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Public Education Reform: A Suburban District's Approach to Improvement, One Early College High School at a Time
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O'Brien, Randal – ProQuest LLC, 2018
This quantitative study was designed to investigate the differences between the traditional high school and the Early College High School (ECHS) in a school district in southeast Texas. The purpose of this study is to determine the effect that participation in an early college high school program has on student attendance and achievement in…
Descriptors: Public Education, Educational Change, Suburban Schools, School Districts
Exploring Alignment between Affective Assessments and College Success Courses: An Exploratory Case Study
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Begotka, James – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Many two-year colleges throughout the nation are intentionally redesigning developmental education programming and practices directed at improving student preparedness and success. Theoretical works from Bloom and Knowles have established that the affective domain is significant to learner preparedness and eventual success, specifically for adult…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Alignment (Education), Developmental Studies Programs
The Academic Impacts of Attending a KIPP Charter School in Arkansas
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Rose, Caleb P. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
KIPP Delta College Preparatory School (KIPP: DCPS), an open-enrollment charter school, opened in 2002 in Helena, Arkansas. Since its opening, KIPP: DCPS students have consistently outperformed their peers in the Helena/West Helena School district, and moreover, recent test scores suggest that white students and minority students are achieving at…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, College Preparation, Academic Achievement, High Achievement