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FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO THE HIGH PERFORMANCE OF AN URBAN
HIGH SCHOOL
by
Talin Pushian Kargodorian
__________________________________________________________
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 2008
Copyright 2008 Talin Pushian Kargodorian
Object Description
| Title | Factors contributing to the high performance of an urban high school |
| Author | Kargodorian, Talin Pushian |
| Author email | pushian@usc.edu |
| Degree | Doctor of Education |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Education (Leadership) |
| School | Rossier School of Education |
| Date defended/completed | 2008-03-17 |
| Date submitted | 2008 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2008-04-01 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Gothold, Stuart |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Hocevar, Dennis Escalante, Michael |
| Abstract | Although many urban high schools are struggling to make adequate progress, meet standards or even outperform expectations, some urban high schools are achieving significant gains, outperforming expectations in comparison with schools ranked as similar schools based on demographics. The purpose of the study was to understand what factors contribute to the high performance at these urban schools and more particularly, whether student engagement was one of the factors leading to the success of these schools. Once the factors were determined, the study aimed to understand what strategies and best practices the schools were utilizing to incorporate these factors into the regular school day leading to high achievement.; A case study was conducted and data was gathered through both qualitative and quantitative data collection methods. Four data collection processes were utilized including document analysis, surveys of teachers, administrators, and students, observations of ten classrooms and interviews with the principal, assistant principal, teachers, a parent and alumnus. All data gathered through the interviews, surveys, observations and document analysis were organized, studied, coded and separated, chunked into themes, and finally interpreted and analyzed to fulfill the purpose of the study.; Through the analysis of the data gathered, four finding were revealed. It was determined that the factors contributing to the high performance of the case study school included strong and shared leadership, individualized attention and support, and relevance through cross-curricular project based learning. In addition, findings revealed that there is a link between student engagement and high levels of student achievement. |
| Keyword | high performing; urban; high schools; factors contributing to the high performance of high schools |
| 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 |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m1071 |
| Rights | Kargodorian, Talin Pushian |
| 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-Kargodorian-20080401 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume14/etd-Kargodorian-20080401.pdf |
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| Full text | FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO THE HIGH PERFORMANCE OF AN URBAN HIGH SCHOOL by Talin Pushian Kargodorian __________________________________________________________ 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 2008 Copyright 2008 Talin Pushian Kargodorian |
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