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Direct linkCano, Diana Wright – ProQuest LLC, 2017
State Education Agencies (SEAs) face challenges to the implementation of computer-based accountability assessments. The change in the accountability assessments from paper-based to computer-based demands action from the states to enable schools and districts to build their technical capacity, train the staff, provide practice opportunities to the…
Descriptors: State Departments of Education, Accountability, Evaluation Methods, Technology Uses in Education
Whitworth, Amanda – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This mixed methods action research study explored how students reacted to using literature circles to enhance their knowledge and understanding of reading nonfiction text as compared to students using guided reading. This study showed a minimal improvement for students participating in the literature circle group in overall understanding of…
Descriptors: Nonfiction, Pretests Posttests, Grade 4, Rural Schools
Knight, Taneka L. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
African American and Latino students attending Title I schools in the metropolitan Atlanta area were not reading on grade level. The majority of students are low performing readers and minimally met the reading comprehension requirements. The 2015 average 8th grade reading score for these students was 246 out of 500. This applied dissertation was…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Grade 8, Minority Group Students, African American Students
Talkmitt, Marcia Joy – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this study was to explore the evolution of collaborative practices of PLCs as they emerge when using technology based formative assessment via iFAIT or innovative Formative Assessment with Instruction and Technology developed by the researcher using audience response systems and the online data compiler, Eduphoria!. This study used…
Descriptors: Technology Uses in Education, Formative Evaluation, Audience Response Systems, Mixed Methods Research
Huber, Melissa S. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This mixed methods study explored implementing guided reading in grades 3-5 in a suburban school district located in Southeastern Pennsylvania. The purpose of this study was to evaluate how teachers implement guided reading in their classrooms and how the use of guided reading affects student achievement in Text Structure and Vocabulary, Reading…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Small Group Instruction, Elementary School Students, Grade 3
Hsu, Huei-Lien – ProQuest LLC, 2012
By centralizing the issue of test fairness in language proficiency assessments, this study responds to a call by researchers for developing greater social responsibility in the language testing agenda. As inquiries into language attitude and psychology indicate, there is an underlying uncertainty pertaining to the validity of test use and score…
Descriptors: Language Variation, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Mixed Methods Research
