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|a Lewis, Sharon R.. |
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|a An investigation of the relationship between professional development and student achievement in 53 middle schools within a large urban school district in South Florida |h [electronic resource]. |
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|a Miami, Fla. : |b Barry University, |c 2006. |
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|a iv, 72 leaves : |b ill. ; |c 28 cm |
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|a Barry University Dissertations -- School of Education. |
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|a Thesis (Ed.D.)--Barry University, 2006. |
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|a Includes bibliographical references (leaves 66-72). |
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|a Copyright Sharon R. Lewis. Permission granted to Barry University to digitize, archive and distribute this item for non-profit research and educational purposes. Any reuse of this item in excess of fair use or other copyright exemptions requires permission of the copyright holder. |
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|a Purpose : Student achievement has received much attention in the past decade and is still the subject of discourse in terms of standards and accountability. There have been and still remain active discussions among researchers and practitioners that suggest teachers should have both the subject-matter knowledge and the teaching skills necessary to enable students to reach high standards. The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of the intensity of professional development on student achievement as measured by the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT) school grade within a three-year time frame. The study examined the intensity of the professional development received by teachers within the middle schools over a three-year time frame and the affects on student achievement over the same time frame as it related to schools’ grades based on the FCAT. Intensity was defined as the average number of in-service points earned by the teacher and the school in professional development activities. Method : The research design was nonexperimental because there was no manipulation of the independent variable by the researcher and there was no random assignment of participants. The data on which the conclusions were based was archival. The groups in the study are (1) schools wherein the school’s FCAT grade improved over a three-year time frame, (2) schools wherein the school’s FCAT grade remained stable and (3) schools wherein the school’s FCAT grade declined over a three-year time frame. A one way analysis of variance (ANOVA), t-tests and repeated measures was used to investigate the differences in professional development points among schools at different FCAT school grade levels. School grade is defined as the letter grade (A, B, C, D, or F) that is given to the school by the Florida Department of Education based upon the accumulation of percentage points for six measures of student achievement. The measures are: (1) the percent of students meeting high standards in reading; (2) mathematics; (3) writing; (4) the percent of students making learning gains in reading; (5) mathematics; and 6) the percent of the lowest performing students making learning gains in reading (Florida Department of Education Guide to Calculating School Grades, 2004, pp. 2-3). Major Findings : The results revealed that schools with satisfactory student achievement have more professional development activity than schools with poor student achievement regardless of whether professional development activity is measured as points per teacher or points per school. The evidence was not strong enough to demonstrate a statistically significant association between declining levels of professional development activity and declines in student achievement as measured by declining school grades. |
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|a Electronic reproduction. |c Barry University, |d 2020. |f (Barry University Digital Collections) |n Mode of access: World Wide Web. |n System requirements: Internet connectivity; Web browser software. |
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|a Barry University Archives and Special Collections. |
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|a Teachers |x In-service training |x United States. |
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|a Middle school teachers |x United States. |
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|a Teacher effectiveness |x United States. |
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|a Academic achievement |x United States. |
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|a Middle schools |x United States. |
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