The focus of this research was to identify variables reported in the 2008-2009 Florida School Indicator Report (FSIR) that had a statistical impact, positive or negative, on the likelihood that a school would achieve Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) in reading or mathematics using the logistic regression technique. This study analyzed four broad categories reported by the FSIR to include academic, school, student, and teacher characteristics. FSIR and AYP data was collected for 468 Florida high schools that were categorized by the Florida Department of Education as presenting a comprehensive curriculum to grades 9-12 or grades 10-12. It was determined in this study that academic data associated with ACT results and the grade 11 FCAT Science were effective predictors of a school’s academic health in reading and mathematics. Student absenteeism showed the greatest impact on a school obtaining AYP in reading while the percentage of students qualifying for free and disabled populations within a school showed the greatest impact on a school obtaining AYP in mathematics. Teachers teaching out of field were identified as having a negative influence on AYP in reading and mathematics while a teacher’s experience was considered a positive influence on AYP in mathematics only. Further research is necessary to fully explore the use of logistic regression as a predictive tool at the state, school district, and school level.

Arquitecto / Santiago, es una ciudad inserta en un territorio de heterogéneo relieve y diversos elementos naturales, los cuales generan múltiples escenarios paisajísticos con una gran capacidad de provocar arraigo e identidad en la sociedad. Su confi guración como valle aluvial, de fondo amplio y plano, es rodeado por cordones montañosos provenientes de la Cordillera de los Andes y la Cordillera de la Costa, complementado con una cantidad determinada pero abundante de cerros isla distribuidos en este gran plano inclinado por el cual escurren los torrentes de ríos que tienen origen en el derretimiento de la nieve y glaciares acumulados en la zona cordillerana cercana a la zona urbana, desencadenando una serie de procesos que impactan de diversas formas en la vida circundante. Sin embargo esta atmósfera de geografía dinámica y cercanía a hitos naturales, capaz de proyectar una imagen ideal de ciudad en equilibrio con su territorio, solo se ve relegada al imaginario individual, y socialmente se muestra como un anhelo común reflejado en la imagen de la cordillera nevada algunos días de invierno. Esta postal pregnante de los días de invierno se inserta como un elemento que resalta sobre el fondo paisajístico natural y cotidiano urbano, y que fi nalmente forma parte de ese constructo identitario posible de realizar y potenciar en la ciudad de Santiago.

"The purpose of this study was to examine social service release planning for 40 white female mental patients and the adjustment of these patients at the end of one year following their release from the hospital. This study includes an analysis of those factors which seem to promote adjustment and those factors which necessitate the patient's return to the hospital"--Introduction. / Typescript. / "June, 1959." / "Submitted to the Graduate School of Florida State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Social Work." / Advisor: Douglass Brown, Professor Directing Study. / Includes bibliographical references.

"This investigation has sought to study the effectiveness of selected orientation procedures in relation to transfer students at Florida State University. As a means of determining the quality of the present orientation procedures and of obtaining suggestions for future improvements, the criterion of student opinion was used. It is maintained that transfer students who have recently participated in the orientation program are best able to offer criticisms and suggestions based on their actual needs and difficulties"--Leaf 5. / Graduate study in Psychology. / Typescript. / "June, 1953." / "Submitted to the Graduate Council of Florida State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts." / Advisor: Harold F. Cottingham, Professor Directing Study. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 89-92).

"The purpose of this study is to provide information in the area of tuberculosis admission practices and policies which may assist in the control of tuberculosis in the State of Florida"--Introduction. / Typescript. / "May 12, 1953." / "Submitted to the Graduate Council of Florida State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Social Work." / Advisor: Joseph Golden, Professor Directing Study. / Includes bibliographical references.

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