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Leo, Aaron; Wilcox, Kristen C.; Kramer, Catherine; Lawson, Hal A.; Min, Mina – Teachers College Record, 2020
Background/Context: In the field of education, the lens of agency has provided a valuable conceptual alternative to deterministic portrayals of schools as oppressive institutions where teachers and students have little power over the conditions in which they teach and learn. A number of studies have investigated teacher and student agency, but few…
Descriptors: Personal Autonomy, Professional Autonomy, Secondary School Students, Secondary School Teachers
Garrett, Michelle Y. – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Educational researchers have been exploring academic outcomes for at-risk students for many years but somehow have not been successful in closing the achievement gap that exists for at-risk students of color. Acknowledging that gap and developing programs and practices that can be implemented within a shared vision can ensure that all students can…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Education, Student Attitudes, Academic Achievement, At Risk Students
What Works Clearinghouse, 2020
Many programs and practices aim to improve college persistence and completion, including "Single Stop USA's Community College Initiative," hereafter referred to as "Single Stop." "Single Stop" supports community college students with screening and applications for public benefits and other wraparound services that can…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Academic Persistence, Academic Achievement
What Works Clearinghouse, 2020
Many programs and practices aim to improve college persistence and completion, including "Single Stop USA's Community College Initiative," hereafter referred to as "Single Stop." "Single Stop" supports community college students with screening and applications for public benefits and other wraparound services that can…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Academic Persistence, Academic Achievement
What Works Clearinghouse, 2020
Many programs and practices aim to improve college persistence and completion, including "Single Stop USA's Community College Initiative," hereafter referred to as "Single Stop." "Single Stop" supports community college students with screening and applications for public benefits and other wraparound services that can…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Academic Persistence, Academic Achievement
Foy, James M. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
This non-experimental study investigated the relationship of teachers' trust towards their administrators and student achievement. Ginsberg's (2003) survey, as modified from Smalt's (1997) Teachers' Analysis of Their Principals' Supervisory Styles (TAPES), was translated to an on-line assessment and emailed to teacher participants from three…
Descriptors: Trust (Psychology), Academic Achievement, Teacher Administrator Relationship, Suburban Schools
Artiles, Dagoberto – ProQuest LLC, 2013
In the United States a high school diploma offers a pathway to the growing professional occupations creating the American middle class. The continuous influx of minority families into suburban school districts eventually urbanized districts. As a result, multiple districts struggle in the process of educating a shifted population. Studies have…
Descriptors: High Schools, Suburban Schools, Urbanization, Teacher Attitudes
Quintana, Elizabeth Ruiz – ProQuest LLC, 2015
This mixed method study explored and analyzed instructional strategies utilized by algebra teachers whose students' coursework culminated in the New York State Regents Examination in Integrated Algebra and for whom 50% of the tested cohort earned mastery level (85 or higher) on the examination. The targeted populations were eighth or ninth grade…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Academic Achievement, Suburban Schools, Standardized Tests
Steele, Gayle – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Because of public concern over the effectiveness of our schools, a new evaluation system was put in place to hold principals and teachers directly accountable for student academic achievement. Part of this evaluation included student performance on state assessments. The purpose of this qualitative study sought to examine how the transformation…
Descriptors: Principals, Transformational Leadership, Instructional Leadership, Teacher Attitudes
Solomon, Barbara A. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The major purpose of this study was to ascertain how intermediate grade teachers' culturally relevant beliefs and practices might contribute to mastery proficiency for African American students on New York State English Language Arts (ELA) and mathematics assessments. The study measured how teachers in similar high need suburban elementary schools…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Culturally Relevant Education, Classification, Teacher Attitudes
Watkins, Donna Moguel – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this researcher was to investigate the programmatic impact of school districts' practice of limited early access to algebra on student performance. School districts selected for the study are located in the counties of Nassau and Suffolk, Long Island, New York. School districts that reported Mathematics A and Integrated Algebra…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, School Districts, Grade 8, Educational Researchers
Fishman, Callen E. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Parents of students in special education have greater barriers to parent involvement than parents of students in general education. Little is known, however, about the factors that facilitate or impede involvement practices for this group. This study investigated the extent to which the motivational factors from Hoover-Dempsey and Sandler's (2005)…
Descriptors: Special Education, Disabilities, Parent Participation, Motivation
Masera, Ronald M. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This researcher examined the effects of Traditional versus Tactual/Kinesthetic versus Interactive Whiteboard instruction on short- and long-term word-recall and attitude-test scores of primary students. The sample included 87 children, 45 kindergarten and 42 first-grade students. Participants were 41 males and 46 females from a suburban elementary…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Achievement Gains, Sight Vocabulary, Academic Achievement
Siegel, Kyrie – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships among New York State school board member attitudes toward components of school board governance and their sense of effectiveness in high and low math academic achievement districts in New York State. The study examined board members' perceptions of their actual practices in policy…
Descriptors: Suburban Schools, State Schools, Academic Achievement, Money Management
Ransford-Kaldon, Carolyn; Flynt, E. Sutton; Ross, Cristin – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2011
The purpose of this study was twofold: (1) to determine the efficacy of the Leveled Literacy Intervention program (LLI) in increasing reading achievement for K-2 students and (2) to examine LLI program implementation fidelity. This study evaluated LLI in two U.S. school districts and used a mixed-method design to address the following key research…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Economically Disadvantaged, Academic Achievement, Program Implementation
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