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Direct linkSarah M. Furnier; Susan Ellis Weismer; Eric Rubenstein; Ronald Gangnon; Steven Rosenberg; Cy Nadler; Lisa D. Wiggins; Maureen S. Durkin – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2024
We examined relationships between measures of adaptive behavior, cognitive ability, and autism symptom severity in 1458 preschool-aged children with autism from the Study to Explore Early Development. While publications commonly describe autistic children as "low-" or "high-functioning" based on cognitive ability, relying…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Cognitive Ability, Adjustment (to Environment), Severity (of Disability)
Bethany I. McCabe – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This dissertation examines the connection between the English Language Arts Professional Learning Community, data analysis, and research-based instructional strategies to improve students reading levels, as measured by the Pennsylvania Literature Keystone Exam at an Urban High School. It is a mixed-method study. Data were collected from 9th -12th…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, High School Teachers, Language Arts, Teacher Attitudes
Gina R. Mason; Jillian L. Wendt – Discover Education, 2024
The purpose of this study was to determine the impact that meaningful watershed educational experiences (MWEE) had on the academic achievement of middle school students. A quantitative, ex post facto causal-comparative design was used. The sample population consisted of 1067 8th-grade students across four middle schools within the Pennsylvania…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Academic Achievement, Educational Experience, Grade 8
Allison N. Kopco – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This dissertation examines the school-level impacts on student achievement in the state of Pennsylvania from the economic inputs provided to students and schools. I conduct a comprehensive review of prior literature on Pennsylvania education funding, the issue of equity versus adequacy, academic spending per pupil, and teacher compensation, as…
Descriptors: Expenditure per Student, Teacher Salaries, Academic Achievement, Influences
Amanda E. Cipolla – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Pennsylvania schools are under pressure to meet academic growth and achievement standards set forth by the Commonwealth. Due to these high-stakes, schools are always looking for ways to improve academics to not only meet the needs of students, but also the expectations put forth at the state level. The proposed research study examined if a…
Descriptors: Standardized Tests, Scores, Secondary Schools, Positive Behavior Supports
Download full textLinh Tuyet Luu – Online Submission, 2024
Mathematical fact fluency, particularly in addition and subtraction, is crucial for students' success in later mathematical concepts and is often a focus of elementary education. Educators are exploring tools to enhance math fluency, such as Reflex Math, a digital program designed to accelerate students' fact fluency through adaptive learning…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Mathematics Skills, Mathematics Tests, Standardized Tests
Tiffany M. Boyd; Susan M. Moyer; Dawn Lambert – Journal of School Nursing, 2024
Pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections (PANDAS) is an autoimmune disorder associated with sudden onset of behavior changes. The prevalence of PANDAS is increasing in schools and interdisciplinary collaboration, knowledge, and the use of referrals to the school nurse are important for supporting…
Descriptors: School Nurses, Referral, Clinical Diagnosis, Diseases
Sarah A. Cordes – Education Finance and Policy, 2024
The charter school sector has expanded beyond brick-and-mortar schools to cyber schools, where enrollment grew almost tenfold between 2015 and 2020. While a large literature documents the effects of charter schools on test scores, fewer studies explore impacts on attainment or postsecondary outcomes and there is almost no work exploring the…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Virtual Schools, Outcomes of Education, College Attendance
Kownacki, Angela; Barker, David; Arghode, Vishal – International Journal of Leadership in Education, 2023
Shared leadership among school principals and teachers has been touted as a means to enhance student achievement. Using grounded theory, we interviewed six principals and 20 urban elementary school teachers, in Pennsylvania, to examine their perceptions about federal and state mandates on shared leadership. Results indicate that although teachers…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Instructional Leadership, Leadership Styles, Urban Schools
Mansolf, Maxwell; Vreeker, Annabel; Reise, Steven P.; Freimer, Nelson B.; Glahn, David C.; Gur, Raquel E.; Moore, Tyler M.; Pato, Carlos N.; Pato, Michele T.; Palotie, Aarno; Holm, Minna; Suvisaari, Jaana; Partonen, Timo; Kieseppä, Tuula; Paunio, Tiina; Boks, Marco; Kahn, René; Ophoff, Roel A.; Bearden, Carrie E.; Loohuis, Loes Olde; Teshiba, Terri; deGeorge, Daniella; Bilder, Robert M. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2020
Large-scale studies spanning diverse project sites, populations, languages, and measurements are increasingly important to relate psychological to biological variables. National and international consortia already are collecting and executing mega-analyses on aggregated data from individuals, with different measures on each person. In this…
Descriptors: Item Response Theory, Data Analysis, Measurement, Validity
Taylor, Jacob-Paul; Zuber, Malgorzata; Shoup, David – Youth & Society, 2023
This research strives to enrich criminological and educational literature by providing a better understanding of relationships among school performance and achievement, attendance, and demographic information based upon the number of exclusionary disciplinary actions within public high schools. Using data on 409 traditional high schools from the…
Descriptors: High Schools, Academic Achievement, School Demography, School Effectiveness
Allison R. Lombardi; Graham G. Rifenbark; H. Jane Rogers; Hariharan Swaminathan; Ashley Taconet; Valerie L. Mazzotti; Mary E. Morningstar; Rongxiu Wu; Shannon Langdon – Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individuals, 2023
The purpose of this study was to establish construct validity of a college and career readiness measure using a sample of youth with (n = 356) and without (n = 1,599) disabilities from five high schools across three U.S. states. We established content validity through expert item review, structural validity through initial field-testing, and…
Descriptors: Test Validity, Construct Validity, Adolescents, College Readiness
Ian M. Daecher – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The purpose of this non-experimental, quantitative study was to investigate the relationship between Acadience reading curriculum-based measures (CBMs) and the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA) mathematics assessment for students in grades three, four, five, and six. Furthermore, multiple linear regression equations were created from…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Scores, Mathematics, Reading Instruction
Neitzel, Jennifer; Early, Diane; Sideris, John; LaForrett, Doré; Abel, Michael B.; Soli, Margaret; Davidson, Dawn L.; Haboush-Deloye, Amanda; Hestenes, Linda L.; Jenson, Denise; Johnson, Cindy; Kalas, Jennifer; Mamrak, Angela; Masterson, Marie L.; Mims, Sharon U.; Oya, Patti; Philson, Bobbi; Showalter, Megan; Warner-Richter, Mallory; Kortright Wood, Jill – Journal of Early Childhood Research, 2019
The Early Childhood Environment Rating Scales, including the "Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale--Revised" (Harms et al., 2005) and the "Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale, Third Edition" (Harms et al., 2015) are the most widely used observational assessments in early childhood learning environments. The most recent…
Descriptors: Rating Scales, Early Childhood Education, Educational Quality, Scoring
Miller, Bryan D. – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2020
Data collection procedures using adapted Curriculum-Based Assessment (CBA) and Curriculum-Based Measurement (CBM) were developed for deaf and hard of hearing students. Results from statistical analyses through linear regression indicated that reading fluency scores using CBA and CBM materials adapted for deaf and hard of hearing students…
Descriptors: Hearing Impairments, Deafness, Curriculum Based Assessment, Evaluation Methods
