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Optional Flexible Year Program And Middle School Student Achievement In Reading, Robyn Alane Fender
Optional Flexible Year Program And Middle School Student Achievement In Reading, Robyn Alane Fender
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Local student reading results on the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness have decreased. It is of great concern that many students had less than full mastery of the prerequisite, fundamental skills in reading. The study site used the Optional Flexible Year Program for remediation of students at risk of not passing the state assessment. The purpose of this concurrent explanatory study was to explore the relationship between participation and nonparticipation in the remediation program and student reading achievement and to better understand staff perceptions regarding the remediation program. Guided by Vroom's expectancy theory of motivation, quantitative research questions …