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RAISING STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT ON THE CALIFORNIA STANDARDS TEST AND CALIFORNIA HIGH SCHOOL EXIT EXAM AT THE PHOENIX ARTS CHARTER SCHOOL
by
Kathlene Joanna de la Cuesta
________________________________________
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 Kathlene Joanna de la Cuesta
Object Description
| Title | Raising student achievement on the California Standards Test and California High School Exit Exam at the Phoenix Arts Charter School |
| Author | de la Cuesta, Kathlene |
| Author email | kjdelacuesta@yahoo.com |
| Degree | Doctor of Education |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Education (Leadership) |
| School | Rossier School of Education |
| Date defended/completed | 2008-02-21 |
| Date submitted | 2008 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2008-04-11 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Hocevar, Dennis |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Stowe, Kathy Hexom, Denise |
| Abstract | The purpose of this quasi-experimental study was to describe, analyze, and present solutions to the performance gap of high school tenth grade students at the Phoenix Arts Charter School (PACS) on the California High School Exit Exam (CAHSEE) and the California Standards Test (CST). The framework underlining this study is the performance improvement research by Clark and Estes (2002), Barr and Parrett (2007), Kirkpatrick and Kirkpatrick (2006), Marzano (2003), and Zmuda, Kuklis and Kline (2004). Data from the (1) CSTs, (2) CAHSEE, and (3) qualitative data collected in the form of questionnaires, interviews, observations, documents and materials analysis from administration and staff of PACS were used.; A mixed methods approach to data collection to provide evidence for summative and formative evaluation purposes was used. Summative data were collected to determine the effectiveness of the intervention on two dependent variables causes: (a) scaled scores and pass rates on the CAHSEE and (b) performance levels of students as measured on the CST ELA and Mathematics at PACS. Student performance on the CAHSEE and CST was measured in the spring of 2006 and 2007. Performance band scores on the CST were coded on a 0-4 scale and the analysis was limited to grade 10. The benchmark comparison of 100% pass rate was used as a standard for comparison for the CAHSEE results at PACS.; Results indicated that tenth-grade students from the experimental school, PACS, had some positive changes in CST ELA and Geometry test scores. The mean and the percentage of students who scored "basic and above" increased, although the changes were not substantial in size. Additionally, PACS made a modest percentage increase on the CAHSEE. However, when compared to district and state-result averages, PACS exceeded the district and the state pass rate percentages. The research had implications for educators who want to affect teaching and learning and enable students to pass the CAHSEE, and to move students to the level of "proficient or above" on the CST. |
| Keyword | CAHSEE |
| Geographic subject | educational facilities: Phoenix Arts 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-m1103 |
| Rights | de la Cuesta, Kathlene |
| 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-delaCuesta-20080411 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume29/etd-delaCuesta-20080411.pdf |
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| Full text | RAISING STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT ON THE CALIFORNIA STANDARDS TEST AND CALIFORNIA HIGH SCHOOL EXIT EXAM AT THE PHOENIX ARTS CHARTER SCHOOL by Kathlene Joanna de la Cuesta ________________________________________ 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 Kathlene Joanna de la Cuesta |
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