Veteran Teacher Impact On Competency Test Scores

Paper Summary:

This research paper attempts to determine whether veteran teachers have a statistical significance on the test scores in reading and mathematics of African-American students. The research focuses on eighth grade students in the State of Georgia. It discusses the relationship between teacher retention in the state and the test results that eighth grade African-American students achieve. The paper contains many graphs and figures.

Table of Contents:
Objective
Introduction
Methodology
Key Terms
Research Questions
Literature Review
Results of the Study
Conclusion

From the Paper:

"The methodology employed in this research is one of a qualitative nature and has been conducted through the means of a review of peer-reviewed academic literature written by experts in this subject area. Qualitative research originally involved isolation of variables studied from the rest of the world and then setting up of an experiment where the independent variable was changed and the changes that occurred to the dependent variable or variables were recorded. However, anthropologists pointed out human behavior cannot be realistically studied outside of the social context in which it takes place. Furthermore, the findings in scientific research depends greatly upon the individual's frame of reference, therefore if it is people that are being studied the meaning from the individual's point of view must be discovered. Qualitative research is typically analyzed inductively, or in other words, evidence is not sought out to prove or disprove hypotheses, but instead the researcher builds the abstractions upon the particulars of research that have been gathered and then grouped together."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Assessing State Progress in Meeting the Highly Qualified Teacher (HQT) Goals (2006) State of Georgia: Protocol for Department of Education (ED) Review to Determine Which States Must Submit Revised HQT Plans 1 May 2006. Online available at: http://www.ed.gov/programs/teacherqual/hqtltr/review/ga.doc
• Bogler, Ronit (2005) Principal's Transformation and Transaction Leadership Styles: How Do They Affect Teacher's Sense of Self-Efficacy? Online available at: http://www.isep.info/Abstracts%209-28-05.doc
• Bracey, Gerald W. (2003) Recruiting, Preparing and Retaining High Quality Teachers: An Empirical Synthesis. Education Policy Research Unit Education Policy Studies Laboratory. February 2003. Online available at: http://epsl.asu.edu/epru/documents/EPSL-0302-102-EPRU.doc
• Daniels, Harry (nd) Vygotsky and Pedagogy. Online available at: http://books.google.com/books?id=FpebsON3OesC&dq=Vygotsky:+community+of+learners&pg=PA120&ots=fI7m7o6P_E&sig=1fvHPikLQrewFCCD-DwAy_i7IMA&prev=http://www.google.com/search%3Fhl%3Den%26q%3DVygotsky%253A%2Bcommunity%2Bof%2Blearners&sa=X&oi=print&ct=result&cd=2#PPA123,M1
• Darling-Hammond (2000) Teacher Quality and Student Achievement: A Review of State Policy Evidence. 2000 Jan. 1 Educational Policy Analysis Archives Vol. 8 No. 1. Online available at: http://epaa.asu.edu/epaa/v8n1/

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