Degree Type
Dissertation
Date of Award
2006
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy
Department
Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
First Advisor
Tom Alsbury
Abstract
Do students attending school on a year-round calendar outperform students attending school on a traditional calendar in reading and math? Mixed and inconclusive findings are reported in previous studies. This study examined the reading and math achievement of 2004-2005 fifth graders in three school-within-a-school year-round elementary schools located in the United States. An ex post facto comparison group posttest design was utilized. National percentile ranks on state selected standardized tests were analyzed. Overall, sixteen comparisons of year-round and traditional student achievement and growth were made. When mean scores were compared in reading and math achievement and growth, all four comparisons favored year-round education. Only one of these four differences, fifth grade national percentile rank, was statistically significant. When student level variables were controlled, four reading comparisons were not statistically significant. However, all four math comparisons were statistically significant when student level variables were controlled. This study found that year-round calendar students statistically outperform traditional calendar students in a school-within-a-school setting in Mathematics;
DOI
https://doi.org/10.31274/rtd-180813-12344
Publisher
Digital Repository @ Iowa State University, http://lib.dr.iastate.edu
Copyright Owner
Barbara Kay Ramos
Copyright Date
2006
Language
en
Proquest ID
AAI3229119
File Format
application/pdf
File Size
93 pages
Recommended Citation
Ramos, Barbara Kay, "Academic achievement of year-round and traditional calendar elementary students in a school-within-a-school setting " (2006). Retrospective Theses and Dissertations. 1557.
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/rtd/1557
Included in
Educational Administration and Supervision Commons, Elementary Education and Teaching Commons, Science and Mathematics Education Commons