MERC Publications

 
Publications from the Metropolitan Educational Research Consortium(MERC), housed in the VCU School of Education.

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Submissions from 2007

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Fairness in Secondary Specialty Centers and Magnet School Admissions: Contending with the Equity-Excellence Tension: A Review of Literature, Kurt Temhagen

Submissions from 2006

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Instructional Strategies to Increase Motivation, Close the Achievement Gap, and Help Students Reach Their Potential: A Review of Literature, Nora Alder and Susan P. McKelvey

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Educators' Perceptions of Mobile Students and the Interventions that Assist Them, Timothy Bruce Bostic and Mary Angela Coleman

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The Relationship Between Classroom Assessment Practices and Student Motivation and Engagement: A Literature Review, Kathleen M. Cauley, Gina Pannanzzo, Lisa Abrams, and James H. McMillan

Submissions from 2005

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Effectiveness of Instructional Strategies to Enhance the Reading Achievement of At-Risk Students, Leila Christenbury

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High Stakes Testing and Students with Learning Disabilities: Factors of Passing and Failing the Virginia Standards of Learning Tests, Paul J. Gerber

Submissions from 2004

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Facilitating the Transition Into Middle School and High School, Kathleen M. Cauley and Donna Jovanovich

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Accountability Testing and Students With Learning Disabilities: Factors of Passing and Failing the Virginia SOL Tests, Paul J. Gerber

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Alignment of Classroom Assessments with the Virginia Standards of Learning (SOL), Joan A. Rhodes, Valerie J. Robnolt, and Susan P. McKelvey

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Investigating Factors Associated with Low Achievement Early in School: A Pilot Study, Kevin Sutherland

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Research-Based Practices as a Protective Factor for Students At-Risk for Academic Failure, Kevin Sutherland and Donna Jovanovich

Submissions from 2003

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Teacher Use of High-Stakes Test Score Data to Improve Instruction, James H. McMillan and Susan P. McKelvey

Submissions from 2002

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Accountability Tests and Assessment of Students with Disabilities: High-Stakes Are for Tomatoes! A review of Literature, Paul J. Gerber

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Using the Internet to Support K-12 Teaching and Learning: A Review of Literature, Rachel A. Karchmer and Leanne Eberly

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Stories of Student Success in Title I Elementary Schools, Rachel McCay and Rachel Savage

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Teachers' Use of High-Stakes Test Results to Improve Instruction: A Review of Literature, James H. McMillan and Susan P. McKelvey

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The Effectiveness of Summer Remediation for High-Stakes Testing, James H. McMillan and Angela Snyder

Submissions from 2001

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Dropping Out: Why Students Leave School, Joseph R. Boyle

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Students' Perspectives on Their High School Experience, Kathleen M. Cauley, Carl Chafin, and Janine Certo

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Retaining Quality Teachers, Janine Certo and Jill Englebright Fox

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Retaining Teachers Across the Professional Continuum: A Review of Literature, Jill Englebright Fox and Janine Certo

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The Effectiveness of Remedial School Summer Programs: Review of Literature and Annotated Bibliography, James H. McMillan and Dawn Bonanno Fitzelle

Submissions from 2000

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Why Students Leave School: A Review of Literature, Joseph R. Boyle and Tara Anderson

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Development of a Model to Evaluate a Multi-Agency Attendance Improvement and Truancy Reduction Initiative: Phase I (A MERC Technical Report), Suzanne Nash and Ann S. Allen

Submissions from 1999

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Report on the Implementation of Alternative High Schools, Nora Alder and Terry Brown