Date of Award
Summer 8-1-2014
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Department
Educational Leadership
Abstract
The purpose of this quantitative study was to examine if there are significant differences in perceptions regarding the importance of strategies/programs for at-risk students according to employment position, geographic location, and percentage of free- and reduced-lunch population within the school. This study also examined alternative education strategies/programming currently being implemented in Indiana elementary schools. This study had a concentrated focus on a specific population of at-risk students. Is there a significant difference on the perceived importance of at-risk strategies and programming for elementary students based on employment position? Is there a significant difference on the perceived importance of at-risk strategies and programming for elementary students based on demographic location? Is there a significant difference on the perceived importance of at-risk strategies and programming for elementary students based on a school’s free- and reduced-lunch percentage? The outcome of this study found a significant difference in how educators perceived the importance of using specific strategies/programs in working with at-risk students in the 0-25% free- and reduced lunch-percentage participants and the 26-50% free- and reduced-lunch participants. The 0-25% participants found using specific strategies for at-risk students to be more important than those in the 26%-50% range. It also found the participants in the 51-75% range also perceived strategies for at-risk students significantly more important than those in the 26-50% category. There were no significant differences in how educators perceived the importance of using strategies for at-risk students based on employment position or school location. However, this study did reveal iv an overwhelming need for elementary alternative programming. Only 16% of the respondents reported having an active alternative program to support their elementary at-risk students, but 100% of the participants conveyed a need for this type of programming. This study reports an 84% gap in the need versus current alternative school offerings.
Recommended Citation
Gremaux, Teresa, "Educator Perceptions of the Importance of Using Strategies for At-risk Students in Indiana Elementary Schools" (2014). All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 137.
https://scholars.indianastate.edu/etds/137
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