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Alexandria Banks – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The purpose of this quantitative correlational study was to describe the associations between the specific Central Florida district's final instructional summative evaluation scores and student achievement scores for Grade 4 instructional staff teaching ELA or mathematics within the district for the school year 2017-2018. The self-determination…
Descriptors: Summative Evaluation, Academic Achievement, Grade 4, Language Arts
Kimberly D. Robinson – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The purpose of this quantitative ex post-facto study was to determine if differences exist in 4th-grade students' reading and math learning outcomes between co-taught classrooms and traditional classrooms in a Florida public school district. The study was conducted with archival data from the school district's fall and winter progress monitoring…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Conventional Instruction, Team Teaching, Differences
Angela Valuta – ProQuest LLC, 2024
School districts seek to increase teacher retention in response to nationwide teacher shortages. The problem is that teachers who have taught for 5 years or less have the highest attrition rates compared to other teachers, with more than 44% of new teachers leaving the profession within the first 5 years. The purpose of this qualitative case study…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Kindergarten, Grade 1, Grade 2
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Laura S. Tortorelli; Adrea J. Truckenmiller – Reading & Writing Quarterly, 2024
Research has established that reading and writing skills are closely linked for most individuals, which can be explained by the shared knowledge and functional relations theoretical perspectives. The current study used quantile regression to explore differences between and within Grades 3-5 in the United States in the associations between a…
Descriptors: Reading Fluency, Writing (Composition), Grade 3, Grade 4
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Wyss, Amity; Preston, Courtney – Impacting Education: Journal on Transforming Professional Practice, 2022
The shift from the traditional self-contained classroom to the departmentalized classroom structure in upper-elementary classrooms is increasing as the pressure to maximize student outcomes is higher than ever for public schools. Teachers prefer departmentalization but findings as to its benefits for students are mixed. This study considers the…
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, Class Organization, Self Contained Classrooms, School Organization
Jessica Smith-Jaekel – ProQuest LLC, 2023
While numerous studies have been conducted to determine the impact of grade retention on future academic achievement and psychosocial development, few studies have targeted Florida-specific grade retention as mandated by Florida law. As it exists today, there is very little evidence that the practice of retaining students resulted in increased…
Descriptors: Grade 3, Grade Repetition, Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education
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Robert C. Schoen; Catherine C. Lewis; Christopher Rhoads; Kevin Lai; Claire M. Riddell – Journal of Experimental Education, 2024
Lesson study, especially when conducted with support from targeted resources, is often identified as a potentially effective means to support teacher learning. In this study, 80 school-based teams of educators, representing 80 classrooms of third- or fourth-grade students in the US, were randomly assigned to one of four conditions: lesson study…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Faculty Development, Elementary School Teachers, Grade 3
Stephanie Pacheco Garcia – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Standardized testing is generally regarded in schools today as the primary way to measure and determine student achievement. Student performance determines the degree to which schools, teachers, and students are identified as being successful. The problem being investigated by this study was that all students are spending too much classroom…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Academic Achievement, Elementary School Students, Standardized Tests
Foundation for Excellence in Education (ExcelinEd), 2023
A Comprehensive K-3 Reading Policy establishes support and intensive reading interventions for K-3 students to ensure they read on grade level by the end of third grade. The policy also requires third grade students to demonstrate sufficient reading skills for promotion to fourth grade. For students severely below grade level and who do not…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Young Children, Elementary School Students, Reading
Chester Holland; Akisha Osei Sarfo; Brian Garcia; Ray Hart – Council of the Great City Schools, 2023
As parents, communities, educators, and policymakers continue to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on student learning in America, many have turned to recently released results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). NAEP measures what students know and what they can do in several tested subjects, including reading,…
Descriptors: National Competency Tests, Student Evaluation, Academic Achievement, Urban Schools
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Robert C. Schoen; Mark LaVenia; Amanda M. Tazaz; Russell Gersten; Keith Smolkowski – Elementary School Journal, 2024
Early mathematics achievement is a strong predictor of later mathematics achievement, and student competence in fractions and division may be the strongest predictor of success in secondary-level algebra. We used a multisite cluster-randomized trial to estimate the impact of a mathematics teacher professional development (PD) program on student…
Descriptors: Mathematics Teachers, Faculty Development, Teacher Effectiveness, Program Effectiveness
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Spielvogel, Joanna H.; Ehren, Barbara J. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2021
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine if a direct, explicit method of teaching vocabulary with the Vocabulary Scenario Technique -- General Education 16 Encounter (VSTGE16) protocol would yield gains in the vocabulary knowledge of fourth grade students in a general education classroom. Two research questions examined whether fourth…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Grade 4, Elementary School Students, Vignettes
Cara Nicole Scales-Judkowitz – ProQuest LLC, 2022
An increasing number of U.S. teachers of English Language Learners (ELL) across the nation are not receiving adequate in-service training to provide instruction within students' zone of proximal development (ZPD). Vygotsky's ZPD is the difference between what a person can achieve when acting alone and what the same person can achieve when acting…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, English Language Learners, Faculty Development, Teaching Methods
Roaa A. AlAjaji – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This study was conducted to explore US elementary teachers' perceptions of their experiences using rubrics as a tool for student self-assessment and metacognition (assessment for learning) to improve elementary students' achievement and their instructional decision-making at a private American elementary school in South Florida. The constructivist…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Scoring Rubrics, Alternative Assessment
Tikya Nattiel – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The reading achievement gap between Black and White students was 29 points in Florida, depicting an alarming eight-point increase over that of the United States. Within School District A, the reading achievement gap was over 40% for over 4 years resulting in a district-wide plan for reconciliation and to determine the contributing factors of the…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Achievement Gap, African American Students, White Students
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