Date of Award
2005
Degree Name
School Psychology
College
Graduate School of Education and Professional Development
Type of Degree
Ed.S.
Document Type
Thesis
First Advisor
Fred Jay Krieg
Second Advisor
Stephen L. O'Keefe
Third Advisor
Sandra Stroebel
Abstract
In January 2005, a new after-school intervention program was implemented by a public middle school with the desire to raise their students. state proficiency scores. In order to evaluate their program and report the results of their labor, the proficiency scores of these southern Ohio students were studied by comparing the arithmetic means of the March 2003 fourth grade state proficiency scores with the arithmetic means of the March 2005 sixth grade state proficiency scores in the areas of reading and math. Differences in the performances were compared using t-tests. The outcome data of the comparison school was not successful in demonstrating a statistically significant increase in state proficiency test scores. Topics including: effective instruction, program evaluation, after-school intervention, and state academic testing were explored.
Subject(s)
After-school programs.
Mathematical ability in children.
Reading.
Ability - Testing.
Recommended Citation
Gleichauf, Laura Kelley, "The Effects of an After-School Intervention Program on the Reading and Math Proficiency Scores of Sixth Graders" (2005). Theses, Dissertations and Capstones. 605.
https://mds.marshall.edu/etd/605
