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impact of the elementary school year-round (YRE) pilot program on student achievement and behavior in the Harlandale Independent School District
The study was designed to measure the effect Harlandale's
year-round education program had on 160 economically
disadvantaged elementary school students during one to three
years of instruction. Research determined the degree to
which Harlandale's year-round education program had fostered
academic achievement, discipline, and attendance in students,
as measured by tests, discipline referral, and attendance
rates. Study results were: Achievement test data were
analyzed through doubly multivariate repeated measures
analysis of variance using the Texas Learning Index (TLI)
scores from the Spring administration of the Texas Assessment
of Academic Skills (TAAS). No effects attributable to year-
round education were discerned in reading and mathematics
achievement over the three years in the study. discipline
data, analyzed by frequency distribution, indicated a
decrease in disciplinary referrals and most types of offenses
at the year-round campus for the two or three years with
extant data. However, inconsistencies in the sources of data
and the dramatic nature of the campus changes in
administration over time, deemed it impossible to make a
satisfactory evaluation of the year-round program and
inadvisable to attribute these findings to the implementation
of a year-round program at the campus. Log-transformed
attendance data were analyzed through doubly multivariate
repeated measures analysis of variance using the base-10
logarithm of the difference of 101 1 and the actual
percentage attendance. A significant campus effect indicated
that, averaged across three years, the year-round campus
attendance was higher for the given samples of students.
Recommendations were that the Harlandale Independent School
District investigate the benefits of a single calendar
concept district wide since there were no differences in
overall achievement over the past three years attributable to
the YRE program. Harlandale should investigate whether or
not the decrease in discipline referrals and offenses at the
YRE campus is attributable to the year-round calendar or
inconsistencies in the sources of the data and administrative
changes over time at the YRE campus. Student attendance at
the YRE campus was higher than that of the traditional campus
across the three years of the study. Harlandale should
continue to investigate whether the attendance increase was
attributable to the year-round calendar.
"Major Subject: Educational Administration".
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Includes bibliographical references: pages 79-86.