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THE IMPACT OF PROGRAMS, PRACTICES AND STRATEGIES ON
STUDENT ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE: A CASE STUDY
by
Karen Anne Kaiser
____________________________________________________________________
A Dissertation Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
DOCTOR OF EDUCATION
May 2009
Copyright 2009 Karen Anne Kaiser
Object Description
| Title | The impact of programs, practices, and strategies on student academic performance: a case study |
| Author | Kaiser, Karen Anne |
| Author email | kakaiser@usc.edu; skaiser@hlpusd.k12.ca.us |
| Degree | Doctor of Education |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Education (Leadership) |
| School | Rossier School of Education |
| Date defended/completed | 2009-02-11 |
| Date submitted | 2009 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2009-04-07 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Gothold, Stuart |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Escalante, Michael Stowe, Kathy |
| Abstract | The purpose of this case study was to examine an urban middle school demonstrating significant student academic achievement gains, seeking to identify key programs, practices, and instructional strategies that have made a positive impact on student academic performance serving to close the achievement gap between this school's low socioeconomic Latino students compared to more affluent white and Asian middle school students. Furthermore, this study sought to uncover themes emerging from the examination the programs, practices and instructional strategies identified at the case study school associated with raising student achievement.; An urban high performing school in southern California was selected for this study as an excellent exemplar of a high performing urban middle school for several reasons. Being a part of the relatively large urban district, the school is located in a primarily Hispanic, low socioeconomic neighborhood. The school has met or exceeded the criteria set for this study defining it as a high performing school for the last three academic years, having made steady academic performance improvement over the past several years as measured by the California Standardized Testing and Reporting Program.; The inquiry method employed for this study was the case study approach. Documents were reviewed, observational field notes of site visits were taken, and structured, open-ended interview questions were utilized to uncover factors positively affecting student achievement. A total of six teachers, two administrators and two counselors participated in the interview process. To ensure effective triangulation of the research data, a quantitative survey was used to support the principals' and teachers' interview responses. A total of 35 teachers at the case study school completed the questionnaire surveys.; Data analysis uncovered three major themes associated with increasing student achievement, including a culture of support for students, the setting of high academic expectations for students, and the establishment of school-wide systems and structures. Use of Bolman and Deal's four frames paradigm provided the theoretical support for the analysis, interpretation of the data gathered at the case study school, and identification of implications for further study. |
| Keyword | closing the academic perfomance gap; middle school achievement; case study |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m2063 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Rights | Kaiser, Karen Anne |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | http://www.usc.edu/isd/libraries/services/ask_a_librarian/email/ |
| Filename | etd-Kaiser-2816 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume44/etd-Kaiser-2816.pdf |
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| Title | Page 1 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Full text | THE IMPACT OF PROGRAMS, PRACTICES AND STRATEGIES ON STUDENT ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE: A CASE STUDY by Karen Anne Kaiser ____________________________________________________________________ A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF EDUCATION May 2009 Copyright 2009 Karen Anne Kaiser |
