement gap was defined at the school level as the difference in percentage of White and…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Achievement Gap, Racial Differences, Ethnicity
The Relationship between the Condition of Colorado Elementary School Facilities and Student Achievement
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Brooks, Edward; Weiler, Spencer C. – Journal of Education Finance, 2018
The aim of this study was to measure the impact of the overall school facility condition for traditional Colorado elementary schools, according to Colorado's Facilities Conditions Index (FCI), on student achievement, as measured by the Colorado Student Assessment Program (CSAP). Control variables included Special Education (SPED), English Language…
Descriptors: Correlation, Academic Achievement, Public Schools, Socioeconomic Status
Measuring Student Progress and Teachers' Assessment of Student Knowledge in a Competency-Based Education System. REL 2017-238
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Brodersen, R. Marc; Randel, Bruce – Regional Educational Laboratory Central, 2017
Competency-based education has received growing attention in recent years as a way to address preK-12 learning goals. In competency-based education, students are promoted to the next course of study or grade level in each subject area after demonstrating mastery of identified learning targets aligned to standards. Westminster Public Schools in…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Elementary School Students, Middle School Students, Mathematics Achievement
Evaluating the Instructional Sensitivity of Four States' Student Achievement Tests
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Polikoff, Morgan S. – Educational Assessment, 2016
As state tests of student achievement are used for an increasingly wide array of high- and low-stakes purposes, evaluating their instructional sensitivity is essential. This article uses data from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation's Measures of Effective Project to examine the instructional sensitivity of 4 states' mathematics and English…
Descriptors: High Stakes Tests, Achievement Tests, Mathematics Tests, English
Change in School Librarian Staffing Linked with Change in CSAP Reading Performance, 2005 to 2011. A Closer Look
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Lance, Keith Curry; Hofschire, Linda – Library Research Service, 2012
The American Association of School Librarians (AASL) Standards for the 21st Century Learner do not just pay lip-service to the value of reading. They have been aligned with the Common Core standards that were derived from, and now influence, state standards-based tests, such as the Colorado Student Assessment Program (CSAP) reading tests. It is…
Descriptors: School Libraries, Librarians, Common Core State Standards, Reading Achievement
A Quantitative Correlational Study of Teacher Preparation Program on Student Achievement
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Dingman, Jacob Blackstone – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this quantitative correlational study was to identify the relationship between the type of teacher preparation program and student performance on the seventh and eighth grade mathematics state assessments in rural school settings. The study included a survey of a convenience sample of 36 teachers from Colorado and Washington school…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Academic Achievement, Predictor Variables, Grade 8