Differences In Single- and Two-Parent Households Criterion Referenced Competency Test Scores Kristy Griffin‚ Cassie Furlow‚ and Jondrea Randall Columbus State University‚ Valdosta State University‚ and Georgia Southern University Our group decided to research the impact of single parent versus two parent homes on student test scores. To investigate‚ we will be using CRCT scores from 5th grade students attending
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According to Mary Hermes and Keiki Kawai’ae’a (2012)‚ “Speaking through an indigenous language is one of the deepest forms of identity reclamation and validation for people of indigenous heritage” (p. 307). Mary Hermes is helping to revitalize the Ojibwe language in the Great Lakes region. Hermes changed her major to curriculum studies and where she worked in a tribal school for five years‚ finishing her dissertation on culture-based schooling in 1995. Keiki help with the development of the Na Honua
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Department requires local school districts to keep records on all students‚ recording: age‚ race or ethnicity‚ days absent‚ current grade level‚ standardized test scores in reading and mathematics‚ and any disabilities or special educational needs the student may have. Who- Students‚ What- age‚ race or ethnicity‚ days absent‚ current grade level‚ standardized test scores in reading and mathematics‚ and any disabilities or special educational needs the student may have. When- unknown‚ Where- State
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Position Paper: Teacher Performance Pay John Filutze November 15‚ 2011 Jeff Abbott‚ Ph.D. Performance-based pay has been a hot topic among conversations regarding public education over the past several years. Performance-based pay‚ pay-for-performance‚ or merit pay‚ are all synonymous with pay programs “whereby teacher bonuses are tied to improvements in students’ performance” (Cissell‚ 2010‚ p. 119). Some programs even determine teacher pay‚ not just bonuses‚ based on
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RELATIONSHIP OF SCORE IMPROVEMENT ON STANDARDIZED TESTS BY HIGH SCHOOL DROP OUTS AND THE USE OF SELF DIRECTED LEARNING METHODOLOGIES Keywords: General Educational Development‚ Self Directed Learning‚ High School Drop Out Table of Contents CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION……………………………………………………3 Statement of the Problem……………………………………………………………3 Purpose of the Study…………………………………………………………3 Research Questions…………………………………………………………..4
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children in many ways. It affects kids emotionally and causes them to experience painful feelings such as fear‚ loss‚ anger and confusion. Divorce also hurts a child’s academic achievement. Children whose parents divorce generally have poorer scores on tests and a higher dropout rate. (3) Children react differently yet similarly in divorce. Every child caught up in the distress of divorce has a hard time coping with it and imagining their life without a parent. Their anxiety levels peak as they
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These areas will never catch up educationally‚ due to a lousy educational system. There also is the “No Child Left Behind Act”. This act requires all public schools receiving federal funding to give its state standardized test each year to all students. All the students must take the same test‚ under the same conditions. If funded schools do not make adequate improvements each year‚ they are labeled “in need of improvement”. Then the school must develop an improvement plan for the subject(s) they
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Abby Sekus A.P Lang and Comp Sager 4/2/13 Conformity and Schooling Many schools have good intentions of creating individuals‚ while others would argue that schools‚ their policies and structures are creating conformists. Personally‚ I do not think that schools are molding students into conformists. Schools’ expectations for high school students have given us the opportunity to be creative in the classroom while also teaching us to be responsible and mature when making choices. Schools
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introduced in 1945. Test takers are asked to take three mandatory subjects: Chinese‚ Mathematics and English‚ and choose from taking either three science subjects (Physics‚ Biology and Chemistry) or three humanities subjects (History‚ Politics and Geography). The test is administered uniformly within each provinces of China‚ and graded variously across the country. The college admission starts three weeks after the exam‚ based solely on the NCEE score. As a standardized exam to assess candidates’
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Affect Students’ Perceived Self-Efficacy? According to Jack O ’Connell (cited in Mangaliman‚ 2007)‚ California state superintendent of public instruction and based on the 2007 Standardized Testing and Reporting program (STAR)‚ Santa Clara County has the best overall rating in the state with regard to standardized test scores. Though this may be true‚ African American and Latina/o students within this county remain at the lower end with only 30 percent of African American students scoring at proficient
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