Classroom Mastery of Performance Standards

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Table of Contents

CHAPTER # 4: DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS5

Introduction5

Descriptive Data6

Descriptive Statistics6

Algebra 08 EOCT Score7

Biology 08 EOCT Score8

Ninth-Grade EOCT Scores8

Data Analysis9

Results of Hypothesis Testing9

Hypothesis Testing10

Curricular Standards12

District-Level Commitment to Improved EOCT Results13

The Study's Academic Environment14

Science Performance Assessments15

Ninth-Grade CRCT Life Science Assessment15

National Science Education Standards17

State Academic Standards18

Georgia Performance Standards18

Biology EOCT in Georgia19

Local School Commitment to Improved EOCT Results21

Impact of the Academy Model on EOCT Scores22

CHAPTER # 5: RESULTS, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS25

Discussion25

Conclusion42

Recommendations43

Recommendations for Future Research44

Recommendation for Practice45

Implications48

REFERENCES52

Chapter # 4: Data Collection and Analysis

Introduction

The purpose of the study is to analyze the scope to which grade recovery activities at a high school located in Georgia enhanced the student's ability to gain mastery of course content standards and impacted the student's overall grade on the end of course exam and their final grade. The academic performance of students that actively participated in grade recovery at this school in the Georgia education system, as well as those that had little or no involvement in grade recovery will be extensively scrutinized in order to determine the success of the various grade recovery programs used at this particular institution.

The purpose of this chapter is to provide the results of the data analyses that were used to test the following research hypotheses:

H1.The grade recovery program at this Georgia high school will have a positive impact on student's overall success in a given course.

H0.There is no relationship between the grade recovery program at this Georgia high school and a student's overall success in a given course.

H2.The intercession program at this Georgia high school will have a constructive influence on a student's overall success in a given course.

H0.There is no relationship between the intercession program at this Georgia high school and a student's overall success in a given course.

H3.The Operation Clean Sweep program at this high school has a positive influence to a student's overall success in a given course for the 2007-2008 school years.

H0.There is no relationship between the Operation Clean Sweep program at this high school and a student's overall success in a given course.

H4.Students participating in any of the grades recovery processes at this metro Atlanta high school will show significant improvement in their final average and end of course scores.

H0.There is no relationship between the grade recovery processes at this metro Atlanta high school and their final average or end of course exam score.

This chapter contains four major sections. Initially a presentation of descriptive data is rendered. In the next section an overview of the data processing and analysis procedures are presented. Also, the results for each research hypothesis ...