This study determined the impact of downsizing on student achievement as
reported in the AEIS database for the 10 downsized elementary schools in North East
Independent School District (NEISD). Ten existing elementary schools lost students
and teachers to four new schools that opened in 2005. Conclusions have been made
regarding the impact of downsizing at these ten existing feeder schools on student
achievement.
The population of this study were students enrolled in third, fourth, and fifth
grades at the ten downsized elementary campuses. Research questions were analyzed
using an Independent Sample t test and the Pearson Product Moment Correlations to
examine whether there was a significant difference between the variables and student
achievement and correlations between student achievement and changes in teacher
demographics. Based on the findings of this study, the following recommendations
are provided: 1. Total tested student population and White subpopulation TAKS scores
returned statistically significant improvement at the ten elementary
campuses in the area of reading “met standards” after downsizing.
2. The Hispanic subpopulation returned statistically significant improvement
in the area of reading “commended performance” after downsizing.
3. The overall tested student population and the Hispanic subpopulation
returned statistically significant in the area of mathematics “met standards”
after downsizing.
4. The overall tested student population and the Hispanic and White subpopulations
returned statistically significant improvement in the area of
mathematics “commended performance” after downsizing.
5. The African American subpopulation was the only population in this study
whose student achievement mean declined from 2005 to 2006 in the areas
of reading “met standards” and mathematics “commended performance.”
6. The African American subpopulation was the only population in this study
to show a significant negative correlation between teacher years of experience
and student achievement in “commended performance” for reading
and mathematics prior to downsizing.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:tamu.edu/oai:repository.tamu.edu:1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2055 |
| Date | 15 May 2009 |
| Creators | Newman, Donna M. |
| Contributors | Collier, Virginia, Hoyle, John |
| 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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