Publication Date
| In 2025 | 0 |
| Since 2024 | 0 |
| Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 0 |
| Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 1 |
| Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 7 |
Descriptor
| Gender Differences | 7 |
| Low Achievement | 7 |
| School Districts | 7 |
| Academic Achievement | 5 |
| Ethnicity | 4 |
| Correlation | 3 |
| High Achievement | 3 |
| Predictor Variables | 3 |
| Program Effectiveness | 3 |
| Racial Differences | 3 |
| Achievement Gap | 2 |
| More ▼ | |
Author
| Brooks-Bey, Michelle Rubee | 1 |
| Chargois, Timothy | 1 |
| Colby-Rooney, Danielle M. | 1 |
| Gillespie, Jon | 1 |
| Hardman, Brenda Kay | 1 |
| Losen, Daniel J. | 1 |
| Martinez, Tia | 1 |
| Pazera, Carol | 1 |
| Strand, Steve | 1 |
Publication Type
| Dissertations/Theses -… | 4 |
| Journal Articles | 1 |
| Reports - Descriptive | 1 |
| Reports - Evaluative | 1 |
| Reports - Research | 1 |
Education Level
| Elementary Education | 3 |
| Elementary Secondary Education | 2 |
| Early Childhood Education | 1 |
| Grade 10 | 1 |
| Grade 11 | 1 |
| Grade 3 | 1 |
| Grade 4 | 1 |
| Grade 5 | 1 |
| High Schools | 1 |
| Middle Schools | 1 |
| Postsecondary Education | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Audience
Location
| California | 1 |
| Florida | 1 |
| New Jersey | 1 |
| New York | 1 |
| Texas | 1 |
| Texas (Austin) | 1 |
| United Kingdom | 1 |
| United Kingdom (London) | 1 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
| Florida Comprehensive… | 1 |
| Multifactor Leadership… | 1 |
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Direct linkColby-Rooney, Danielle M. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this study was to determine the perceptions of building principals toward superintendent leadership responsibilities and practices of goal setting, nonnegotiable goals for achievement and instruction, board alignment with support of district goals, monitoring goals for achievement and instruction, use of resources to support the…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Superintendents, Labor Turnover, School Districts
Download full textLosen, Daniel J.; Martinez, Tia; Gillespie, Jon – Civil Rights Project / Proyecto Derechos Civiles, 2012
The Civil Rights Project has been examining out-of-school suspensions since 1999 due to concerns about the frequency of suspensions, observed racial disparities in their systemic use and the possible negative impact, especially for children of color. Most important, a robust study of school discipline by the Council of State Governments tracked…
Descriptors: Suspension, Civil Rights, Low Achievement, Juvenile Justice
Peer reviewedStrand, Steve – Review of Education, 2016
Relatively little research has explored whether schools differ in their effectiveness for different group of pupils (e.g. by ethnicity, poverty or gender), for different curriculum subjects (e.g. English, mathematics or science) or over time (different cohorts). This paper uses multilevel modelling to analyse the national test results at age 7 and…
Descriptors: School Effectiveness, Hierarchical Linear Modeling, Children, Elementary School Students
Brooks-Bey, Michelle Rubee – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of the length of years of preschool attendance on the academic achievement and retention of third and fourth grade students in high and low achieving schools. The study consisted of the analysis of secondary data, i.e., mathematics and language arts literacy scores as the measurement of academic…
Descriptors: Ethnicity, Economic Status, Preschool Education, Language Arts
Hardman, Brenda Kay – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Teachers' perceptions of their school leaders influence student achievement in their schools. The extent of this influence is examined in this study. This quantitative study examined teachers' perceptions of the leadership style of their principals as transformational, transactional or passive-avoidant in improving and non-improving schools in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Leadership Styles, Leadership, Stimulation
Pazera, Carol – Online Submission, 2010
This report summarizes AISD 2008-2009 program evaluation results for a state grant to improve students' grades in science courses, to increase students' chances of graduating, and to increase 10th and 11th-grade students' scores on the state science test.
Descriptors: Science Achievement, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grants
Chargois, Timothy – ProQuest LLC, 2008
This quantitative study was designed to investigate if there was differences among the following groups: (1) school size, (2) class size, (3) ethnicity, (4) gender, and (5) a teacher's years of experience with respect to fifth grade TAKS math and reading scores when controlling for low socio-economic status for 1404 students at elementary campuses…
Descriptors: Class Size, African American Achievement, Academic Achievement, School Size
