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Isbell, Corey – ProQuest LLC, 2019
This study was designed to determine if a relationship exists between placement assessment scores and student attrition for first year college students at a technical college in the Midwest. The data included de-identified student scores on four standardized assessments used by the school for admissions and course determination, as well as various…
Descriptors: Student Placement, Student Attrition, Correlation, College Freshmen
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Melhuish, Kathleen; Thanheiser, Eva; White, Alexander; Rosencrans, Brenda; Shaughnessy, J. Michael; Foreman, Linda; Riffel, Andrew; Guyot, Layla – Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 2022
This article contributes to the larger narrative around what makes a mathematics professional development (PD) successful and in what ways. We share a research-based PD model that was implemented in elementary schools in an urban school district for 3 years. The model uses a pseudo lesson study approach and emphasizes standards-based instruction.…
Descriptors: Mathematics Teachers, Professional Development, Elementary School Teachers, Urban Schools
Dawn Rodriguez – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Purpose: The purpose of this journal-ready dissertation was to determine the degree to which enrollment in a Title I, Part A school was related to the reading performance of Grade 4 students on the Texas state-mandated reading assessment. Specifically examined was the extent to which boys and girls enrolled in Title I, Part A schools and non-Title…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Grade 4, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation
Cummings, Veronika M. – ProQuest LLC, 2023
For the past decade, the number of homeless youth in the United States has drastically increased, with public schools now consistently serving over one million homeless students each year. Research spanning three decades has linked youth homelessness and poorer academic achievement. In addition to decreased academic achievement, homeless and…
Descriptors: Young Children, Elementary School Students, Secondary School Students, Homeless People
Anakaren Lopez – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This research study investigates the impact of the rapid transition from paper-based to online administration of the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) exams on student performance in a South Texas school district. The transition, mandated by House Bill 3261, presented Texas public schools with a tight timeline for adapting…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Electronic Learning, Computer Assisted Testing, Scores
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Madyarov, Irshat; Movsisyan, Vahe; Madoyan, Habet; Galikyan, Irena; Gasparyan, Rubina – ETS Research Report Series, 2021
The "TOEFL Junior"® Standard test is a tool for measuring the English language skills of students ages 11+ who learn English as an additional language. It is a paper-based multiple-choice test and measures proficiency in three sections: listening, form and meaning, and reading. To date, empirical evidence provides some support for the…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language Tests, Standardized Tests
Mary Schaeffer – ProQuest LLC, 2021
This study will utilize a quantitative method to the explore the association between third grade students' home computer access and their ability to attain a proficient score on the Fall 2019 English Language Arts standardized state assessment. The secondary focus will explore the association between third grade students' home computer access and…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 3, Access to Computers, Computer Uses in Education
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Chatchanan Yathip; Aphiwit Liang-Itsara – LEARN Journal: Language Education and Acquisition Research Network, 2024
The Question-Answer-Relationship (QAR) strategy has been suggested to improve EFL students' reading comprehension. Nonetheless, disappointing outcomes when using the QAR instruction were noted. The current study seeks to: (1) add the Review (R) component to the instruction; and (2) assess the effectiveness of the developed…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Tests, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
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Nagovitsyn, Roman S.; Osipov, Aleksander Yu.; Kudryavtsev, Mikhail D.; Bliznevskaya, Valentina S. – European Journal of Contemporary Education, 2020
Today, the formation of the personnel potential of the pedagogical educational system is characterized in terms of "double negative selection" when not the best school graduates go to the pedagogical institute and not the best graduates of the institute go to the educational system. The presented contradiction has determined the goal of…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Preservice Teacher Education, Teacher Qualifications, Job Skills
Borden-King, Lisa; Gamas, Warren; Hintz, Kathy; Hultz, Chelsie – Phi Delta Kappan, 2020
Accreditation agencies and organizations calling for higher academic standards in the teaching profession have called for increasing minimum grade point averages and scores on standardized tests. However, it's not clear that these requirements actually improve teaching. Lisa Borden-King, Warren Gamas, Kathy Hintz, and Chelsie Hultz researched…
Descriptors: Standardized Tests, Grade Point Average, Scores, Student Teacher Evaluation
Sáenz, Claudia V. – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The purpose of this quantitative study was to determine whether school type (Title I versus non-Title I), English learner (EL) student percentage, and low-socioeconomic status (low-SES) student percentage could statistically predict the percentage of third-grade students who perform at the Meets Grade Level (MGL) performance on the State of Texas…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Grade 3, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Brown, Anna; Fong, Sarah – British Educational Research Journal, 2019
Despite profound influence of selection-by-ability on children's educational opportunities, empirical evidence for the validity of 11-plus tests is scarce. This study focused on secondary selection in Kent, the largest grammar school area in England. We analysed scores from the 'Kent Test' (the 11-plus test used in Kent), Cognitive Assessment…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary Education, Elementary Schools, Scores
Cathers, Abigail E. – ProQuest LLC, 2019
There is a significant concern about students' achievement in reading comprehension. The study examined the reliability, validity, and slope of curriculum based measures in a content specific area -- science. Participants included students in 6th grade science classes. The curriculum based measures (CBM) being used consisted of vocabulary-matching…
Descriptors: Vocabulary, Curriculum Based Assessment, Science Achievement, Science Instruction
Roberts, Rebekah Magdalena – ProQuest LLC, 2019
As standardized testing becomes more prevalent, the urgency of allocating a designated time for children to play has diminished. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between the amount of play children receive and standardized test scores in conjunction with the variable of anxiety. The population used consisted of…
Descriptors: Standardized Tests, Play, Scores, Early Childhood Education
Cronin, Sarah E. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Minnesota has one of the highest student-to-school counselor ratios in the nation. Not only are there racial and economic gaps in student achievement, but there are also racial and economic disparities in access to a licensed school counselor. This dissertation utilizes hierarchical linear modeling (HLM) to examine if not only the…
Descriptors: School Counselors, Counseling, Academic Achievement, Standardized Tests
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