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Melissa D. Olfert; Rebecca L. Hagedorn-Hatfield; Bailey Houghtaling; Monica K. Esquivel; Lanae B. Hood; Lillian MacNell; Jessica Soldavini; Maureen Berner; Mateja R. Savoie Roskos; Melanie D. Hingle; Georgianna R. Mann; Julia F. Waity; Linda L. Knol; Jennifer Walsh; Valerie Kern-Lyons; Christopher Paul; Keith Pearson; Jeannine R. Goetz; Marsha Spence; Elizabeth Anderson-Steeves; Elizabeth D. Wall-Bassett; J. Porter Lillis; E. Brooke Kelly; Adam Hege; Mary Catherine Fontenot; Patricia Coleman – Journal of American College Health, 2023
Objectives: To quantify the number and type of students failing to secure basic needs. Participants: Students attending 22 postsecondary schools in the United States in Fall 2019. Methods: The Adult Food Security Module and part of the #RealCollege Survey were used to measure food and housing insecurity, respectively. Logistic and linear…
Descriptors: College Students, Hunger, Housing, Homeless People
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Makkonen, Reino; Jaquet, Karina – Regional Educational Laboratory West, 2021
The departure of an effective school leader can influence staff turnover and student achievement for several years. With school systems facing an unprecedented public health crisis due to COVID-19, principal retention is a key area of concern for many local and state education agencies. The Regional Educational Laboratory West undertook this study…
Descriptors: Principals, Labor Turnover, Persistence, School Districts
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Regional Educational Laboratory West, 2021
This Study Snapshot highlights key findings from a study of principal retention rates to help leaders in Arizona, Nevada, and Utah better understand principal retention patterns in their state, so that their new statewide leadership support initiatives could identify areas where support could be most effective. With school systems facing an…
Descriptors: Principals, Labor Turnover, Persistence, School Districts
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Regional Educational Laboratory West, 2021
The "Principal Retention Patterns in Arizona, Nevada, and Utah" study examined principal retention rates in Arizona, Nevada, and Utah. The study sought to understand principal retention patterns in these states, so that their new statewide leadership support initiatives could identify areas where support could be most effective.…
Descriptors: Principals, Labor Turnover, Persistence, School Districts
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Baghurst, Timothy; Langley, Jennifer; Bishop, Jason C. – Physical Educator, 2015
The rate of childhood obesity in the United States is approximately 17%. Because physical education can be a key intervention strategy against this epidemic, this study was conducted to determine physical educators' perceptions on their use of recommended national standards specifically focused on physical fitness and activity in their classroom.…
Descriptors: National Standards, Physical Education, Teacher Attitudes, Physical Education Teachers
Shumway, Larry K. – Utah State Office of Education, 2011
This paper offers facts and figures on Utah's education status for the school year 2010-2011. This paper contains the following: (1) Core CRT Language Arts Testing, 2010; (2) Core CRT Mathematics Testing, 2010; (3) 2010 Public Education General Fund--Funding by Source and Expenditures by Function; (4) 2009-10 Public School Enrollment Demographics;…
Descriptors: Enrollment Trends, Mathematics Achievement, Testing Programs, Standardized Tests
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Osborne, J. Grayson; And Others – Rural Sociology, 1984
A stratified random sample of 686 elementary and secondary public school students in rural areas of Utah classed as rapidly or not rapidly growing was administered the Mooney Problem Check List. Effects related to rapid or slow community growth were specific to grade level and to problem domains of the check list. (BRR)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade 10, Grade 6
PEHRSON, PATSY MAY – 1967
THE PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY WAS TO DETERMINE HOW MANY SEMESTERS OF TYPEWRITING SHOULD BE OFFERED TO AN ABLE STUDENT TO ATTAIN EMPLOYABLE SKILL. THE INFLUENCE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS ON TYPEWRITING ACHIEVEMENT WAS STUDIED--(1) STUDENT GRADE LEVEL, (2) CLASS SIZE, (3) SCHOOL SIZE, (4) LENGTH OF CLASS PERIOD, (5) USE OF MANUAL OR ELECTRIC TYPEWRITERS,…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Class Size, Educational Testing, High Schools
Harrington, Patti – Utah State Office of Education, 2009
This paper offers facts and figures on Utah's education status for 2009. This paper contains the following: (1) Core CRT Language Arts Testing, 2008; (2) Core CRT Mathematics Testing, 2008; (3) 2008 Public Education General Fund--Funding by Source and Expenditures by Function; (4) 2008-09 Public School Enrollment Demographics; (5) Public Schools…
Descriptors: Enrollment Trends, Mathematics Achievement, Testing Programs, Standardized Tests
HAAS, JOHN; MELVILLE, ROBERT – 1967
A STUDY WAS DEVISED TO APPRAISE THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF NAVAJO STUDENTS LIVING IN DORMITORIES AWAY FROM THE INDIAN RESERVATION. THE FOLLOWING SEVEN FACTORS WERE CHOSEN TO BE INVESTIGATED AS BEING DIRECTLY RELATED TO ACHIEVEMENT--(1) INTELLIGENCE, (2) READING ABILITY, (3) ANXIETY, (4) SELF-CONCEPT, (5) MOTIVATION, (6) VERBAL DEVELOPMENT, (7)…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement, American Culture, Anxiety
STEERE, BOB F. – 1967
THE EFFECTIVENESS OF A NONGRADED HIGH SCHOOL WAS COMPARED WITH THAT OF A TRADITIONALLY GRADED HIGH SCHOOL IN THE SAME CITY BY ADMINISTERING TESTS AND RELATED EVALUATION METHODS TO A RANDOMLY SELECTED SAMPLE GROUP OF 141 TENTH-YEAR STUDENTS AT EACH OF THE SCHOOLS. SIX STUDENT GROUPS FOR EACH SCHOOL (DISTINGUISHED BY SEX AND ABILITY LEVEL) WERE USED…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Classification
Harrington, Patti – Utah State Office of Education, 2008
This paper offers facts and figures on Utah's education status for 2008. This paper contains the following: (1) Core CRT Language Arts Testing, 2007; (2) Core CRT Mathematics Testing, 2007; (3) 2007 Public Education General Fund--Funding by Source and Expenditures by Function; (4) 2007-08 Public School Enrollment Demographics; (5) Public Schools…
Descriptors: Enrollment Trends, Mathematics Achievement, Testing Programs, Standardized Tests
Harrington, Patti – Utah State Office of Education, 2007
This paper offers facts and figures on Utah's state of education for 2007. This paper contains the following: (1) Core CRT Language Arts Testing; (2) Core CRT Mathematics Testing; (3) 2006 Public Education General Fund--Funding by Source and Expenditures by Function; (4) 2006-07 Public School Enrollment Demographics; (5) Public Schools by Grade…
Descriptors: Enrollment Trends, Mathematics Achievement, Testing Programs, Standardized Tests
Harrington, Patti – Utah State Office of Education, 2005
This paper offers facts and figures on Utah's state of education for 2005. This paper contains the following: (1) Education Contacts; (2) Utah State Board of Education members; (3) Value of Weighted Pupil Unit (WPU) for the 2004-05 school year; (4) Per Pupil Spending in Perspective (2002); (5) Public School Enrollment per district (October…
Descriptors: Enrollment Trends, Mathematics Achievement, Testing Programs, Standardized Tests