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Does Religious Behavior Predict Academic Success For English Learners?, Jeanmarie Hamilton Boone
Does Religious Behavior Predict Academic Success For English Learners?, Jeanmarie Hamilton Boone
Jeanmarie Hamilton Boone
This study examined the religious practices and behaviors of predominantly Hispanic high school English learners to determine whether their religious behaviors, such as attending church, enjoying church attendance and wearing religious symbols were associated academic achievement. In the sample of 126 primarily Christian students, religiosity was determined not to be associated with academic achievement.
Identification Of Higher And Lower Performing Maine Schools-School Profiles And Characteristics, David L. Silvernail
Identification Of Higher And Lower Performing Maine Schools-School Profiles And Characteristics, David L. Silvernail
Maine Education Policy Research Institute
Identifying Maine's higher and lower performing schools may be useful for many purposes, but two are particularly important. Identifying these schools is important for developing and refining Maine's new funding formula. Maine's Essential Programs and Services (EPS) school funding formula is what is known nationally as a cost-based adequacy model. The underlying premise of the formula is that all schools should have adequate resources to ensure that all children may achieve high standards of learning. In the case of Maine, these high standards are the Learning Results. What are adequate levels of resources needed to achieve the Learning Results? From …
Condition Of K-12 Public Education In Maine 2007, Paula B. Gravelle, David L. Silvernail
Condition Of K-12 Public Education In Maine 2007, Paula B. Gravelle, David L. Silvernail
Maine Education Policy Research Institute
"Education Indicators" are facts and statistics that help to describe a public education system. They are tools which are useful in examining and measuring the effectiveness of the system. Examples include information such as the amount of local funds raised to support local schools, per pupil expenditures, pupil-teacher ratios, and student achievement results. This publication contains a series of indicators which will help interested citizens, policymakers, and legislators understand the many components of the K-12 Maine public education system. The "Condition of K-12 Public Education in Maine 2007" is comprised of six categories of indicators: (1) Background Demographics, (2) Enrollment, …