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Combating Chronic Absenteeism: Utilizing an Attendance Intervention in Schools
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Francis M. Major III – ProQuest LLC, 2020
In schools across America a veiled and dangerous problem continues to grow that impacts millions of students daily; that problem is student absenteeism from school. The more frequently a student misses school, the wider the achievement gap becomes. During the 2009-2010 school year, data collected from the United States Department of Education…
Descriptors: Attendance, Achievement Gap, Public Schools, Family School Relationship
The Other Half of the Story: Does Excluding the Early Grades from School Ratings Matter? EdWorkingPaper No. 22-625
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Walter Herring – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2022
Because high-stakes testing for school accountability does not begin until third grade, accountability ratings for elementary schools do not directly measure students' academic progress in grades K through 2. While it is possible that children's test scores in grades 3 and above are highly correlated with children's outcomes in the untested…
Descriptors: High Stakes Tests, Accountability, Rating Scales, School Effectiveness
Age Differences in K-8 Teacher Burnout
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Herskowitz, Joseph – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Teacher burnout can affect many aspects of the educational system. Because of the effects of the coronavirus pandemic, teacher burnout, stress, and anxiety increased. It can be important to further assess potential predictor variables and adapt as needed. This study aims to focus on Age as a predictor variable for teacher burnout to help expand…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Teacher Burnout, Teacher Attitudes, Predictor Variables
A Meta-Analytic Review of the Relations between Motivation and Reading Achievement for K-12 Students
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Toste, Jessica R.; Didion, Lisa; Peng, Peng; Filderman, Marissa J.; McClelland, Amanda M. – Review of Educational Research, 2020
The purpose of this meta-analytic review was to investigate the relation between motivation and reading achievement among students in kindergarten through 12th grade. A comprehensive search of peer-reviewed published research resulted in 132 articles with 185 independent samples and 1,154 reported effect sizes (Pearson's r). Results of our…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Reading Achievement, Reading Motivation, Kindergarten
On the Quality of Professional Development in the United States: Examining Music Educators' Experiences, Sentiments, and Emotions
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Wesolowski, Brian C.; Alsop, Michael A.; Athanas, Myriam I.; Dean, Levi H. – International Journal of Music Education, 2022
The purpose of this study was to develop a valid and reliable assessment tool to measure music educators' participation in and perceptions of their high-quality professional development (PD) experiences. A sample of 450 in-service music educators across the United States completed a 78-item rating scale embedded within 10 domains reflecting…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Music Education, Music Teachers, Teacher Attitudes
Grit and Academic Achievement: A Comparative Cross-Cultural Meta-Analysis
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Lam, Kelly Ka Lai; Zhou, Mingming – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2022
This review examined the relations between grit and academic achievement based on a meta-analysis of 137 studies yielding 156 dependent samples (N = 285,331). Using the robust variance estimation, we found that the correlations of overall grit level with academic achievement were generally weak to moderate (weighted r = 0.19). The correlation of…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Academic Persistence, Academic Achievement, Correlation