Browsing Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis (MU) by Thesis Advisor "Sebastian, James"
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Do principal evaluations of instruction capture student perceptions of teacher social support and academic press? : an examination of the network for educator effectiveness instruments for measuring teacher effectiveness.
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)An important educational challenge in the current era of accountability is the degree to which there is consistency between various instruments used to measure teacher effectiveness. While principal observations/evaluations ... -
Do teacher ratings of their principals influence their own evaluation scores? : an examination of classroom observation scores from the network for educator effectiveness
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] For decades, scholars have actively researched various aspects of employee performance evaluations. Cohen and Goldhaber (2016) have called for more ... -
The effect of the school finance reforms in Vermont and New Hampshire on per pupil spending
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An examination of athletic participation and academic achievement among high school students in a midwest, catholic high school
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)This quantitative study was designed to examine whether there was a statistically significant difference in grade point average (GPA) between students who participated in school-sponsored athletic programs and nonparticipants ... -
Migrant children and academic achievement in Shanghai : a PISA study of influential student and school characteristics
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] By 2014, migrant children -- who moved from rural to urban areas -- accounted for approximately a quarter of the compulsory-education students (grades ... -
The need for special education in kindergarten for children with developmental delays of unknown etiology : an analysis of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Part C and Part B preschool programs
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)The current study examined the relationship between the amount and type of services delivered to children in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Part C program, the number of years and placement for ... -
The relationship between professional learning community implementation and teacher decision-making
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)Educational reform has been a topic of intense interest since the 1950's (Brost, 2000; Lambert, 2003; Servage 2009; Watson, 2014). Researchers have routinely proposed that schools must evolve to be much more adaptable and ... -
The relationship between teacher stress and job satisfaction as moderated by coping using single-item measures
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)Teacher stress has been studied for decades and the negative outcomes of too much stress are well known, such as burnout and lack of teacher retention. The present study focuses on the relationship between teacher stress ... -
The role of school migrant composition in migrant students' school-related well-being
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)Over the past few decades, internal migration in China has resulted in equity issues related to educational opportunities for migrant children. In an effort to provide equal schooling opportunities for migrant students, ... -
Social justice leadership development: the emergence of social justice leaders who experienced poverty during childhood
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)The purpose of this study is to explore and understand how social justice leaders develop. This study reports the findings of social justice leaders who experienced childhood poverty and currently work as principal in Title ...