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Alexander, Nicola A.; Jang, Sung Tae – Educational Policy, 2020
This article explores the associations between the achievement of economically disadvantaged students and the presence of state policies that include student achievement in teacher evaluations. We looked at student achievement across all 50 states from 2007 through 2013. A simple comparison of states with and without the policy suggested that…
Descriptors: State Policy, Poverty, Academic Achievement, Economically Disadvantaged
Lee, Jaekyung; McIntire, Walter G. – 1999
National math assessment data from 3,112 eighth-grade students in 123 schools were used to determine whether location (rural versus nonrural) affects student achievement when related student and school-level factors are taken into account. Findings indicate that rural schools outperformed nonrural schools in math achievement and that the…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Environment, Educational Resources, Junior High Schools