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  • The Impact of a Year-Round School Calendar on College and Career Readiness as Measured by the SAT Scores of Urban High School Seniors

    Description:
    Students might lose skills and knowledge accomplished in the school year throughout the summer break. The aim of the examination is to survey the effect of an all-year school plan on school and career preparedness, as determined by the SAT (Scholastic Aptitude Test) marks of twelfth-grade students. SAT outcomes will be examined for urban high school students with a yearly calendar and pupils with a conventional school calendar. Through quantitative examination, the checking will use various independent t-tests for two free examples, which offered the effect of the school calendar. In view of the investigation of total scores of SATs, it was evident that the relationship between the all-year school calendar and the conventional one indicated a degree of measurable criticality. It was clear that the all-year school calendar is more viable; thus, the recommendation that the policymakers ought to recognize further reception and usage of the calendar model to easily prepare urban high school seniors for colleges and professions. The research further recommends that the stakeholders in education ought to organize student’s dependent on various demographic arrangements like age and sex to enhance the rightness of assessment dependent on SATs through which the students are set up for their next levels. With this, the research paper recommends extra research regarding the most adequate usage systems for a policy that controls the selection of the all-year calendar to approve the findings of the current research. Key words: examination, Scholastic Aptitude Test, school calendar.
    Keyword:
    Educational tests & measurements , Secondary education, SAT (Scholastic Aptitude Test), and School calendar
    Subject:
    Education
    Creator:
    Grant, Christopher D.
    Owner:
    skushner@saintpeters.edu
    Publisher:
    Saint Peter's University
    Date Uploaded:
    12/23/2021
    Date Modified:
    11/16/2023
    Date Created:
    2020
    Rights Statement:
    In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation

  • The Impact of Race and Socio-Economic Status on Grade 8 NJASK Scores for Language Arts

    Description:
    Many scholars have suggested over the past several decades have pointed to a persisting achievement gap between white and black students. A lack of parental support and advocacy, peer influences, student health issues, poor nutrition, and low socioeconomic status are among the factors contributing to this gap (Chubb & Loveless, 2004). This study analyzed the standardized test results of students in all New Jersey schools belonging to socioeconomic District Factor Groups. The goal was to determine whether race and economic advantage impact academic achievement. Two subgroups, one comprising black students and one consisting of white students, were examined over a designated time period. Findings demonstrated that two factors—race and socioeconomic status—strongly contributed to student performance on standardized testing. It is more important than ever to advocate for the closing of this gap in educational achievement.
    Keyword:
    Race , Socio-Economic Status, Grade 8 , NJASK Scores for Language Arts, Impact, Educational tests & measurements , Middle School education , Educational sociology, Reading instruction, Educational leadership, and Ethnic studies
    Subject:
    Education
    Creator:
    Bugge, Allison
    Owner:
    skushner@saintpeters.edu
    Publisher:
    Saint Peter's University
    Date Uploaded:
    12/23/2021
    Date Modified:
    03/27/2024
    Date Created:
    2018
    Rights Statement:
    In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation

  • A comparative analysis of athletes and non-athletes academic achievement in a Northern New Jersey High School

    Description:
    This mixed-methods study with a narrative component explored the effect athletic participation played on the academic achievement of senior student-athletes and non-athlete in a public school in Northern New Jersey. The motivation for the study was the conflicting perceptions and research as related to the impact athletic participation had on academic success at the high school levels. Through student athlete and non-athlete comparisons of G.P.A.'s, H.S.P.A. and S.A.T. scores, the researcher found athletic participation did affect academic achievement for high school seniors between the years of 2007 and 2013, as hypothesized. When comparing the six dependent variables among athletes and non-athletes, the athletes proved significant on all variables measured by using a MANOVA. More specifically, statistical significance was found in female athletes' G.P.A.s and on the S.A.T. writing section. Analysis was also obtained from the target high schools' teachers, as well as from N.J.S.I.A.A. Hall of Fame coaches. The Likert scale survey items and open-ended responses from the survey responses exposed the following regarding the academic achievement of senior student-athletes: the effect of athletic participation was mostly positive on academic performance, despite the general perception that student-athletes are sometimes treated more leniently with respect to disciplinary infractions and academic requirements; coach involvement directly affects academic achievement; athletic participation and academic achievement was important in the target school community and coaches measured success both in terms of wins and loses, as well as student-athlete character and academic performance.
    Keyword:
    Educational tests & measurements , Physical education, Athletes, and Northern New Jersey
    Subject:
    Education
    Creator:
    Cirillo, Joseph John
    Owner:
    skushner@saintpeters.edu
    Publisher:
    Saint Peter's University
    Date Uploaded:
    12/22/2021
    Date Modified:
    11/30/2023
    Date Created:
    2014
    Rights Statement:
    In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation