Date of Award
1-1-2010
Document Type
Campus Access Dissertation
Department
Educational Leadership and Policies
Sub-Department
Educational Administration
First Advisor
Kenneth Stevenson
Abstract
One purpose of this study was to determine whether a relationship exists between the size of South Carolina PreKindergarten - 5 or Kindergarten - 5 public elementary schools and student achievement while controlling for the effect of socioeconomic status. The independent variable school size, or 135-day average daily membership, the dependent variable student achievement, and the control variable poverty index were obtained from the 2008 South Carolina Department of Education (SC DOE) 2008 Annual School Report Card. Utilizing the same variables, a second purpose of this study was to ascertain if student achievement varied among public elementary schools in South Carolina when the poverty index was controlled by including schools with similar poverty indexes in strata.
Rights
© 2010, Salvatore Andrew Minolfo
Recommended Citation
Minolfo, S. A.(2010). An Analysis of the Relationships Between South Carolina Department of Education Annual School Report Card Variables of Public Elementary Schools and Student Achievement as Measured by 2008 PACT Data: With An Initial Emphasis On School Size. (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/etd/986