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Variations In Dropout Rates Across Virginia, Joshua K. Bowser
Variations In Dropout Rates Across Virginia, Joshua K. Bowser
Undergraduate Theses and Capstone Projects
Using Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) regression analysis, this study attempts to capture variation in dropout rates across Virginia counties and cities. With the respective dropout rates as the dependent variable, seven independent variables are used accordingly in order to provide as much explanatory power as possible. At the 10 percent significance level, four of seven variables are statistically significant with an adjusted R2 of .374. Important policy implications can be derived from the model and its statistically significant variables. The model finds that the percentage of blacks in the population, university access, the unemployment rate and single female-headed households to …
Principal Perceptions Of The Relationship Between Professional Development Designs And The Qualities, Proficiencies, And Leadership Skills Required Of West Virginia Principals, Karen Bitonti Larry
Principal Perceptions Of The Relationship Between Professional Development Designs And The Qualities, Proficiencies, And Leadership Skills Required Of West Virginia Principals, Karen Bitonti Larry
Theses, Dissertations and Capstones
The purpose of this study was to determine if principals perceive a relationship between six job-required abilities and ten designs of professional development. The Larry Survey: A Web-based Questionnaire was used to gather demographics of participating principals, designs of professional development in which principals participate and those in which they would participate if given a choice, and the value principals believe specific designs have for their use/knowledge of job-required abilities. The study’s population was West Virginia’s 720 principals; 470 principals participated in the study. A quantitative, nonexperimental, correlational research design was used. Mean scores, a multiple regression test, and the …
The Impact Of Parent Satisfaction On Charter School Improvement, Patricia G. Booth
The Impact Of Parent Satisfaction On Charter School Improvement, Patricia G. Booth
Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)
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