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The identification of core competencies needed for high school graduation in Oregon

Creator:: Fancher, Burr Edwin
Abstract:: PURPOSE: The purpose of the study was to identify a set of core competencies needed to meet the minimal requirements for high school graduation and to test their level of acceptance by administrators, counselors, teachers and parents in 50 Oregon secondary school districts. PROCEDURES: Utilizing the 1136 existing graduation competencies...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: CORE COMPETENCIES NEEDED FOR HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION IN OREGON Abstract approved: Redacted for Privacy

A comparison of the educational attitudes of eighth-grade students of Portland, Oregon : urban black and urban white

Creator:: Rini, Victor Matthew
Abstract:: This study was based on the assumption that urban black students hold more positive attitudes and opinions toward teachers, school, and education than urban white students. The black students were from schools with a high concentration of lower-to-middle-class students and the white students were from schools with a high concentration...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Tract Map of Albina Neighborhood Portland, Oregon 150 3. 60-Item Questionnaire with Key 151 4. The High

Senior high school student opinions of the need for a ninth grade academic transition program

Creator:: Koval, James E.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to investigate the need for an academic transition program at the beginning of the high school experience for 90 to 100 critical - need ninth grade students at North Thurston High School in Lacey, Washington. Opinions of ninth and twelfth grade high school students...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Senior high school student opinions of the need for a

The relationship among community commitment to education, resource allocation and education success in rural Oregon

Creator:: Pankratz, John
Abstract:: The study examined associations between rural interschool district expenditure allocations and high school student achievement, after accounting for socioeconomic factors. Both cross-sectional and time series per-student expenditure data (1982-1988) were used. Eleven performance criteria were evaluated based on 1985-1988 data. The sample included 27 small Central and Eastern Oregon school...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Making the connection to K-12 education for noncollege-bound students : the voices of students and workers address school experiences and workforce preparation

Creator:: Campbell, Willa M.
Abstract:: This study examined the relationships between business, education, and the economy, and specifically addressed the significant impact that business has had on education and educational policy. A large amount of research exists on the history of school reform and the development of educational policy, but none of the research examined...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: high school dropouts (Oregon Department of Education, 2007; United States Department of Education

Student/school counselor ratios and school attendance rates : review of literature and a correlational study

Creator:: Zimchek, Victor Charles
Abstract:: School attendance is perceived as a critical issue in today’s primary and secondary educational systems. This manuscript reviews literature that speaks to the complexity of issues related to truancy and then posits that many of the interventions typically recommended to address truancy are ones that school counselors already provide or...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: study of attendance rates and student-counselor ratios is presented for Oregon public high

The relationship of selected academic factors to the persistence of general educational development (GED) recipients enrolled in community colleges : an Oregon study

Creator:: Sanders, Karen M.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to better understand the relationship between selected academic factors and the persistence of GED recipients in community colleges in the state of Oregon. With this purpose in mind, the study addressed the following research question: Is there a relationship between selected academic variables and...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: shifts in assessment methods, high school curricula, and the needs of the 21st century economy. This

Perspectives of teacher leaders in an educational reform environment : finding meaning in their involvement

Creator:: Birky, Virginia Davidhizar
Abstract:: The purpose of this qualitative research study was to describe the experiences of secondary teachers who were actively involved in positions of teacher leadership in their schools and to discover the meaning that leadership activities had for them in their work. The informal teacher leaders performed their leadership functions in...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: " learning and high expectations for all Oregon public school students. The Act calls for "dramatically

The relationship between burnout and selected demographic and job-related variables among Oregon public school teacher-coaches : identifying coping strategies

Creator:: Kosa, Boonsong
Abstract:: The purposes of this study were to determine relationships between burnout and selected demographic and job-related variables and to identify burnout coping strategies commonly used by teacher-coaches in public secondary schools. A volunteer sample of 193 teacher-coaches responded to a three-section questionnaire composed of the Maslach Burnout Inventory, the Jaloweic...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: demographic and job-related variables among Oregon public school teacher-coaches : identifying coping

The relationship between benefits from a GED certificate and the age group (life cycle phase) of the recipient

Creator:: Killpatrick, Paul T.
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: sampling of high school curricula contents and skills. Credentials are awarded based on the examinee's

ScholarsArchive@OSU

The identification of core competencies needed for high school graduation in Oregon

A comparison of the educational attitudes of eighth-grade students of Portland, Oregon : urban black and urban white

Senior high school student opinions of the need for a ninth grade academic transition program

The relationship among community commitment to education, resource allocation and education success in rural Oregon

Making the connection to K-12 education for noncollege-bound students : the voices of students and workers address school experiences and workforce preparation

Student/school counselor ratios and school attendance rates : review of literature and a correlational study

The relationship of selected academic factors to the persistence of general educational development (GED) recipients enrolled in community colleges : an Oregon study

Perspectives of teacher leaders in an educational reform environment : finding meaning in their involvement

The relationship between burnout and selected demographic and job-related variables among Oregon public school teacher-coaches : identifying coping strategies

The relationship between benefits from a GED certificate and the age group (life cycle phase) of the recipient

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