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Yao Yang; Yukiko Maeda; Marcia Gentry – Large-scale Assessments in Education, 2024
Background: This empirical study aims to investigate the association between mathematics self-efficacy and mathematics achievement gaps among students in Grades 4, 8, and 12, utilizing data from the 2019 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). The study also considers student-level (e.g., mathematics self-efficacy, gender,…
Descriptors: Mathematics Skills, Self Efficacy, Mathematics Achievement, National Competency Tests
Mathew, Aneesh – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The purpose of this study was to examine if teachers' participation in the educational technology professional development was a significant predictor in the 8th grade students' mathematics achievement on the 2013 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). This non-experimental study analyzed selected variables from the 2013 NAEP 8th…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Teacher Participation, Educational Technology, Predictor Variables
Yang, Yao – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This dissertation researched the scope of mathematics achievement disparities in the United States and how these disparities can be minimized through a self-efficacy lens. To answer pertinent research questions with data from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) 2019 mathematics assessment in Grades 4, 8, and 12, gap analyses,…
Descriptors: Mathematics Achievement, Achievement Gap, Grade 4, Grade 8
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Jason West; Paul Ratanasiripong; Stephen Glass; Christopher Lund – Middle School Journal, 2024
This study investigated the impact middle school tracking has on outcomes in high school and the factors associated with those outcomes. Utilizing data from a large, diverse school district, this quantitative study investigated the relationships between middle school and high school English course enrollment among 4,503 middle school students. The…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Track System (Education), High School Students, Correlation
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Del Toro, Juan; Wang, Ming-Te – American Educational Research Journal, 2023
Police stops often perpetuate racial disparities in academic outcomes, yet few studies have examined factors that mitigate these negative consequences. Using two longitudinal studies (Study 1: n = 483, M-age = 12.88, 53% males; Study 2: n = 131, M-age = 15.11, 34% males), this article tests whether parental and school cultural socialization…
Descriptors: African Americans, Police, Racial Differences, Learner Engagement
Carlos Alexander Bocel – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Prior research in mathematical assessments has indicated varying results of predictive variables and further research has been recommended to support students, parents, teachers, and school administration. The purpose of this research was to determine how well a student's performance on a mathematics domain at the state level may be predicted…
Descriptors: School Districts, Predictor Variables, Mathematics Tests, Racial Differences
Richard E. Mattison; Adrienne D. Woods; Paul L. Morgan; George Farkas; Marianne M. Hillemeier – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2023
We examined to what extent subgroups of students identified with learning disabilities (LDs; N = 630) in the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998 to 1999 (ECLS-K): 1998 national longitudinal study displayed heterogeneity in longitudinal profiles of reading and mathematics achievement from first to eighth grades.…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Learning Disabilities, Reading Achievement, Mathematics Achievement
Jonathan D. Schweig; Andrew McEachin; Megan Kuhfeld; Lou Mariano; Melissa Diliberti – Grantee Submission, 2022
As students return to in-person instruction in the 2021-2022 school year, local education agencies (LEAs) must develop resource allocation strategies to support schools in need. Federal programs have provided resources to support restart and recovery. However, there is little consensus on how LEAs can target resources to support those schools most…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Resource Allocation, Educational Needs
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Jonathan D. Schweig; Andrew McEachin; Megan Kuhfeld; Lou Mariano; Melissa Diliberti – Educational Assessment, 2022
As students return to in-person instruction in the 2021-2022 school year, local education agencies (LEAs) must develop resource allocation strategies to support schools in need. Federal programs have provided resources to support restart and recovery. However, there is little consensus on how LEAs can target resources to support those schools most…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Resource Allocation, Educational Needs
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Bulut, Okan; Xiao, Jiaying; Rodriguez, Michael C.; Gorgun, Guher – Journal of School Violence, 2020
Researchers often use self-reported instruments to collect data from students when investigating the causes and effects of bullying. When completing the instrument, students may skip items despite anonymous data collection. To interpret data accurately, researchers must identify the causes of nonresponse. This study examined the impact of item…
Descriptors: Bullying, Responses, Student Behavior, Grade 8
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Prewett, Sara L.; Whitney, Stephen D. – Teacher Development, 2021
Teachers' teaching self-efficacy and teachers' feelings of negative affect may be associated with students' academic achievement; however, little is known about how these factors directly affect adolescent students' math and reading achievement. The eighth-grade wave of the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study data was used to investigate teacher…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Teacher Attitudes, Affective Behavior, Academic Achievement
Zhang, Jizhi; Li, Mengyi; Yee, Darrick; Park, Bitnara Jasmine; Bohrnstedt, George; Broer, Markus – American Institutes for Research, 2020
This study aims to understand the role that reading motivation plays in middle school reading achievement (including achievement gaps) by analyzing the 2015 grade 8 NAEP reading data. The study focuses on identifying the unique effects of student-level reading motivation and aggregated school-level mean reading motivation on reading achievement.…
Descriptors: Reading Motivation, Reading Achievement, Achievement Gap, Reading Tests
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Pusch, Natasha – Journal of School Violence, 2019
While the link between childhood abuse and future victimization has been developed, the effects of other negative events in childhood on future victimization, and whether protective factors may guard against it, remains unclear. To address this topic, the relationships between Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES), protective factors, and violent…
Descriptors: Violence, Victims, Grade 8, Grade 10
Slaughter, Austin; Neild, Ruth Curran; Crofton, Molly – Philadelphia Education Research Consortium, 2018
Ninth grade is a critical juncture for students--and can be a jarring transition. Even students a strong track record in the middle grades can experience academic difficulty, and those who enter high school with poor course grades, weak attendance, or behavior problems are especially at risk. An early misstep can have lasting implications:…
Descriptors: High School Students, Grade 9, At Risk Students, Potential Dropouts
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Rouse, Heather; Goudie, Anthony; Rettiganti, Mallik; Leath, Katherine; Riser, Quentin; Thompson, Joseph – Journal of School Health, 2019
Background: We examined prevalence, incidence, and trajectory of obesity from kindergarten through grade 8 in one of the first states to implement annual surveillance. Methods: Participants included 16,414 children enrolled in kindergarten in Arkansas in 2004 with complete body mass index (BMI) measurements in kindergarten and eighth grade.…
Descriptors: Incidence, Longitudinal Studies, Obesity, Kindergarten
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