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The Impact Of A Media Literacy Education Plan On The Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (Fcat) Reading Scores Of 9th And 10th Grade Students, Colleen T. Sheehy
The Impact Of A Media Literacy Education Plan On The Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (Fcat) Reading Scores Of 9th And 10th Grade Students, Colleen T. Sheehy
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This study investigated the impact of a media literacy education plan on the reading test scores of the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT) at an urban high school in Central Florida. A team of 9th and 10th grade teachers created a professional learning community and developed a treatment to enhance language arts instruction with various forms of media. This media literacy education plan included four lessons utilizing media such as television commercials, magazine photographs and the Internet; the lessons were taught during the four months leading to the administration of the 2007 FCAT. Data were gathered from the 2006 and …
Central Florida High School Principals' Perceptions Of The Florida School Indicators Report, William Gaught
Central Florida High School Principals' Perceptions Of The Florida School Indicators Report, William Gaught
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The purpose of this study was to identify the perceptions that central Florida public high school principals had regarding the Florida School Indicators Report (FSIR) and its usefulness. The FSIR, published by the Florida Education, was designed to be a comprehensive, single source document for parents, lawmakers, and school administrators to compare key performance indicators to similar schools or districts state wide. It provided information on 74 different indicators of school or district performance. A total of 70 public high school principals from 13 central Florida school districts responded to a postal survey and provided their perceptions regarding the importance …