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Antonis, Krista M. – ProQuest LLC, 2014
Teacher accountability has gained attention since the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, also known as, No Child Left Behind (NCLB), enacted in 2002 by then President George W. Bush. Research shows a strong correlation between effective teacher instruction and student achievement, yet the area of feedback to teachers on…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Educational Improvement, Academic Achievement, Mixed Methods Research
Pettett, Wendy Ruddell – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The No Child Left Behind (NCLB) act, signed into law in January 2002, established a decade of test-driven school reform in an attempt to increase student achievement and reduce the student achievement gap. The state of Georgia created the Criterion Reference Competency Test (CRCT) to align with the guidelines of NCLB. This study examined…
Descriptors: Correlation, Academic Achievement, School Choice, Achievement Gap
Nganga, Lydiah; Kambutu, John – Online Submission, 2005
Background: Public schools in the United States are still segregated along cultural and racial lines 50 years after the 1954 Supreme Court's ruling. For example, Orfield and Lee, 2004; and Orfield, 2001) indicated that White student in the United States attended schools that were 80 percent White. Ethnic minority children (children of color),…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Racial Discrimination, Public Schools, Teaching Methods