Download or read book The Effects of Teacher Quality by Race and Socioeconomic Status on Fifth Grade Reading Achievement written by Michael R. Lowe and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Impact of Year round Education on Fifth Grade African American Reading Achievement Scores in an Urban Illinois School written by Carolyn Ann Merrill and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this quantitative, causal-comparative study was to determine the impact of the year-round education school calendar on the standardized test performance of fifth grade African American students, as measured by the Illinois Standards Achievement Test (ISAT) in reading. The ISAT reading scores from two year-round education (YRE) schools (School A and School B) were compared with two traditional calendar education (TCE) schools (School C and School D). The selection of schools was based on numerous factors in order to ensure that the year-round education schools and traditional calendar education schools were similar in socioeconomic status and in the number of African American students attending the schools. Descriptive and inferential analyses were conducted. Descriptive analyses consisted of determining means and standard deviations of study variables. Inferential statistics consisted of a 2 (school type) x 3 (lunch status) between subjects factorial ANOVA to demonstrate main effects of each independent variable, as well as the interaction effect of both variables together on the dependent variable. Results of this study concluded that there was not a significant difference between the year-round and traditional school groups on ISAT reading scores. There were no significant differences between the free lunch, reduced lunch, and paid lunch groups on ISAT reading scores. The interaction effect for school type x lunch status was not significant. Although the current research did not support the previous literature that indicates year-round education might mitigate some of the risks associated with low-socioeconomic status, further research should be conducted on this topic. The present research indicates that within classrooms, educational quality and student outcomes may depend on several factors. Future research on the particular qualities and attributes of the teacher, the social and physical context in which learning unfolds, and the specific activities and events structuring how children experience their time as learners may continue to shed light on the educational attainment discrepancies between different groups of students.
Download or read book Ethnic Matching written by Donald Easton-Brooks and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2019-03-13 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ethnic Matching: Academic Success of Students of Color is an in-depth exploration on the impact of ethnic matching in education, the paring of students of color with teachers of the same race. Research shows that this method has a positive and long-term impact on the academic experience of students of color. This book explores what makes this phenomenon relevant in today’s classrooms. Through interviewing quality teachers of color, this book sheds a light on the impact these teachers make on the academic experience of students of color. This approach is meant to provide all teachers valuable insight into techniques for engaging with diverse learners. Also, from these conversations, the book shows how the intentionality of culturally responsive practice can enhance the academic experience of students of color. Topics such as the challenges of recruiting and retaining quality teachers of color, as well as the valuable work being done on the local, state, and national level to promote diversifying the field of education as a way to provide equitable education for all students is also explored in this book.
Download or read book Solving the Achievement Gap written by Stuart S. Yeh and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-12-21 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the cause of the student achievement gap, suggesting that the prevailing emphasis on socioeconomic factors, sociocultural influences, and teacher quality is misplaced. The cause of the achievement gap is not differences in parenting styles, or the economic advantages of middle-class parents, or differences in the quality of teachers. Instead, schools present learning tasks and award grades in ways that inadvertently undermine the self-efficacy, engagement, and effort of low-performing students, causing demoralization and exacerbating differences in achievement that are seen to exist as early as kindergarten. This process systematically maintains and widens initial gaps in achievement that might otherwise be expected to disappear over the K-12 years. Misdiagnosis of the nature of the achievement gap has led to misguided solutions. The author draws upon a range of research studies to support this view and to offer recommendations for improvement. “/div>div
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Download or read book Harming the Best written by Eric Alan Hanushek and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sizeable achievement differences by race appear in early grades, but substantial uncertainty exists about the impact of school quality on the black-white achievement gap and particularly about its evolution across different parts of the achievement distribution. Texas administrative data show that the overall growth in the achievement gap between third and eighth grade is higher for students with higher initial achievement and that specific teacher and peer characteristics including teacher experience and peer racial composition explain a substantial share of the widening. The adverse effect of attending school with a high black enrollment share appears to be an important contributor to the larger growth in the achievement differential in the upper part of the test score distribution. This evidence reaffirms the major role played by peers and school quality, but also presents a policy dilemma. Teacher labor market complications, current housing patterns, legal limits in segregation efforts, and uncertainty about the overall effects of specific desegregation programs indicate that effective policy responses will almost certainly involve a set of school improvements beyond simple changes in peer racial composition and the teacher experience distribution.
Download or read book The Relationship Between Teacher Quality and Student Achievement in Fifth Grade Reading and Mathematics written by Teresa J. Theisen and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book A Comparative Study of the Effects of Two Approaches to Teaching Reading Comprehension on Achievement of Fourth and Fifth Grade Students of Middle and Low Socioeconomic Status written by Alfred John Gordon and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Powerful Teacher Education written by Linda Darling-Hammond and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-06-28 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Powerful Teacher Education describes the strategies, goals, content, and processes of seven highly successful and long-standing teacher education programs - Alverno College, Bank Street College, Trinity University, University of California, Berkeley, University of Southern Maine, University of Virginia, and Wheelock College. All these colleges and universities have succeeded in preparing teachers to teach diverse learners to achieve high levels of performance and understanding. In discussing the common features of these programs, Linda Darling-Hammond shows what outstanding teacher education models do and how they do it, and what their graduates accomplish as a result. Powerful Teacher Education also examines the policies, organizational features, resources, and relationships that have enabled these programs to succeed.
Download or read book The Effect of Mobility on Reading Achievement Among Fifth grade Pupils in Clark County Nevada written by Jerome Barry Landman and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study was concerned with the relationship of changing schools to reading achievement among fifth-grade students in the Clark County School district, Nevada. High achievement was associated with high IQ, high socio-economic status, and stable family life. Low achievement was associated with high mobility, racial-ethnic minorities, and gaming-employed parents. High mobility was associated with military parents. Low mobility was associated with high achievement, high family stability, high IQ, and high socio-economic status. When other variables were controlled, only IQ and socio-economic status were found to be meaningfully related to achievement. The effect of mobility seemed to be explained primarily by the inter-correlation of mobility with other variables. It was concluded that mobility was not meaningfully related to the reading achievement of fifth grade students in the Clark County School District.--Adapted from the abstract.
Download or read book Departments of Labor and Health Education and Welfare Appropriations for 1977 written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on the Departments of Labor and Health, Education, and Welfare and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 1278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Departments of Labor and Health Education and Welfare Appropriations for 1977 written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Departments of Labor, and Health, Education, and Welfare, and Related Agencies and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 1268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Study of the Relationship Between Teachers Socio economic Backgrounds and the Reading Achievement of Fifth Grade Students from Similar and Dissimilar Backgrounds in Richland School District One written by Aretha B. Pigford and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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