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Liu, Yixing; Levy, Roy; Yel, Nedim; Schulte, Ann C. – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2023
Although there is recognition that there may be differential outcomes for groups of students within schools, examination of outcomes for subgroups presents challenges to researchers and policymakers. It complicates analytic procedures, particularly when the number of students per school in the subgroup is small. We explored five alternatives for…
Descriptors: Growth Models, Hierarchical Linear Modeling, School Effectiveness, Academic Achievement
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F. Sehkar Fayda-Kinik; Munevver Cetin – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2025
Background: The unprecedented access to information in the 21st century entails a deep understanding of information and communication technology (ICT)-related factors in education and their impacts on learning and teaching. The role of attitudes towards ICT is a proven factor in student achievement. However, there is no consensus about the…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Academic Achievement, Secondary Education
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Salloum, Serena J. – American Journal of Education, 2022
Purpose: Collective efficacy (CE)--a group's belief in its capabilities to organize and execute courses of action required to reach a goal--is an important organizational property because it facilitates goal attainment. The purpose of this sequential explanatory mixed-methods study was: (1) to affirm the link between CE and student achievement;…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Social Environment, Influences, Academic Achievement
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Johnson, Angela; Kuhfeld, Megan; Soland, James – AERA Open, 2021
Leveraging achievement data measured in the fall and spring of kindergarten through eighth grade for 840,000 students attending 8,800 public schools, we report novel evidence on how achievement and growth patterns differ between rural and nonrural schools. Rural students start kindergarten slightly ahead of nonrural students but fall behind by…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Rural Schools, Elementary School Students, Trend Analysis
Newman, Lisa D. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Since the 1990's, schools across the United States have been held accountable for increased student learning. Increased use of growth-based accountability models and a lack of clarity on what each model measures have resulted in a need for additional research focused on the real-world implications for teacher agency and school accountability. The…
Descriptors: Statistical Analysis, Accountability, Standards, Models
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Hooper, Alison – Early Child Development and Care, 2018
There is considerable variation in state policies related to the certification required for teachers in kindergarten and first grade, and relatively little is known about these policies' effects on student learning. This study considers whether children who have kindergarten and first-grade teachers with certification in early childhood education…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Teacher Certification, Kindergarten, Grade 1
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Konstantopoulos, Spyros; Miller, Shazia R.; van der Ploeg, Arie; Li, Wei – Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2016
We use data from a large-scale, school-level randomized experiment conducted in 2010-2011 in public schools in Indiana. Our sample includes more than 30,000 students in 70 schools. We examine the impact of two interim assessment programs (i.e., mCLASS in Grades K-2 and Acuity in Grades 3--8) on mathematics and reading achievement. Two-level models…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Hierarchical Linear Modeling, Public Schools, Mathematics Achievement
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Tsai, Shu-Ling; Smith, Michael L.; Hauser, Robert M. – Sociology of Education, 2017
This article examines inequality in different dimensions of student academic achievement (math, science, and reading) by family background and school context in three East Asian (Taiwan, Japan, and South Korea) and three Western (United States, Germany, and the Czech Republic) nations. Building on Hauser (2009), we develop a novel…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Academic Achievement, Mathematics Achievement
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Huang, Jiali; Tang, Yipeng; He, Wenjie; Li, Qiong – Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 2019
This study examines the relationship between key elements of the School Excellence Model (SEM) and student achievement in reading, mathematics and science as measured by the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2012 and the Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS) 2013, using a sample of 166 schools in Singapore.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Models, Academic Achievement, Evidence
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Pizmony-Levy, Oren; Bjorklund, Peter, Jr. – Oxford Review of Education, 2018
One of the overarching goals of international large-scale assessments (ILSA) is to inform public discourse about the quality of education in different countries. To fulfil this function, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), for example, raises awareness of the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA)…
Descriptors: International Assessment, Evidence, National Surveys, Public Opinion
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Yarnell, Lisa M.; Bohrnstedt, George W. – American Educational Research Journal, 2018
This study examines student-teacher "racial match" for its association with Black student achievement. Multilevel structural equation modeling was used to analyze 2013 National Assessment for Educational Progress (NAEP) Grade 4 Reading Assessment data to examine interactions of teacher race and student race in their associations with…
Descriptors: Hierarchical Linear Modeling, African American Students, Hispanic American Students, Educational Policy
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Ruiz de Castilla, Verónica – Regional Educational Laboratory Southwest, 2018
Aware of the challenges set before the Houston Independent school District by rapid growth in the numbers of English learner students, and a critical shortage of teachers with bilingual certification for more than a decade, members of Regional Educational Laboratory Southwest's English Learners Research Alliance sought information that districts…
Descriptors: Teacher Certification, Academic Achievement, English (Second Language), Language Proficiency
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Ishida, Kenji; Nakamuro, Makiko; Takenaka, Ayumi – Educational Studies in Japan: International Yearbook, 2016
In this study, we test the assimilation thesis by comparing the academic achievement between native students and first and second generation immigrant pupils. It is the first empirical study that systematically analyzes the native-immigrant achievement gap in Japan. Although numerous studies have examined the achievement gap, most of them are…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Immigrants, Academic Achievement, Acculturation
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Hooper, Alison – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2016
This study considers whether children who have kindergarten and first grade teachers with certification in early childhood education experience greater gains in reading and math achievement compared to children whose teachers have only elementary education certification. Using data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study (ECLS-K), the study…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Certification, Early Childhood Education
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Stipek, Deborah; Valentino, Rachel A. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2015
Longitudinal data from the children of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY) were used to assess how well measures of short-term and working memory and attention in early childhood predicted longitudinal growth trajectories in mathematics and reading comprehension. Analyses also examined whether changes in memory and attention were more…
Descriptors: Young Children, Longitudinal Studies, National Surveys, Short Term Memory
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