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Direct linkNicole Arshan; Cj Park; Allison Milby; Rebecca Goetz – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2021
Background: College- and career-ready standards cite the "special place of argument writing" in preparing students to be college students, professionals, and engaged citizens in an information-rich society (NGA, 2010). To support these critical skills, the National Writing Project (NWP) developed the College, Career, and Community…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Persuasive Discourse, Program Effectiveness, Secondary School Students
Morehead, Dustin G. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
This study used a qualitative approach to explore a rural school district's freshman academy program through parent and staff member perspectives using Stufflebeam's (2003) CIPP model of program evaluation. Interviews and questionnaire data provided information to answer the following research questions: 1. Context: What is the context within…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, School Districts, Parent Attitudes, School Personnel
Fulton, Monica M. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This single-case qualitative study explored the eighth and ninth grade teachers' perceptions of their experiences from participating in the district's technology professional development program and its influence on the district's journey to pedagogical transformation. The participants responded to a questionnaire, were observed, and interviewed…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Teacher Attitudes, Faculty Development, Case Studies
Thompson, Stephen A. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
This research examined the extent to which benchmark assessments can be accurate forecasters of student performance on a state assessment in Algebra 1. The study applied correlational analysis, regression analysis, and receiver operator characteristic (ROC) analysis to the benchmark and state assessment results of a rural school district in…
Descriptors: Benchmarking, Predictor Variables, Success, Mathematics Achievement
Download full textZeller, Pamela J.; Carpenter, Shelly; Lacefield, Warren E.; Applegate, E. Brooks – International Journal for Leadership in Learning, 2013
The GEAR UP graduation coach intervention developed by the GEAR UP Learning Centers at Western Michigan University (WMU) addresses the issue of academic failure of at-risk students in high school. This personalized early intervention strategy begins by assessing students' unique circumstances, academic histories, and strengths and weaknesses in…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, School Districts, Coaching (Performance), Academic Failure
McHale, Tom – Technology & Learning, 2008
Kershaw County School District in South Carolina may not be the first place that comes to mind when thinking about hotbeds of ed-tech innovation. Its student population is diverse and for the most part not wealthy: Camden High School is urban with 1,055 students, 45 percent of whom qualify for reduced lunch; Lugoff-Elgin High School is a large…
Descriptors: High Schools, Rural Schools, Lunch Programs, Computers
Smith, Stephen E. – Rural Educator, 2006
The purpose of this study was to describe the transition implementation experienced by rural elementary school district students entering the ninth grade at an independent school district, and to describe the ties to the school that exist among these same ninth grade students. This qualitative research involved interviewing 11 ninth grade…
Descriptors: Grade 9, Transitional Programs, Student Mobility, Rural Schools
