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Davis, Caroline – ProQuest LLC, 2014
The purpose of this quantitative study was to provide research in examining the difference in student achievement in reading and math through the quantitative data collection of North Carolina EOG scores for students in third through fifth grade from one high poverty and high performing North Carolina public school district before and after…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Mathematics Achievement, Response to Intervention, Rural Schools
Reeves, Dawn E. – ProQuest LLC, 2014
This research is a qualitative, reflective case study regarding a cohort in the form of a district-university partnership between the Oak Park Schools in Oak Park, Michigan and the College of Education at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The initiators of the program envisioned a more successful urban school district by offering…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Partnerships in Education, School Districts, Universities
Ball, Lois A. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This research attempted to understand the experiences of a cohort of informal and formal science educators and informal science institution (ISI) community representatives during and after completion of a pilot graduate certificate program. Informal science educators (ISEs) find limited opportunities for professional development and support which…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Graduate Study, Certification, Pilot Projects
Fielder, Katherine Roberts – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This study sought to provide a preliminary examination of the relationship between the implementation of Guided Math and student achievement in Title I schools as measured by the percentage of students who met or exceeded the standard for the Georgia Mathematics CRCT. The study examined data from thirty Title I elementary schools in one suburban…
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, Disadvantaged Schools, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Mathematics
Russ, Deborah Daniel – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Response to Intervention (RTI) is an initiative first outlined by the federal government in the No Child Left Behind Act (2001) and the Individuals with Disabilities Improvement Act (2004). The purpose of the model is twofold: to address the needs of struggling students with research-based interventions and regular progress monitoring and to…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Response to Intervention, Models, Program Implementation
Bewley, Jason Loyd – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This quasi-experimental study examined the impact of living-learning communities on GPA and fall-to-fall retention rates for college freshmen at Regional University (RU). The specific focus of this study was the effect of these communities on students of different ethnic groups and on the potential of these communities to reduce the academic…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, College Freshmen, Ethnicity, Grade Point Average