The Effects of Summer School on Student Achievement as Measured by the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills Tests

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER: DATA ANALYSIS AND RESEARCH RESULTS1

Introduction1

Demography of Students1

Results of Each Set of Statistics5

5th grade Math Scores6

Mean Value for 5th grade Math Scores10

5th grade Reading Scores10

Mean Value for 5th grade Reading Scores14

8th grade Math Scores15

Mean Value for 8th grade Math Scores19

8th grade Reading Scores19

Mean Value for 8th grade Reading Scores23

ANOVA Testing25

Correlation Analysis29

Regression Analysis31

Discussion36

Summary43

REFERENCES47

CHAPTER: DATA ANALYSIS AND RESEARCH RESULTS

Introduction

The following study will analyze and examine the research studies and will also provide the various details about how the summer school and classes affect the student achievements. The following research has been carried out by the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills Tests which will help in measuring the impact of summer school on the attainment and achievements of students. This research study is conducted to examine the effects of summer school on student achievement as measured by the Texas assessment of knowledge and skills tests. This Chapter presents the research findings of this study.

The first section of this chapter presents the findings of demography of the respondents. The second section of this chapter presents the findings of description of results in terms of the population sample. The last section of this chapter presents the findings of correlation analysis. To analyze the effects of summer school on student achievement as measured by the Texas assessment of knowledge and skills tests the data set of math and reading test scores from 2007-2010 is used.

Demography of Students

This section presents the findings of demographics for the entire school district (EC-12th grade) for the year 2007-2010.

2007-2008 Demographics for the Entire School District (EC-12th grade)

Total Students:

46,302

 

 

 

 

Ethnic Distribution:

 

 

African American

3,115

6.7%

Hispanic

12,066

26.1%

White

29,336

63.4%

Native American

233

0.5%

Asian

1,552

3.4%

 

 

 

Economically Disadvantaged

14,690

31.7%

The findings of the above table indicate that there were 46,302 total number of students enrolled for 2007-2008 for the entire school district (EC-12th grade).

2008-2009 Demographics for the Entire School District (EC-12th grade)

Total Students:

47,769

 

 

 

 

Ethnic Distribution:

 

 

African American

3, 233

6.8%

Hispanic

13,148

27.5%

White

29,495

61.7%

Native American

248

0.5%

Asian

1.645

3.4%

 

 

 

Economically Disadvantaged

15,473

32.4%

The findings of the above table indicate that there were 47,769 total number of students enrolled for 2008-2009 for the entire school district (EC-12th grade).

2009-2010 Demographics for the Entire School District (EC-12th grade)

Total Students:

49,323

 

 

 

 

Ethnic Distribution:

 

 

African American

3,352

6.8%

Hispanic

13,871

28.1%

White

29,967

60.8%

Native American

349

0.7%

Asian

1,784

3.6%

 

 

 

Economically Disadvantaged

17,569

35.6%

The findings of the above table indicate that there were 49,323 total number of students enrolled for 2009-2010 for the entire school district (EC-12th grade).

The below graphs and findings will help in measuring the ethnic distribution of entire schools district students' demography.

The above graph depicts the ethnic distribution of the entire schools district' students in the year 2007 and 2008. The above graph illustrates that there were around 63 percent of students belongs to the white ethnicity. There were 26 percent of the students belongs to Hispanic ethnicity in the entire schools district (EC-12th grade) for the batch 2007-2008.

The above graph indicates the ethnic distribution of the entire schools district' students in the year 2008 and 2009. The above graph illustrates that there were around 62 percent of students belongs to the white ...