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Tonjuna Iverson – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The purpose of the study was to explore the relationship between the implementation of freshman academies and student achievement in math, English, and science in schools in Arkansas. The study presents a review of the literature that discusses the ninth-grade year and the use of freshman academies to improve student achievement. The study…
Descriptors: High School Freshmen, Grade 9, Academic Achievement, Program Implementation
Betty Alicia Cárdenas – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This study employs an exploratory descriptive quantitative statistics design. District-level results in the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) are explored to describe the achievement gaps that exist in districts implementing Transitional Bilingual Education (TBE) programs and districts implementing Dual Language (DL)…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Academic Achievement, Achievement Gap, Transitional Programs
Tyler Parker; Nia Perry – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The purpose of this mixed-methods study was to determine the impact of Riverside Middle Prep's Newcomer Program on academic achievement by using quantitative test scores and a case study design to analyze teacher and student perceptions about the newcomer program. The researchers wanted to determine whether there was a difference between EL…
Descriptors: Immigrants, English (Second Language), English Language Learners, Public Schools
Jose Villalobos – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This research uses a descriptive quantitative statistical design to examine campus-level results from the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR). The focus is on describing the achievement disparities between campuses that implemented Transitional Bilingual Education (TBE) programs and those implementing Dual Language (DL)…
Descriptors: Reading Tests, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Kirk J. Hutchinson – ProQuest LLC, 2018
This study examined one school district's attempt to accelerate the academic learning of a population of incoming kindergarten students through the students' participation in a pilot summer incoming-kindergarten intervention program known as Summer Learning Academies (SLA). The analyses examined the end-of-year (EOY) reading and mathematics…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Summer Programs, Transitional Programs, Program Effectiveness
Jennifer Moore Vice-Reshel – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The purpose of this study was to investigate Spanish-speaking multilingual learner (MLL) students' long-term academic outcomes after participation in an early childhood education (ECE) program with English instruction. The study included 359 Spanish-speaking MLLs who qualified for Free and Reduced Lunch from Grade 1 to Grade 6. Participants…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Grade 2
Gauchat, Tiffanie A. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of a career, academic, personal, and social high school transition program option on 9th-grade students' achievement, behavior, and engagement. Students in the career, academic, personal, and social group (n = 30) and the comparison academic/elective course option programs group (n = 30)…
Descriptors: High Schools, Elective Courses, Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests