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Brown, Rhonda M. – ProQuest LLC, 2014
Middle school students who struggle in reading are likely to also experience difficulty in their other subjects in school. A variety of reading intervention programs exist for schools to utilize to increase reading comprehension. The Scholastic READ 180 program is used as part of this study. This small, focused study of 160 students examined the…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Predictor Variables, Reading Difficulties, Reading Programs
Stone, Wilton, Jr. – ProQuest LLC, 2014
According to the U.S. Department of Education National Center for Education Statistics, students in the United States routinely perform poorly on international assessments. This study was focused specifically on the problem of the decrease in the number of middle school students meeting the requirements for one state's standardized tests for…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, State Standards, Language Arts, Mathematics Achievement
Willis, Mario – ProQuest LLC, 2014
The primary purpose of this study was to examine the effects that high-stakes tests have on middle school teachers' morale and teachers' efficacy in the state of Mississippi. The participants in this study were teachers in the areas of language arts, mathematics, and science at the middle school level. The researcher used a correlational design,…
Descriptors: Teacher Morale, Statistical Analysis, High Stakes Tests, Self Efficacy