scholarly journals Looking Beyond the Household: The Importance of School Factors in Understanding Elementary Grade Retention in Rural Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

2017 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bushra Rahim
Keyword(s):  
Student Performance ◽  
Grade Retention ◽  
Retention Rate ◽  
Retention Rates ◽  
School Level ◽  
School Factors ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Continuous Increase ◽  
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ◽  
The Impact

This paper contributes to the limited literature on the educational outcomes of children in rural Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), Pakistan. It explores the impact of school-level factors such as physical resources, teachers and school characteristics on retention to the last grade of primary in the KP province for the time period 2007-12. Two sources of data were used to measure the retention rates. One of which is an official compilation of institutional data on education known as Education Management Information System (EMIS). The second data source, Annual Status of Education Reports (ASER), is a household data set with a rich set of household covariates, teachers’ characteristics and student performance data on reading and mathematics. The results from regression analyses indicate that children are more likely to complete primary education cycle when they receive instructions in local language and when the pupil-teacher ratio is below a certain threshold. Results also reveal that a continuous increase in school size beyond a certain threshold (> 400 enrollment) is related to a decrease in retention rate. Further, mixed schools (all-boys’ schools having girls enrolled in them) were found to have better retention rates than boys’ schools.

School Counselors’ Impact on School-Level Academic Outcomes: Caseload and Use of Time

2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (1_part_3) ◽  
pp. 2156759X2090448
Author(s):  
Qi Shi ◽  
Margaux H. Brown
Keyword(s):  
Advanced Placement ◽  
School Counselors ◽  
Academic Outcomes ◽  
Grade Retention ◽  
Academic Career ◽  
Ninth Grade ◽  
Retention Rates ◽  
School Level ◽  
Use Of Time ◽  
The Impact

Using the High School Longitudinal Study of 2009, we investigated school counselors’ caseloads, how they spent their time, and the impact of those factors on schools’ academic outcomes. Results showed that approximately 85% of the school counselors had a caseload of 455 or fewer students, with roughly one quarter reporting caseloads equal to or less than 250, and that school counselors spent more of their time on college, scheduling, and personal/social/academic/career development. We also found that how school counselors spent their time was predictive of ninth-grade retention rates, the percentage of students who enrolled in Advanced Placement (AP) courses, and the percentage of students who enrolled in 4-year universities. We provide discussion and implications for school counselors.

scholarly journals The impact of the crisis caused by coronavirus on business decisions of the companies whose shares are listed on the Banja Luka stock exchange: Example of the dividend payment decision

Bankarstvo ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 44-65
Author(s):  
Goran Radivojac ◽  
Boško Mekinjić ◽  
Aleksandra Krčmar
Keyword(s):  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Retention Rate ◽  
Retention Rates ◽  
Financial Reports ◽  
Business Decisions ◽  
Dividend Payment ◽  
Banja Luka ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Republika Srpska ◽  
The Impact

The subject of this paper is an analysis of the impact of the crisis caused by coronavirus on business decisions of issuers whose shares are listed on the Banja Luka Stock Exchange, through the example of dividend payment decisions. For the purpose of determining the factual situation, we observed publicly available financial reports of all companies that paid dividends from profits for 2018 and 2019 and made a comparison of profit retention rates in the two observed periods. We also analyzed other available information on the operations of these issuers. The research results show that in 10 out of 16 cases in which there was dividend payment from profits for 2019, the rate of profit retention increased compared to 2018. In addition to the mentioned 16 cases of dividend payment from the profit for the previous year, two cases were recorded in which dividend payment was made, but from the accumulated profit of previous years, so that the retention rate was not calculated for these issuers. If we take into account the fact that, in almost all cases, the decision on the (non-)payment of dividends was made at a time when uncertainties regarding coronavirus were already present in Republika Srpska, it can be concluded that the impending crisis had an impact on 2019 net results distribution decisions.

scholarly journals Preliminary evaluation of the effectiveness of visible implant elastomer and coded wire tags for tagging young-of-the-year Atlantic sturgeon, Acipenser oxyrinchus

2015 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 227-230 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrzej Kapusta ◽  
Arkadiusz Duda ◽  
Grzegorz Wiszniewski ◽  
Ryszard Kolman
Keyword(s):  
Body Weight ◽  
Retention Rate ◽  
Retention Rates ◽  
Preliminary Evaluation ◽  
Atlantic Sturgeon ◽  
Size Groups ◽  
Young Of The Year ◽  
Acipenser Oxyrinchus ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Coded Wire Tags

Abstract The aim of the study was to determine the retention rates of visible implant elastomer (VIE) and coded wire tags (CWT) and the impact tagging had on the growth of Atlantic sturgeon, Acipenser oxyrinchus Mitchill, during an eight-week rearing period under laboratory conditions. Two size groups of young-of-the-year (YOY) sturgeon were used in the study. The tagging was not found to have a significant impact on the final total length or body weight or the condition coefficient of the sturgeon from either size group. Sturgeon survival in the different groups ranged from 90.6 to 100%. Mortality was not noted until two (CWT) and four (VIE) weeks following tagging and was probably not linked to tagging. The retention rate for VIE tags implanted in the rostrum in both size groups was 100%, while for tags implanted at the base of the pectoral fin was 93.5%. The retention of CWT in the smaller fish was 90%, and in the larger sturgeon it was 100%. Tagging small sturgeon with CWT and VIE is minimally invasive, and it did not impact the growth or condition of the tagged fish.

Estimated Effect of the Teacher Advancement Program on Student Test Score Gains

2014 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 193-230 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew G. Springer ◽  
Dale Ballou ◽  
Art (Xiao) Peng
Keyword(s):  
Treatment Effect ◽  
Test Score ◽  
Ordinary Least Squares ◽  
Third Party ◽  
School Level ◽  
Estimation Methods ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Teacher Advancement Program ◽  
Student Test ◽  
The Impact

This article presents findings from the first independent, third-party appraisal of the impact of the Teacher Advancement Program (TAP) on student test score gains in mathematics. TAP is a comprehensive school reform model designed to attract highly effective teachers, improve instructional effectiveness, and elevate student achievement. We use a panel data set to estimate a TAP treatment effect by comparing student test score gains in mathematics in schools that participated in TAP with student test score gains in non-TAP schools. Ordinary least squares estimation reveals a positive TAP treatment effect on student test score gains in the elementary grades, with weaker but still positive point estimates in the secondary grades. When estimation methods control for selection bias, the positive effect remains at the elementary level, but most estimates for grades 6 through 10 turn negative. Our findings are qualified by the lack of information on the fidelity of implementation across TAP schools and on variation in features of TAP programs at the school level.

Style Over Substance Reconsidered: Intrusive Intervention and At-Risk Students with Learning Disabilities

2002 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 66-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Abelman ◽  
Anthony Molina
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Learning Disabilities ◽  
Student Performance ◽  
At Risk Students ◽  
Retention Rates ◽  
Students With Learning Disabilities ◽  
Grade Point ◽  
Probationary Students ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Impact

In two recent publications, we reported that the academic intervention process, not the specific intervention content, was responsible for a short-and long-term influx in at-risk student performance (grade-point average) and persistence (retention). All at-risk students who participated in the most intrusive of three interventions had higher cumulative grade-point averages and retention rates than those who received less intrusive interventions. In this post hoc analysis, we looked at probationary students with learning disabilities and found that they are only responsive to the individual attention and personalized accommodation provided under a highly intrusive model, and the impact is temporary.

scholarly journals Methods of the International Tobacco Control (ITC) EUREST-PLUS ITC Europe Surveys

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (Supplement_3) ◽  
pp. iii4-iii9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary E Thompson ◽  
Pete Driezen ◽  
Christian Boudreau ◽  
Nicolas Bécuwe ◽  
Thomas K Agar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tobacco Control ◽  
Sampling Design ◽  
Retention Rate ◽  
Smoking Status ◽  
Retention Rates ◽  
Tobacco Products ◽  
Nationally Representative ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Collection Methods ◽  
Representative Samples

Abstract Background The EUREST-PLUS ITC Europe surveys aim to evaluate the impact of the European Union’s Tobacco Products Directive (EU TPD) implementation within the context of the WHO FCTC. This article describes the methodology of the 2016 (Wave 1) and 2018 (Wave 2) International Tobacco Control 6 European (6E) Country Survey in Germany, Greece, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Spain; the England arm of the 2016 (Wave 1) and 2018 (Wave 2) ITC 4 Country Smoking and Vaping (4CV) Survey; and the 2016 (Wave 10) and 2017 (Wave 11) ITC Netherlands (NL) Survey. All three ITC surveys covering a total of eight countries are prospective cohort studies with nationally representative samples of smokers. Methods In the three surveys across the eight countries, the recruited respondents were cigarette smokers who smoked at least monthly, and were aged 18 and older. At each survey wave, eligible cohort members from the previous waves were retained, regardless of smoking status, and dropouts were replaced by a replenishment sample. Results Retention rates between the two waves of the ITC 6E Survey by country were 70.5% for Germany, 41.3% for Greece, 35.7% for Hungary, 45.6% for Poland, 54.4% for Romania and 71.3% for Spain. The retention rate for England between ITC 4CV1 and ITC 4CV2 was 39.1%; the retention rates for the ITC Netherlands Survey were 76.6% at Wave 10 (2016) and 80.9% at Wave 11 (2017). Conclusion The ITC sampling design and data collection methods in these three ITC surveys allow analyses to examine prospectively the impact of policy environment changes on the use of cigarettes and other tobacco products in each country, to make comparisons across the eight countries.

scholarly journals Planning chemotherapy based schistosomiasis control: validation of a mathematical model using data on Schistosoma haematobium from Pemba, Tanzania

1999 ◽  
Vol 123 (3) ◽  
pp. 487-497 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.-S. CHAN ◽  
A. MONTRESOR ◽  
L. SAVIOLI ◽  
D. A. P. BUNDY
Keyword(s):  
Mathematical Model ◽  
Control Programme ◽  
School Level ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Urinary Schistosomiasis ◽  
Control Programmes ◽  
United Republic Of Tanzania ◽  
Using Data ◽  
The Impact

A mathematical model, based on a deterministic differential equation framework, has been developed to predict the impact of community chemotherapy programmes for human schistosomiasis. Here, this model is validated using data collected from a long-term control programme for urinary schistosomiasis on the island of Pemba, Zanzibar, United Republic of Tanzania, initiated in 1986 and still ongoing, in which schoolchildren were offered praziquantel chemotherapy every 6 months. Prevalence of infection and blood in urine were monitored in all the schools (total 26000 children from 60 schools) and more detailed data were collected in selected evaluation schools. Model predictions were run by using the initial prevalence as input. The predictions were very close to the observed decreases in prevalence and in prevalence of blood in urine. The correspondence improved further when the data were combined, going from single school level to district, and when the entire data set was combined. The accuracy of the predictions suggests that this model could be used as a tool to predict the consequences of chemotherapy control programmes. It is currently in press as a Windows software package under the name of ‘EpiSchisto’.

The Impact of School Resources on Student Performance: A Study of Private Schools in the United Kingdom

ILR Review ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 58 (3) ◽  
pp. 435-451 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathryn Graddy ◽  
Margaret Stevens
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Student Performance ◽  
Independent Schools ◽  
Information Service ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
School Level ◽  
State Sector ◽  
New School ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
The Impact

This article reports the results of an empirical study of the impact of school inputs on pupils' performance in private (independent) schools in the United Kingdom, using a new school-level panel dataset constructed from information provided by the Independent Schools Information Service. The authors show a consistent negative relationship between the pupil-teacher ratio at a school and the examination results achieved by pupils aged 18, controlling for the pupils' performance in examinations two years earlier. The results are noteworthy in comparison with results of studies for the state sector, relatively few of which have found a consistent and statistically significant effect of the pupil-teacher ratio.

Changing Diversity in U.S. Schools

2010 ◽  
Vol 43 (6) ◽  
pp. 671-695 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer K. Clayton
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Student Performance ◽  
Teacher Quality ◽  
White Students ◽  
The United States ◽  
School Level ◽  
Racial Groups ◽  
Pass Rates ◽  
Black And White ◽  
The Impact

Schools in the United States have experienced changes in their demographic profile during the last half century. During this changing time, schools have experienced court-involved desegregation and have experienced fluctuations in their populations with regard to both race and socioeconomic status. Existing studies on segregation have focused primarily on Black and White students, neglecting the increasing Hispanic population of U.S. schools. This study provides more data to the expanding research on the impact of diversity on student performance. The study examines whether diversity and teacher quality of a school can predict academic performance on state-mandated tests, while controlling for school level poverty. In this quantitative study, the researcher also analyzes whether a difference exists between the predictability of pass rates and advanced pass rates for African American, Hispanic, and White students in Virginia’s elementary schools. The data reveal that the impact of poverty is difficult to disentangle from the issues of diversity and teacher quality but that differences exist among student racial groups in their academic performance response based on school-level poverty, diversity, and teacher quality.

scholarly journals The Impact of Distance Education on University Retention Rates

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (11) ◽  
pp. 48-62
Author(s):  
Emily Breit ◽  
Samuel Schreyer
Keyword(s):  
Distance Education ◽  
Retention Rate ◽  
Retention Rates ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
Freshmen Retention ◽  
University Retention ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Education Courses ◽  
The U.S

This study uses new measures of distance education to assess the impact on retention rates at 4-year public and private non-profit universities in the U.S. We present evidence that the percent of undergraduates enrolled exclusively in distance education courses reduces a university’s freshmen retention rate, particularly for institutions with a relatively low median SAT score.  We find no clear evidence of lower retention rates when undergraduates are enrolled in a combination of on-campus and distance education courses.  These findings suggest increased enrollment through distance education can come at the expense of lower retention.

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