Chinese American Educational Research and Development Association
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Educational Research & Development Journal
Vol 17, No 1 (2014)
What Do the Data Tell Alabama's Middle School Principals about Their School Improvement Efforts? |
| Ronald A. Lindahl |
Abstract |
| This research study looked at the extent to which teachers' perceptions of their school's climate and culture, students' perceptions of their school's climate and culture and its safety, and socio- economic variables help to predict Alabama eighth grade students' performance on the SAT10 reading and math exams. The strongest predictors of test scores were the percentage of students in each school who qualified for free or reduced price lunch, followed by teachers' perceptions of their school's climate and culture, and student perceptions of negative socio-economic variables affecting them. Recommendations are offered for principals based on these findings. |
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ISSN: 1526-8659