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Impact Of Freshman Transition Interventions On Ninth Grade Academic Achievement, Emily Spake Brown
Impact Of Freshman Transition Interventions On Ninth Grade Academic Achievement, Emily Spake Brown
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The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of various freshman transition interventions on student academic achievement. Specifically, this study aimed to measure academic success by focusing upon ninth grade End of Course Test (EOCT) scores. The data were collected using a researcher-developed survey. After securing permission from all superintendents, the survey was electronically mailed to all high school principals within the state of Georgia. Among participating systems, the survey response rate was 78.4 percent. Based upon expert opinion, the twenty individual intervention items were categorized into three domains. The domain data were analyzed using analysis of variance …