A Descriptive Statistical Analysis of the Relationships Between Socioeconomic Status, Attendance Rates, Per Pupil Expenditures, Teacher Qualifications, and On-Time Educational Attainment Rates within the State of Virginia Including a Comparative Study of the Appalachian and Non-Appalachian School Division

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dc.contributor.authorSiers, Kevin W.en
dc.contributor.committeechairCreighton, Theodore B.en
dc.contributor.committeememberCraig, James Richarden
dc.contributor.committeememberEarthman, Glen I.en
dc.contributor.committeememberTripp, Norman Wayneen
dc.contributor.departmentEducational Leadership and Policy Studiesen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:09:37Zen
dc.date.adate2010-04-20en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:09:37Zen
dc.date.issued2010-04-01en
dc.date.rdate2010-04-20en
dc.date.sdate2010-04-14en
dc.description.abstractPURPOSE This study had two purposes: (a) to examine the possible predicting abilities of socioeconomic status, per pupil expenditures, percentage of highly qualified teachers and attendance rates for on-time educational attainment in the state of Virginia and (b) to compare the Appalachian School Divisions of Virginia with the non-Appalachian school divisions for each of these variables. METHOD Data pertaining to socioeconomic status, per pupil expenditures, attendance rates, teacher qualifications, and on-time educational attainment were collected for the graduating cohorts of 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008. A stepwise multiple regression analysis was conducted on these variables to address the first purpose. A general linear model repeated measures ANOVA was conducted for each variable to compare differences between the Appalachian, non-Appalachian divisions of similar size, non-Appalachian large school divisions, and the total non-Appalachian divisions to address the second purpose of the study. RESULTS Socioeconomic status and attendance rates were found to be the independent variables that were significantly able to predict on-time educational attainment rates. Socioeconomic status rates were found to be significantly higher in the Appalachian divisions than in the non-Appalachian large school divisions. Teacher qualification rates were found to be significantly higher in the Appalachian divisions than the non-Appalachian divisions of similar size. On-time educational attainment rates were found to be significantly higher in the Appalachian school divisions than in all three classifications of the non-Appalachian divisions.en
dc.description.degreeEd. D.en
dc.identifier.otheretd-04142010-162628en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-04142010-162628/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/26861en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartSiers_ETD.pdfen
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dc.subjectAppalachian School Divisionsen
dc.subjectNon-Appalachian School Divisionsen
dc.subjectNon-Appalachian School Divisions of Similar Sizeen
dc.subjectNon-Appalachian Large School Divisionsen
dc.subjectOn-Time Educational Attainmenten
dc.subject9th Grade Bubbleen
dc.titleA Descriptive Statistical Analysis of the Relationships Between Socioeconomic Status, Attendance Rates, Per Pupil Expenditures, Teacher Qualifications, and On-Time Educational Attainment Rates within the State of Virginia Including a Comparative Study of the Appalachian and Non-Appalachian School Divisionen
dc.typeDissertationen
thesis.degree.disciplineEducational Leadership and Policy Studiesen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.leveldoctoralen
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Educationen

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