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Hodds, Mark; Shao, Jia; Lawson, Duncan – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2022
Diagnostic testing on entry to university provides an opportunity for students to ascertain individual strengths and weaknesses and allows course teams to gain insight into the competencies of the whole cohort. Coventry University has been using the same diagnostic test since 1991 and a previous analysis showed students coming to Coventry…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Diagnostic Tests, Mathematics Tests, College Entrance Examinations
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Lam, Si Man; Zhou, Yisu – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2022
Widening achievement gaps driven by socioeconomic disparity have become a global concern. Yet, few studies have been able to track the changes and developments of socioeconomic-achievement gaps (SES-achievement gaps henceforward) across time. Using PISA data from 2003 to 2018, we estimated family SES-achievement gaps in seven Asian education…
Descriptors: Socioeconomic Status, Achievement Gap, Foreign Countries, Achievement Tests
Legewie, Joscha; Farley, Chelsea – Research Alliance for New York City Schools, 2022
Educators and researchers have long sought to understand--and illuminate--factors outside of school that shape students' educational outcomes. In 2019, the Research Alliance published a policy brief ("Aggressive Policing and Academic Outcomes: Examining the Impact of Police "Surges" in NYC Students' Home Neighborhoods,"…
Descriptors: Police, Law Enforcement, Police School Relationship, Neighborhoods
Roderick Langston – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Despite recognized gains in student achievement in the United States, the achievement gap between economically disadvantaged students and non-economically disadvantaged students expands. Understanding the larger context of student learning is incumbent upon school leaders who must consider the impact of socioeconomic status, residency, and social…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Achievement Gap, Grade 8, Mathematics Teachers
Sharonda Steele – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The purpose of the study is to examine the impact of a summer learning loss prevention program that is designed to improve the academic achievement gap. The target population for this research study was participants of the Power Scholars Academy (PSA) program. PSA is a collaboration of BellXcel, local school districts, and community organizations.…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Mathematics Achievement, Program Effectiveness, Summer Programs
Dana Jamison – ProQuest LLC, 2022
For decades, the achievement gap has remained a critical issue in education that educational leaders have attempted to address. Recent research studies have indicated that collective teacher efficacy is three times more effective in increasing student achievement than other factors. Research also suggests that strong instructional leadership…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Achievement Gap, Faculty Development, Teacher Effectiveness
Lynnette Williams – ProQuest LLC, 2022
It has been over 50 years since desegregation efforts began and many public-school systems in the United States are still battling with performance gaps between White and historically underrepresented students. The term historically underrepresented refers to people from diverse racial, cultural, linguistic, and economically disadvantaged…
Descriptors: Student Diversity, Teacher Attitudes, Grade 3, Academic Achievement
Annie Utley – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The problem addressed in this study was high school students delaying their entrance into a General Education Development (GED) program after dropping out of high school in the United States. The purpose of this descriptive qualitative study was to describe high school dropouts' perceptions of what circumstances delay their enrollment into a GED…
Descriptors: Dropouts, High School Students, High School Equivalency Programs, Student Attitudes
Walter A. Herring; Daphna Bassok; Anita S. McGinty; Luke C. Miller; James H. Wyckoff – Educational Researcher, 2022
Federal accountability policy mandates that states administer standardized tests beginning in third grade. In turn, third-grade test scores are often viewed as a key indicator in policy and practice. Yet literacy struggles begin well before third grade, as do racial and socioeconomic disparities in children's literacy skills. Kindergarten…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Young Children, Emergent Literacy, Reading Ability
Solaris Coppedge Joye – ProQuest LLC, 2022
School systems across the country, like those in Oregon, continually attempt to improve their students' academic outcomes. Unfortunately, these costly efforts often fail to create lasting change. One factor in many of these failed improvement efforts is the lack of successfully implementing research-based practices (RBPs) at state and local…
Descriptors: Research and Development, Theory Practice Relationship, High Schools, Achievement Gap
Nakeya K. Gilmore – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Military-connected children are a unique population that face specific challenges such as behavioral and academic challenges and teachers should have specific professional development to address these needs. The purpose of this qualitative study was to investigate how the lack of in-service professional development influences teachers' perceptions…
Descriptors: Military Service, Children, Teacher Attitudes, Barriers
Elizabeth Moore – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Emerging research has demonstrated high food insecurity rates among college students in the United States (US). The goal of this dissertation is to expand upon the literature evaluating food insecurity on college campuses to improve relief efforts. A literature review and mixed methods were used to measure and compare food insecurity prevalence…
Descriptors: Food, Hunger, Universities, College Students
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Ahmet Erol; Asiye Ivrendi – Psychology in the Schools, 2025
Early childhood teachers are critical in promoting young children's STEM learning. However, research indicates that early childhood teachers are unfamiliar with STEM and do not have confidence in their abilities and skills to implement STEM education. Despite this issue, previous research has focused less on early childhood teachers' STEM…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Teachers, STEM Education, Faculty Development, Early Childhood Education
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Leo, Aaron; Wilcox, Kristen C. – Journal of Latinos and Education, 2023
Despite recent gains, Latinx students still lag behind other subgroups on measures of academic attainment. Explanations for this gap have ranged from pernicious deficit ideologies to deterministic frameworks which emphasize differences in human capital. While culturally responsive pedagogies are promising alternatives, there are few studies that…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, Achievement Gap, Culturally Relevant Education, High School Students
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Quintero, Michaela; Wang, Zhe – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2023
The present study investigated whether the socioeconomic achievement gap in academically at-risk students varied as a function of students' perceived classroom goal structures. We hypothesized that low socioeconomic status (SES) students would be more susceptible to the various classroom goal structures. Specifically, we hypothesized that high…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gap, At Risk Students, Socioeconomic Background
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