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An Analysis Of The Slovenian Tax Administration Response During Covid-19: Between Normative Measures And Economic Reality, Polonca Kovač, Maja Klun Dec 2021

An Analysis Of The Slovenian Tax Administration Response During Covid-19: Between Normative Measures And Economic Reality, Polonca Kovač, Maja Klun

Economic and Business Review

Tax administration plays a key role in tax collection, striving for maximum public finance revenue, while at the same time protecting the rights of the taxpayers in tax procedures. The search for this balance is particularly relevant in times of crisis, as shown by the COVID-19 pandemic, especially in the first wave between March and June 2020. The article deals with the legal and economic aspects of work of the Financial Administration of the Republic of Slovenia (FARS) based on comparable data on tax measures in other countries, provided by international organizations such as IOTA and OECD, i.e. the EU. …

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An Increase In Racism During The Covid-19 Pandemic And The Ontology Of Race: Intercultural Comparison Of The European And Chinese Traditions, Jana S. Rošker Dec 2021

An Increase In Racism During The Covid-19 Pandemic And The Ontology Of Race: Intercultural Comparison Of The European And Chinese Traditions, Jana S. Rošker

Economic and Business Review

The article treats intercultural problems of global-scale crises, focusing upon the pandemic of the viral disease COVID-19. It deals with the question of whether racism is universal or culturally conditioned, and shows that it is an ideological inheritance of the ontological status of the concept of race, which was developed and established in the context of the European ideational tradition. By presenting traditional Chinese models of relational and anti-essentialist concepts of the self, the article aims to point to new possibilities of understanding interpersonal and intercultural interactions that can help us to develop new strategies against the pandemic.

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Exploring Consumer Resilience During Covid-19: Demographics, Consumer Optimism, Innovativeness And Online Buying, Ivana Kursan Milaković Dec 2021

Exploring Consumer Resilience During Covid-19: Demographics, Consumer Optimism, Innovativeness And Online Buying, Ivana Kursan Milaković

Economic and Business Review

This study investigates the predictors and outcome of consumer resilience given the Covid-19 pandemic and retail context. Predictors are represented by demographic characteristics and underexplored protective factors of consumer optimism and innovativeness, while the outcome variable includes online buying. Empirical research was conducted on the convenience sample of 400 Croatian consumers. Research results show that, given demographic characteristics, gender plays an important role in consumer resilience. In terms of the individual protective factors, both consumer optimism and innovativeness positively influence consumer resilience. In addition, consumer resilience negatively impacts online buying. Findings also have practical implications for companies’ marketing strategies.

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A First Peek At Firms’ Cash Flow Dynamics In The Pandemic Year: A Lesson Learned?, Ana Oblak Dec 2021

A First Peek At Firms’ Cash Flow Dynamics In The Pandemic Year: A Lesson Learned?, Ana Oblak

Economic and Business Review

Using a comprehensive database of financial data and data on public support, we aim at documenting the actual (and not predicted) effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on firms’ liquidity. A drain of the non-financial corporations’ liquidity was unprecedented and highly asymmetric across sectors. A simple descriptive analysis enables us to evaluate (partially) the effectiveness of support measures and to provide insights on how well-targeted support measures were from the sectoral perspective. Acting in concert, the governments and the European Union (EU) institutions concerned seem to succeed in preventing massive illiquidity (for now). Crisis measures were targeted mostly at firms with …

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Characterizing Plasmids In Bacteria Species Relevant To Urinary Health, Cesar Montelongo Hernandez, Catherine Putonti, Alan J. Wolfe Dec 2021

Characterizing Plasmids In Bacteria Species Relevant To Urinary Health, Cesar Montelongo Hernandez, Catherine Putonti, Alan J. Wolfe

Biology: Faculty Publications and Other Works

The urinary tract has a microbial community (the urinary microbiota or urobiota) that has been associated with human health. Whole genome sequencing of bacteria is a powerful tool, allowing investigation of the genomic content of the urobiota, also called the urinary microbiome (urobiome). Bacterial plasmids are a significant component of the urobiome yet are understudied. Because plasmids can be vectors and reservoirs for clinically relevant traits, they are important for urobiota dynamics and thus may have relevance to urinary health. In this project, we sought plasmids in 11 clinically relevant urinary species: Aerococcus urinae, Corynebacterium amycolatum, Enterococcus faecalis, Escherichia coli, …

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Creating Something Out Of Nothing: Enacting Critical Civic Engagement In Urban Classrooms, Jon Schmidt Dec 2021

Creating Something Out Of Nothing: Enacting Critical Civic Engagement In Urban Classrooms, Jon Schmidt

Education: School of Education Faculty Publications and Other Works

Critical civic engagement (CCE) is a pedagogical framework for civic education in urban settings. CCE as a pedagogical approach engages student lived experience, develops critical thinking, and facilitates informed civic action projects. In this phenomenological study of teachers in four urban high schools in a large urban school district, the author seeks to understand how teachers experience the enactment of CCE elements in schools with majority African American or Latinx student populations. The author argues that CCE practices can and should lead to the development of civic identity as a critical outcome for students in contrast to more formal measures …

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Effects Of Static And Dynamic Visuals On The Learning Of Science Concepts In The Secondary-School Classroom, Theodore Johnson Dec 2021

Effects Of Static And Dynamic Visuals On The Learning Of Science Concepts In The Secondary-School Classroom, Theodore Johnson

Doctoral Dissertations

The current study is grounded in the cognitive theory of multimedia learning. The investigator considered how embedding science text with visuals could affect secondary-school students' ability to retain the information they learn (rote learning) and transfer the new knowledge to an unfamiliar problem (meaningful learning). Furthermore, this study explored how the type of visuals (static versus vs. dynamic visual) and text (audio vs. print) affect science learning. The data generated was sourced from student participants in a secondary-school biology classroom. The purpose of this study was to investigate how prior knowledge and the integration of information modalities (i.e., text, audio, …

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The Ignatian Leadership Model For Catholic Schools: Critical Spirituality Theory On Leadership Practices, Leonardus Evert Bambang Winandoko Dec 2021

The Ignatian Leadership Model For Catholic Schools: Critical Spirituality Theory On Leadership Practices, Leonardus Evert Bambang Winandoko

Doctoral Dissertations

Catholic schools in Indonesia played an essential role in educating young Indonesian to serve their brothers and sisters. This study demonstrates how three Catholic schools continue the important role of educating students to serve others: St. Matteo Ricci High School, St. Robert Bellarmine High School, and St. John Berchmans High School. Utilizing a multi-case study of leadership practices, this research study examines the Ignatian Pedagogical Paradigm’s impact on school leaders who promoted religious inclusivity. The study similarly highlights the challenges in promoting religious inclusivity. This research illustrates how the school leaders infuse their spiritual values into the school community to …

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Feeding A New Corn Milling Coproduct To Lactating Dairy Cattle: Examination Of Whole Animal Energy And Nitrogen Balance, Addison Lee Carroll Dec 2021

Feeding A New Corn Milling Coproduct To Lactating Dairy Cattle: Examination Of Whole Animal Energy And Nitrogen Balance, Addison Lee Carroll

Department of Animal Science: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

New coproducts are continually developed in the ethanol production industry. With that, the new product originates from the dry milling process which is unlike the traditional process as nitrogenous based particles are concentrated from the residual fiber by sieving post fermentation. Although high protein coproducts have been available since the mid 2000’s. These new products must be evaluated for chemical composition so that they can be accurately described in feed libraries that are used in commercial ration formulation software. While chemical composition provides us an initial and useful description of a feed product, in vivo nitrogen and energy balance studies …

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Host Genetics And Phenotype Associations Within The Bovine Rumen Microbiome, Waseem Abbas Dec 2021

Host Genetics And Phenotype Associations Within The Bovine Rumen Microbiome, Waseem Abbas

Department of Animal Science: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

Rumen microbes have a symbiotic relationship with the host where the host provides a suitable environment and microbial fermentation fulfill nearly 70% of the energy needs of the host. Rumen microbes play a central role in host performance and health. To date, most rumen microbiome studies have focused on the influence of diet on microbial species composition. In addition to dietary factors, studies have suggested that host genetic markers could influence the colonization of gastrointestinal microbiota. However, our understanding of the host-microbiome interaction and how host phenotype is influenced by the rumen microbiome is limited. This dissertation demonstrates: (1) host …

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Addressing Production Gaps For Vaccines In African Countries, Anna Mia Ekström, Göran Tomson, Rhoda K. Wanyenze, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Catherine Kyobutungi, Agnes Binagwaho, Ole Petter Ottersen Dec 2021

Addressing Production Gaps For Vaccines In African Countries, Anna Mia Ekström, Göran Tomson, Rhoda K. Wanyenze, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Catherine Kyobutungi, Agnes Binagwaho, Ole Petter Ottersen

Institute for Global Health and Development

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Determinants Of Dental Caries In Children In The Middle East And North Africa Region: A Systematic Review Based On Literature Published From 2000 To 2019, Amal Elamin, Malin Garemo, Anzelle Mulder Dec 2021

Determinants Of Dental Caries In Children In The Middle East And North Africa Region: A Systematic Review Based On Literature Published From 2000 To 2019, Amal Elamin, Malin Garemo, Anzelle Mulder

All Works

Background: Dental caries risk factors have been expanded to not only emphasize biology, dietary and oral habits but also broader social determinants such as socioeconomic factors and the utilization of health services. The aim was to review sociobehavioural/cultural and socioeconomic determinants of dental caries in children residing in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Methods: A search was conducted in the PubMed/Medline database and Google Scholar to identify studies published from 2000 to 2019 covering children using key search terms. In the initial stages, titles, abstracts and, if needed, full articles were screened for eligibility. In the final …

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Spartan Daily, December 1, 2021, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications Dec 2021

Spartan Daily, December 1, 2021, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily, 2021

Volume 157, Issue 42

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Post-Processing And Characterization Of Additive Manufactured Carbon Fiber Reinforced Semi-Crystalline Polymers, Patricia Revolinsky Dec 2021

Post-Processing And Characterization Of Additive Manufactured Carbon Fiber Reinforced Semi-Crystalline Polymers, Patricia Revolinsky

Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Theses & Dissertations

The aim of this work is to study the effect of post-processing on additive manufactured (AM) continuous carbon fiber reinforced plastics (CFRPs) performance. As-printed AM CFRPs do not perform as well as conventionally manufactured CFRPs with the same composition. Possible improvements to AM CFRP performance include annealing and applying uniaxial pressure with elevated temperature. Samples were subjected to pressure and temperature treatments and annealing at a constant temperature. Treated materials were subjected to three-point bending tests, differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) to characterize and assess sample performance. Results were assessed for flexural strength, …

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Discharged And Discarded: The Collateral Consequences Of A Less-Than-Honorable Military Discharge, Hugh Barrett Mcclean Dec 2021

Discharged And Discarded: The Collateral Consequences Of A Less-Than-Honorable Military Discharge, Hugh Barrett Mcclean

All Faculty Scholarship

Between 2011 and 2015, 57,141 soldiers, sailors, and airmen were separated from service with less-than-honorable (LTH) discharges for mi­nor misconduct related to mental health problems. These discharges dis­proportionately affected servicemembers of color. These veterans and others like them face daunting reintegration challenges when they return to civilian society, as federal agencies and state governments deny them the benefits that usually facilitate a veteran’s smooth transition to civilian society. This Essay adds to the scholarly discourse on military discharges by comparing these veterans’ plight to that of persons arrested or convicted of criminal offenses, who also suffer from collateral consequences related …

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The Ministerial Disengagement By Priests In The Post Modern Era And Its Impact, David Estrada Dec 2021

The Ministerial Disengagement By Priests In The Post Modern Era And Its Impact, David Estrada

LMU Theses and Dissertations

Since its inception, the Christian ministerial priesthood has occupied a place of esteem and gradually assigned privilege through its various stages of development and eventual establishment. Influenced over time by various major historical events, newer philosophical insights and perspectives, and the post-modern ethos embracing current society, the Catholic ministerial priesthood is today being drawn into more frequent ministerial disengagement.

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Short-Term Interaction Between Silent And Devastating Earthquakes In Mexico, V. M. Cruz-Atienza, J. Tago, C. Villafuerte, M. Wei, R. Garza-Girón, L. A. Dominguez, V. Kostoglodov, T. Nishimura, S. I. Franco, J. Real, M. A. Santoyo, Y. Ito, E. Kazachkina Dec 2021

Short-Term Interaction Between Silent And Devastating Earthquakes In Mexico, V. M. Cruz-Atienza, J. Tago, C. Villafuerte, M. Wei, R. Garza-Girón, L. A. Dominguez, V. Kostoglodov, T. Nishimura, S. I. Franco, J. Real, M. A. Santoyo, Y. Ito, E. Kazachkina

Graduate School of Oceanography Faculty Publications

Either the triggering of large earthquakes on a fault hosting aseismic slip or the triggering of slow slip events (SSE) by passing seismic waves involve seismological questions with important hazard implications. Just a few observations plausibly suggest that such interactions actually happen in nature. In this study we show that three recent devastating earthquakes in Mexico are likely related to SSEs, describing a cascade of events interacting with each other on a regional scale via quasi-static and/or dynamic perturbations across the states of Guerrero and Oaxaca. Such interaction seems to be conditioned by the transient memory of Earth materials subject …

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The George-Anne Inkwell Edition, Georgia Southern University Dec 2021

The George-Anne Inkwell Edition, Georgia Southern University

The Inkwell

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Exploring Mechanisms To Resolve Position And Intensity Disparities To Create A Combined Sidescan And Multibeam Sonar Backscatter Image, Clinton Marcus Dec 2021

Exploring Mechanisms To Resolve Position And Intensity Disparities To Create A Combined Sidescan And Multibeam Sonar Backscatter Image, Clinton Marcus

Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping

The need for comprehensive seabed characterization has increased as fields such as offshore engineering and habitat management have expanded. Sidescan sonars and multibeam echosounders have generally been used as separate means to provide high-resolution imagery of the seabed, as there are a number of factors such as different grazing angles and high positioning uncertainty that prevent a cohesive product. By using the “true” position of a feature from a multibeam grid to reposition sidescan navigation data, the associated sidescan imagery positions are now recalculated with a reduced uncertainty. Once all sidescan navigation has been recalculated, the multibeam backscatter can be …

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The Doctrine Of Creation: A Constructive Kuyperian Approach (Book Review), David Moser Dec 2021

The Doctrine Of Creation: A Constructive Kuyperian Approach (Book Review), David Moser

Faculty Work Comprehensive List

No abstract provided.

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The Evaluation Of Natural Ventilation Inside Residential Building Spaces In New Assiut City-(At Under Heated Period) - Egypt., Ezzat Morghany, Abdel-Monteleb Aly, Riyad El Shemeiri Dec 2021

The Evaluation Of Natural Ventilation Inside Residential Building Spaces In New Assiut City-(At Under Heated Period) - Egypt., Ezzat Morghany, Abdel-Monteleb Aly, Riyad El Shemeiri

Mansoura Engineering Journal

The movement of air has a great effect on architectural formation whether on the building level in terms of the shape of voids and the ventilating elements or on the level of the general planning of the whole area. controlling roads and passageways. directing housing units, and proper distribution of buildings becomes an essential factor lo provide the required natural ventilation for all buildings, Because of the absence of adequate field studies of housing gatherings in desert arias, in the Under Heated Period, the present research focuses on studying natural ventilation of Housing units in the Under Healed Period through …

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Experimental Investigation Of Hydrodynamic Multipads Floating Journal Bearing., Abdallah El-Toukhy Dec 2021

Experimental Investigation Of Hydrodynamic Multipads Floating Journal Bearing., Abdallah El-Toukhy

Mansoura Engineering Journal

A run of experimental tests have been undertaken for investigated various types of ring. Where the ring is splitt up into two pads, also, a ring is split up into four pads respectively. The effect of using different pads is then evaluated and the influence of different factors on performance is discussed under steady applied load conditions. Performance factors are described in terms of, supply pressure, friction torque oil flow rate, inlet-outlet temperature and ring speed. Results are reached on the relative credits of each control variable case. A reduction in friction torque ranges between 25% and 30% is obtained …

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A Generalized Formulation And Analysis Of Shunt Faults In Multi-Phase Transmission Systems., Ibrahim Mansy Dec 2021

A Generalized Formulation And Analysis Of Shunt Faults In Multi-Phase Transmission Systems., Ibrahim Mansy

Mansoura Engineering Journal

This paper is devoted to the extension of the existing three phase technique for a generalized treatment of shunt faults in multi-phase systems. The expressions derived in this paper for fault currents and voltages are applicable to any phase order, fault type and combination of faults and can account for the fault impedance/admittance. Several illustrative calculations are presented to demonstrate the validity of expressions derived and to derive important informations regarding performance of multi-phase transmission systems,

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A Framework For Improving Software Reusability Within Quality Constraints., Shawkat Guirguis Dec 2021

A Framework For Improving Software Reusability Within Quality Constraints., Shawkat Guirguis

Mansoura Engineering Journal

In this paper seven of the most important issues in software systems development have been investigated. These issues address two aspects, namely: software development productivity and the final overall quality. For the productivity aspect, an approach has been devised relying on using scripts. Built as a result of an analyst-user collaboration, these scripts, upon interpretation, transform given user requirements into code. This prototyping approach, in addition to being rapid, involves the user in order to ensure his overall satisfaction with the final product. For the quality aspect, a two-layered repository of thoroughly tested and verified reusable software components has been …

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Many Words, Many Turds: Middle English Proverbial Wisdom And The Alleged Incontinence Of Female Speech, Mary C. Flannery Dec 2021

Many Words, Many Turds: Middle English Proverbial Wisdom And The Alleged Incontinence Of Female Speech, Mary C. Flannery

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

In a passage from The Castle of Perseverance, the reprehensible Malus Angelus dismisses the speech of the personified virtues who are attempting to lead mankind to salvation: ‘Ther wymmen arn, are many wordys. (…) Ther ges syttyn are many tordys’ (2649-51). As the quotation illustrates, likening someone’s words to turds is both an effective brush-off and a colourful insult. This particular insult derives its force from the familiar anti-feminist trope of the voluble woman: like women, the wicked angel implies, the female personifications of virtue talk too much, and the incontinence of their speech is presented in terms that …

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Women’S Acts Of Childbirth And Conquest In English Historical Writing, Emma O. Bérat Dec 2021

Women’S Acts Of Childbirth And Conquest In English Historical Writing, Emma O. Bérat

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

This essay explores how female characters in historical literature written in high to late medieval England shape land claims, political history, and genealogy through their acts of childbirth. Recent scholarship has shown how medieval writers frequently imagined virginal female bodies – religious and secular – in relation to land claim, but less work exists on how they also used the non-virginal bodies of mothers and vivid descriptions of childbirth to assert rights to land and lineage. This essay examines three birth stories associated with conquest or claims to contested lands from Geoffrey of Monmouth’s Historia Regum Britanniae, William of …

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Effects Of Nature Play In Early Childhood Education, Alicia Joy Chaney Dec 2021

Effects Of Nature Play In Early Childhood Education, Alicia Joy Chaney

Masters Projects

There has been much research conducted recently on outdoor education as it gains popularity. Nature play and the construction of playscapes instead of playgrounds has become focal at the early childhood level. This project examines the research on the benefits that nature-based outdoor play provides to children and the outcomes of play space makeovers. The research also examines the role that teachers have in providing children with nature play. Western Michigan is lacking in nature-based early childhood education programs. This project focuses on providing professional development to licensed childcare programs in Michigan, specifically family and group home daycares. The professional …

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Cross Evaluation Of Experience Level And Teaching Approaches In College Table Tennis Physical Education Students, Denise Anne M. Maso, Marie Toni A. Salangsang Dec 2021

Cross Evaluation Of Experience Level And Teaching Approaches In College Table Tennis Physical Education Students, Denise Anne M. Maso, Marie Toni A. Salangsang

Journal Article

This study was conducted to determine which approach is more effective between Random and Blocked practice in teaching Physical Education. It also focused on the effect of Random practice in motor-learning and memory capacity of individuals in learning a sport. The two approaches were used to teach the forehand and backhand skills of Table Tennis. Sixty-four students of the University of the Philippines-Los Baños (UPLB) taking the course PE 2 Table Tennis were chosen as subjects and they were classified as Beginners, Intermediate and Advance players. These students were assigned into two training groups; the Blocked Practice and the Random …

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Rediscovering A Legacy Of A Lost Voice: A History Of Radyo Dzlb's School-On-The-Air, Mark Lester M. Chico Dec 2021

Rediscovering A Legacy Of A Lost Voice: A History Of Radyo Dzlb's School-On-The-Air, Mark Lester M. Chico

Journal Article

The school-on-the-air (SOA) is a pioneering broadcast program developed by Radyo DZLB in the University of the Philippines Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines. Its history dates back to 1967 when the first SOA and dairy farming was launched. Over the years, SOAs were redesigned until a formal structure was arrived at. Radyo DZLB faced challenges that compelled SOA continuously find its rightful place in the airwaves. Now that it is off the air, how can Radyo DZLB sustain its advocacy of educating farmers, homemakers, and children, among others, through SOA? As the voice development, how can Radyo DZLB recover its lost …

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Achievement Growth In K-8 Catholic Schools Using Nwea Data, Julie W. Dallavis, Megan Kuhfeld, Beth Tarasawa, Stephen Ponisciak Dec 2021

Achievement Growth In K-8 Catholic Schools Using Nwea Data, Julie W. Dallavis, Megan Kuhfeld, Beth Tarasawa, Stephen Ponisciak

Journal of Catholic Education

Using a national sample of kindergarten to eighth grade students from Catholic and public schools who took MAP Growth assessments, we examine achievement growth over time between sectors. Our findings suggest that while Catholic school students score higher in math and reading than public school students on average, they also enter each school year at a higher level. Public school students close this gap to some degree during the school year. Additionally, these patterns varied by age and subject. Catholic school students in the earlier grades show less growth in both reading and math during the academic year compared to …

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