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An Examination of the Impact of Intra-District School Choice Programming on Student Achievement

Hiscox, Douglas Twing
http://orcid.org/0000-0008-3388-3172
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ysu1453738960

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2015, Doctor of Education (Educational Leadership), Youngstown State University, Department of Teacher Education and Leadership Studies.
This research explores the impact of an intra-district choice on student achievement in the Youngstown City School District as measured by student performance on the Ohio Achievement Assessment. The study sample includes a control group of students who remained in their neighborhood schools and a treatment group of students who chose the intra-district choice program. The treatment group followed the district curriculum, plus, a focus on 21st Century Learning Skills, embedded technology curriculum, and school climate. The Discovery program has been an intra-district choice since the 2012-2013 school year. Overall student achievement in math, reading, and science are significantly affected by the introduction of intra-district choice based on pre- and post-test used to measure successful intervention. Initially, term and status were investigated. Independent moderators, including gender, grade, race, disability status, and retention status were considered. Correlation test found that only disability showed a significant effect in relationship with the dependent variables. There were also instances of the treatment group significantly outperforming the control group reading and math specifically in grades 6 through 8. The data revealed a significant interaction between term and status for each of the three test areas. Treatment students produced the greatest overall change in scores (pre-treatment vs. treatment period). Students identified as disabled revealed positive change scores in math for both treatment and control group members. Intra-district choice students making up the treatment group, whose mean scores were below the students in the control group, demonstrated substantial gains and out-scored students in the control group after one year of programming.
Karen Larwin, PhD (Committee Chair)
Mary Lou DiPillo, PhD (Committee Member)
Charles Howell, PhD (Committee Member)
Salvatore Sanders, PhD (Committee Member)
140 p.
Education; Educational Leadership
Intra-district; School choice; Student achievement; Project based learning

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  • Hiscox, D. T. (2015). An Examination of the Impact of Intra-District School Choice Programming on Student Achievement [Doctoral dissertation, Youngstown State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ysu1453738960

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Hiscox, Douglas. An Examination of the Impact of Intra-District School Choice Programming on Student Achievement. 2015. Youngstown State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ysu1453738960.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Hiscox, Douglas. "An Examination of the Impact of Intra-District School Choice Programming on Student Achievement." Doctoral dissertation, Youngstown State University, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ysu1453738960

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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