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A Comparative Study of Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports in Middle Schools in South Texas
Molina, Theresa; Jones, Don; Challoo, Linda; Fedynich, LaVonne – Research in Higher Education Journal, 2020
This quantitative study examined the relationship between implementation of a Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS) program and academic achievement, attendance, and discipline. The data was collected from schools from South Texas Educational Regions One, Two, and Twenty. The public middle school campuses for this study were chosen…
Descriptors: Positive Behavior Supports, Middle School Students, Academic Achievement, Attendance
Jeannine Elizabeth Abadie – ProQuest LLC, 2023
In this dissertation in practice, the background of middle grades mathematics acceleration detailed why the organization benefited from a program analysis. Middle grades mathematics acceleration encourages students to take high school Algebra I in eighth grade so they can earn college-level math credits for free in high school. Often acceleration…
Descriptors: Algebra, Mathematics Instruction, Middle School Students, Acceleration (Education)
Bouck, Emily C.; Cosby, Missy D. – Preventing School Failure, 2019
Response to Intervention (RtI) is a multitiered system of support, designed to improve student learning outcomes and early identification of struggling students. Much attention has been paid to RtI for literacy at the elementary level, but less on RtI for mathematics at the secondary level. The current case study examines one high school's…
Descriptors: Response to Intervention, High School Students, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Teachers
Zientek, Linda Reichwein; Albert, Julie; Manage, Ananda; Li, Xiaohong; Sechelski, Amber – Journal of Developmental Education, 2018
Statewide policies can impact enrollment patterns of students. At one Texas University, 11th-grade Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills scores were predictive of success in students' first college-level mathematics course, but many students--those most at risk of failure--seem to have avoided taking a mathematics course in their first year at…
Descriptors: Program Implementation, State Policy, Educational Policy, Universities
Sugarman, Julie – Migration Policy Institute, 2017
Immigrant and refugee youth who enter the United States during their secondary school years face a daunting set of challenges. In addition to learning a new language and adjusting to U.S. classroom norms, they must quickly fill gaps in their subject-matter knowledge and pass the courses required to graduate high school before aging out of the…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, High School Students, Immigrants, Refugees
Clemens, Elysia V.; Sheesley, Alison P. – Online Submission, 2019
Fostering Opportunities is an innovative student engagement program for middle school and high school students who have experienced foster care. The goal of the program is to help youth who have experienced foster care be successful in school and ultimately earn a high school credential. Fostering Opportunities was developed because of the clear…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, High School Students, Foster Care, Graduation Rate
Gao, Niu; Adan, Sara – Public Policy Institute of California, 2016
Last year, the California Legislature passed a new law--the California Mathematics Placement Act--to address widespread concern over equity in the math placement process. The law is aimed at improving the measurement of student performance in order to move more students successfully through the high school curriculum. In this context, researchers…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Student Placement, Public Schools, State Legislation
Polesel, John; Klatt, Malgorzata; Blake, Damian; Starr, Karen – Journal of Education and Work, 2017
This article seeks to provide a school perspective on the nature and quality of the partnerships which schools form with businesses in order to deliver work placements and workplace learning in Australia. It found that the ability of schools to engage with external partners depended on the ability of school leaders to define and communicate the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Partnerships in Education, School Business Relationship, Vocational Education
Colakoglu, Mustafa Hilmi – Journal of Education in Science, Environment and Health, 2016
The idea of establishing Science High Schools in Turkey was discussed in a multilateral project at the beginning of 1963. The Ministry of National Education (MoNE), Ford Foundation, Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara University, and International Development Agency (AID) participated in this project to establish these schools. In…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, STEM Education, Science Education, High Schools
Fong, Anthony B.; Finkelstein, Neal D.; Jaeger, Laura M.; Diaz, Rebeca; Broek, Marie E. – WestEd, 2015
The Expository Reading and Writing Course (ERWC) was developed by California State University (CSU) faculty and high school educators to improve the academic literacy of high school seniors, thereby reducing the need for students to enroll in remedial English courses upon entering college. This report, produced by Innovation Studies at WestEd,…
Descriptors: Expository Writing, Course Evaluation, High School Seniors, Grade 12
Cornell, Dewey G.; Allen, Korrie; Fan, Xitao – School Psychology Review, 2012
This randomized controlled study examined disciplinary outcomes for 201 students who made threats of violence at school. The students attended 40 schools randomly assigned to use the Virginia Student Threat Assessment Guidelines or follow a business-as-usual disciplinary approach in a control group. Logistic regression analyses found, after…
Descriptors: Risk Assessment, Guidelines, Discipline, Violence
Barnett, Elisabeth A.; Fay, Maggie P. – National Center for Postsecondary Research, 2013
The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) in English and math were finalized in 2010 and, as of July 2012, have been adopted in full by 45 states. These standards provide a framework that is intended to ensure that all students who graduate from high school in the United States have attained the knowledge and competencies that prepare them well for…
Descriptors: State Standards, Academic Standards, Mathematics Tests, Language Tests
Boyle, Justin D.; Svihla, Vanessa; Tyson, Kersti; Bowers, Hannah; Buntjer, Jennifer; Garcia-Olp, Michelle; Kvam, Nicholas; Sample, Stephanie – Teacher Education and Practice, 2013
There are many barriers to the implementation of new practice standards. To implement practices that both prepare and inspire their students, preservice teachers need opportunities to enact reform practices: to prepare and be inspired themselves. These opportunities are found in students' content courses, methods courses, and field placements. In…
Descriptors: Methods Courses, Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Program Implementation
McLean, Hilary – Policy Analysis for California Education, PACE (NJ1), 2012
The Early Assessment Program (EAP) has emerged as a national model for states seeking to design policies that increase the number of students who leave high school ready for college and careers. In addition, the two national consortia designing new assessments aligned to the Common Core State Standards have recognized the EAP as a model for the…
Descriptors: State Standards, Program Implementation, Program Effectiveness, Educational Assessment
Felder, Jonathan E.; Finney, Joni E.; Kirst, Michael W. – National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, 2007
"Informed math self-placement," a program implemented at American River College in Sacramento, California, to determine students' readiness for college-level math, has been in place for three years. This case study describes the development and implementation of math self-placement at American River. Math self-placement consists of a…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Algebra, Community Colleges, Case Studies