Variables related to improved student achievement through state report card accountability data: implications of high definition instructional leadership and educational planning

• Main Author: Moffett, Noran L
• Format: Others
• Published: DigitalCommons@Robert W. Woodruff Library, Atlanta University Center 2005
• Online Access: http://digitalcommons.auctr.edu/dissertations/3534; http://digitalcommons.auctr.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5057&context=dissertations

The objective of this study was to determine the significance of State Report Card data results on student achievement for 34 schools and to compare selected results of classroom observation ratings and lesson plan ratings by the Central Office Instructional Leader (COIL) from selected classrooms in three of the schools. The use of correlation analysis, factor analysis and regression analysis was applied to the variables to ascertain significance at .05 or below. This methodology included a purposeful selection of three schools based upon the demographic characteristics of the schools. The data analyses revealed that the state data provided some global variables on which planning could be conducted at the district level in terms of quality teacher recruitment, construction of smaller schools, adding Pre-K and technology, reduction of student suspension and teacher turnover. The significance of the study includes the suggestion that teachers and administrators need to be trained on the job to prepare higher order thinking skills oriented lessons and the knowledge, skills and dispositions required to conduct evaluation, assessment and research as the basis for making valid choices about planning in general and lesson planning and teaching in particular.