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Investigating The English Language Arts Placement Of Struggling High School Freshmen, Pamela Burke-Haug
Investigating The English Language Arts Placement Of Struggling High School Freshmen, Pamela Burke-Haug
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
This qualitative case study addressed a suburban school district's placement of academically at-risk English language arts (ELA) 9th graders as the district transitions from the New Jersey Assessment of Skills and Knowledge (NJASK) to use of the unfamiliar and controversial Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC). Based on the theoretical frameworks of the zone of proximal development, cognitive apprenticeship, and Bandura's model of self-efficacy, the purpose was to understand the characteristics of struggling (labeled 'academic') ELA students, placement practices and perceptions of these practices, and placement improvements. A purposeful sample was recruited of 7 staff members …