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A CASE STUDY OF FACTORS RELATED TO A HIGH PERFORMING URBAN
CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL: INVESTIGATING STUDENT ENGAGEMENT
AND ITS IMPACT ON STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT
by
Kelley Jennifer Mayr
_________________________________________________
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 Kelley Jennifer Mayr
Object Description
| Title | A case study of factors related to a high performing urban charter high school: investigating student engagement and its impact on student achievement |
| Author | Mayr, Kelley Jennifer |
| Author email | mayr@usc.edu |
| Degree | Doctor of Education |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Education (Leadership) |
| School | Rossier School of Education |
| Date defended/completed | 2008-03-19 |
| Date submitted | 2008 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2008-04-01 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Gothold, Stuart E. |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Stowe, Kathy Hocevar, Dennis |
| Abstract | Historically, students in urban high schools have underperformed academically in comparison to their suburban counterparts. Nonetheless some urban high schools have achieved significant gains. It is unclear what has contributed to high academic performance in these schools. The literature is replete with studies of student achievement in traditional suburban high schools, including the implementation of several strategies, which have led to school effectiveness. However, there remain questions regarding what factors have positively affected student performance in urban high schools where increased academic achievement has been realized.; The purpose of this case study was to understand the nature of and determine the factors that affect academic achievement for students attending a high-performing public high school. Such factors as school culture, school leadership, instruction and curriculum and student engagement were used as the conceptual model upon which the research was based. These factors were explored, through observation, student and faculty surveys, interviews with school faculty and review of school documents. This case study also considered formal and informal procedures that were used by staff and students to increase student achievement. Specifically, this study targeted students attending a large, high-performing charter high school located in an area of southern California which has experienced rapid population growth and subsequent urban issues. Additionally, results from the High School Survey of Student Engagement (HSSSE) 2007 created by the Center for Evaluation & Education Policy at the University of Indiana, were analyzed in order to better understand the relationship that student engagement played in increasing student achievement.; The results of this case study concluded that the aforementioned factors: school culture, school leadership, instruction and curriculum and student engagement did in fact lead to increased student academic performance in this high performing urban charter high school. Additional themes including collaboration, senses of purpose, focused goals and relationships also emerged from the research findings. Finally, student engagement levels at the school studied revealed that the students in the charter school had higher levels of Cognitive, Intellectual, Academic andEmotional engagement than that of the national HSSSE profile, while indicators also revealed slightly lower levels of Social/Behavioral/Participatory student engagement, when compared to the national average. |
| Keyword | engagement; charter school; school leadership; school culture; dropout; education; education history |
| Geographic subject | educational facilities: Everest Charter School |
| Geographic subject (state) | California |
| Geographic subject (country) | USA |
| 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-m1073 |
| Rights | Mayr, Kelley Jennifer |
| 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-Mayr-20080401 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume14/etd-Mayr-20080401.pdf |
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| Full text | A CASE STUDY OF FACTORS RELATED TO A HIGH PERFORMING URBAN CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL: INVESTIGATING STUDENT ENGAGEMENT AND ITS IMPACT ON STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT by Kelley Jennifer Mayr _________________________________________________ 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 Kelley Jennifer Mayr |
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