The study examined the demographic profiles associated with academic
performance for third grade students in North Forest and Aldine Independent
School Districts (ISDs) in Texas. Specifically, the study showed the impact that
gender, ethnicity, and whether students receive free or reduced lunch (parent
income level), had on third grade reading Texas Assessment of Academic
Skills (TAAS) scores.
The population for this study was 368 of the 9,007 third grade students
from both the North Forest and Aldine Independent School Districts. Students
in this study were of the predominant ethnicities at the schools: Black, Hispanic,
and White. Utilizing this sample size allowed the study results to be generalized
as trend data for all third grade students in the two districts. Data were collected
during the spring semester of the 2002-2003 school year. Information for the
study was provided through the Public Education Information Management System (PEIMS) and Academic Excellence Indicator System (AEIS) reports of
both school districts.
Results showed that gender does not relate to the TAAS score in North
Forest, but the income level is related to third grade reading TAAS
performance. Income showed a significant relationship in that North Forest had
a higher percentage of students receiving free and reduced lunch. This
impacted the third grade TAAS reading scores. Gender was significantly related
to third grade TAAS performances at Aldine ISD in that Aldine had 66 more
girls to take the test than boys. There were only 54 boys who took the test.
Gender had no significance in North Forest ISD because there was an even
number of girls and boys who took the test. Ethnicity would not be analyzed at
North Forest ISD due to the small percentage of non-Black students in the third
grade. At Aldine ISD, no relationship was found between ethnicity and third
grade TAAS performers. The success rate on third grade TAAS was
significantly higher at Aldine ISD (percent passed 85.1) than at North Forest
ISD (percent passed 39.6).
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:tamu.edu/oai:repository.tamu.edu:1969.1/ETD-TAMU-1284 |
| Date | 15 May 2009 |
| Creators | Slaughter, Steven Darryll |
| Contributors | Stark, Stephen |
| Source Sets | Texas A and M University |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Book, Thesis, Electronic Dissertation, text |
| Format | electronic, application/pdf, born digital |
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