I Know This to Be True...: Perceptions of Teachers in One Rural Elementary School Regarding Writing Scores

Autor/in	Brashears, Kathy
Titel	I Know This to Be True...: Perceptions of Teachers in One Rural Elementary School Regarding Writing Scores
Quelle	In: Rural Educator, 27 (2006) 2, S.19-27 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0273-446X
Schlagwörter	Family Life; Academic Achievement; Teaching Methods; Rural Schools; Elementary School Students; Writing (Composition); Standardized Tests; State Standards; Writing Achievement; Writing Skills; Family Environment; Socioeconomic Influences; Parent Attitudes; Teacher Influence; Educational Change; Academic Ability; Test Validity; Kentucky + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulleistung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Rural area; Rural areas; School; Schools; Ländlicher Raum; Schule; Schulen; Schreibübung; Standadised tests; Standardisierter Test; Writing skill; Schreibfertigkeit; Familienmilieu; Sozioökonomischer Faktor; Elternverhalten; Bildungsreform; Testvalidität
Abstract	This study is set in an elementary school located in a rural, Appalachian area and considers the reasons that teachers attribute to student success on state writing assessments as well as to what reasons they attribute their students' lack of success in moving beyond an average ranking. In considering these reasons, patterns emerge in the data that prove intriguing. For example, one pattern indicates that teachers link the lack of student success to aspects beyond their control. These aspects include student home life, socioeconomic levels, and parental attitudes toward school. The second emerging pattern shows that teachers couple their own teaching practices with student achievement. Such indications have great implications for future studies in that the perceptions of teachers may be key in utilizing the results of standardized assessments. (Contains 1 figure and 1 table.) (Author).
Anmerkungen	National Rural Education Association. Rural Educator, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 4505 Maryland Parkway Box 453002, Las Vegas, NV 89154-3002. Tel: 702-895-3478; Fax: 702-895-3492; e-mail: ruraleducator@ccmail.nevada.edu; Web site: http://www.unlv.edu/journals/ruraleducator/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10