Factors Influencing Eighth Grade ISAT Math
Passing
Percentage in Northeast Illinois Schools
TABLE OF CONTENT
Chapter I.
INTRODUCTION……………………………………………...……..................................................1
Statement of the
Problem…………………………………………….........................................….1
Importance of the
Study………………………………………….….........................................…...4
Research Question…………………………………………………..........................................…...5
Operational
Definitions of Terms………………………………….….............................................5
Delimitations………………………………………………………...….........................................…
Chapter II. REVIEW
OF THE RELATED LITERATURE…………………….............................................…..9
Education Production
Function…………………………………….........................................…....9
Controllable
Factors in the Education Production Function………...........................................10
Influences on
Student Achievement…………………………………...........................................13
Teacher
Compensation and Student Achievement…………........................................….13
Teacher
Experience and Student Achievement………………..........................................15
Teacher Education
and Student Achievement…………….........................................……18
Teacher Gender
and Student Achievement…………….........................................……….22
Class Size and Student
Achievement……………………….........................................…..24
Instruction Time
and Student Achievement…………………..........................................…26
Administrator
Compensation and Student Achievement……........................................…29
Student
Expenditures and Student Achievement………........................................………35
Summary
of Influences on Student Achievement…………………........................................…..37
Chapter III. METHOD………………………………………………………...............................................……...39
Subjects……………………………………………………...….........................................………...39
Apparatus…………………………………………………….............................................…………39
Procedure……………………………………………………….........................................…....……39
Limitations…………………………………………………..........................................………....…..41
Data Analysis………………………………………………..........................................……...……..41
Chapter IV. RESULTS…………………………………………………………..............................................…...47
Summary…..……………………………………………………….............................................…...47
Results from the Analysis of
Controllable Education Factors ……........................................…..48
Results
from the Analysis of Non-Controllable Education Factors .............................................52
Results from the Analysis of the Combination of Controllable and Non-Controllable Factors ........56
Chapter V. DISCUSSION..………………………………….……………………................................................61
Study for
Action……………………………………………...............................................…………61
Limitations of the
Study……………………………………..............................................……..….62
Actions and
Recommendations ………………………...........................................…………...….63
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