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The Influence Of Ability Grouping On Math Achievement In A Rural Middle School, Robert R. Pritchard

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Leadership Responsibilities Associated With The Academic Achievement Of At-Risk Students: A Study Of The Perspectives Of National Distinguished Elementary School Principals In An Era Of Ubiquitous Educational Accountability, Mirvetk Tonuzi

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The Influence Of Inclusion On The Academic Performance Of General Education Students On The New Jersey Assessment Of Skills And Knowledge In Grades 6, 7, And 8, Christie M. Robinson

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The Strained Partnership Between Secularization And Sectarianism In Higher Education, Andrew Tatusko

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The Prevalence And Correlates Of Compassion Fatigue, Compassion Satisfaction, And Burnout Among Teachers Working In High-Poverty Urban Public Schools, Shannon Abraham-Cook

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Outsourcing: A Descriptive Study Of The Outsourcing Of Non-Educational Services In Bergen And Passaic County Public Schools, Albert J. Pecora

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The Relative Influence Of Faculty Mobility On Nj Hspa Scores, Dana Graziano

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Autism Spectrum Disorder And New Jersey Administrative Law Decisions: An Analysis Of Case Law Involving Public School Students, Michael J. Barcadepone

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An Investigation Of The Self-Efficacy Beliefs Of Black And Hispanic Students That Have Experienced Success Or Failure In Mathematics, Dayton Fennimore Hibbs

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Parental Perceptions Of A Summer Esl Parent Institute: A Retrospective Case Study, John Scott Cascone

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Evaluating The Effectiveness Of The New Jersey Leaders To Leaders Induction Program: A Case Study, Michael R. Parent

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Urban Elementary School Prinicipals' Attitudes Toward The Inclusive Environment, Joseph A. Galano

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An Investigation Of Educational Technology Sustainability Factors In New Jersey Elementary Schools And Their Alignment With 2008 New Jersey School Technology Survey, Cathy J. Timpone

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The Relationship Between Pupil Control Ideology And Academic Optimism, Michael J. Gilbert

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The Relationship Between Student Engagement And The Development Of Character In Mission Driven Faith-Based Colleges And Universities As Measured By The National Survey Of Student Engagement, David M. Turi

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For many institutions devoted to their mission, especially those that state as their I goal the promotion of character development, the need for measurement tools becomes a priority. These tools can by used not only to assess the stated outcomes, but also to guide I institutional policies, practices, and improvements. The purpose of this study is to determine whether educationally purposeful activities and institutional type are related to the student development of character and how these relationships differ across institutional type. The data from senior students at four-year institutions who completed the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) were used. …

A Study Of College Access And Academic Success Among First Generation Hispanic Language Minority Students At The Community College Level, L. Loren Barbosa

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The Effectiveness Of A Community College's Grow Your Own (Gyo) Leadership Development Program, Cynthia Seiss Rowan

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A Study Of The Effectiveness Of A Supplemental Program: The Advancement Via Individual Determination (Avid) Middle School Program On Student Achievement, Robert T. Murray Iv

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An Investigation Of The Role Of A Teacher Evaluation System And Its Influence On Teacher Practice And Professional Growth In Four Urban High Schools, Princess B. Towe

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A Qualitative Study Exploring Faculty Perception And Adaptation Of Social Presence In The Online Classroom, Kathleen J. Marino

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An Ethnographic Study Of Haitian Administrators In New York And Florida Public Schools, Yanique Leveque

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The Relationship Between Teens' Communication With Their Parents, Faith And Religious Practices, Parental Involvement And Their Sexual Behaviors And Attitudes, Lee-Anne Oros

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Conceptualizing Parent Involvement: Low-Income Mexican Immigrant Perspectives, Thomas B. Crane

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Positive Behavior Support As Character Education: A Non-Experimental, Explanatory, Cross-Sectional Study, Erin B. O'Connell

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The Influence Of Higher Education On Entry Level Law Enforcement Examination Outcomes, David A. Paprota

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What Is The Relative Influence Of Nj School Report Card Variables On Nj Ask 5 Scores?, Dorian Marrone Gemellaro

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The Relationship Between Principals' Leadership Behaviors And The Development Of Professional Learning Communities In Schools With Teacher Study Groups, Casey D. Shorter

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The Value Of Nj School Distict Demographic Data In Explainining School District Nj Ask Grade 3 Language Arts And Mathematics Scores, Peter G. Turnamian

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Charter School Principals' And Teachers' Leadership Perception Scores On The Five Dimensions Of The Leadership Practices Inventory Instrument, Tamara B. Kirshtein

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The purpose of this study was to determine differences between the self-perceptions of principals in relation to the five leadership practices delineated by Kouzes and Posner's (2003) Leadership Practices Inventory in relation to the perceptions of their teachers on their (principal) leadership across the same five dimensions. The Wilcoxon Rank Sum Test was used to compare the median differences for statistical significance to address the four hypotheses of this study.

Hypothesis 1: Perception scores of charter school principals on themselves and teacher perception scores of their principals will not differ significantly on the five dimensions of leadership. An analysis of …

A Study Of The Value Added By Transformational Leadership Practices To Teachers' Job Satisfaction And Organizational Commitment, Katherine H. Kieres

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Based on Bass and Riggio's (2006) Augmentation Model of Transactional and Transformational Leadership, this quantitative study sought to identify the amount of variance in teacher job satisfaction and organizational commitment that can be explained by principals' transformational leadership behaviors, above and beyond the influence of transactional behaviors. 156 teachers in five Pennsylvania high schoo Is were surveyed about their job satisfaction and organizational commitment, and about the leadership behaviors in which their principals engaged. The researcher then used hierarchical linear modeling to test Bass and Riggio's (2006) Model within this sample group. The results of this study provide researchers with …