Anticipated Date of Graduation

Spring 2024

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science in Mathematical Sciences

Department

Mathematical Sciences

First Advisor

Doug Darbro

Abstract

This research study examined if prior academic achievement, attendance, athletic participation and demographics were significant factors of IOWA State Assessment scores. The findings indicated that there were three significant factors. The three factors that were significant were prior IOWA State Assessment Scores, the number of tardies and the current GPA. This research study took place at a small private school in Cleveland Heights, OH. The analysis was completed by three different approaches. The first was a multiple regression analysis which determined the three factors already mentioned. A correlation study and an independent sample t-test were also performed. This research is important to the school and hopefully other schools to show that previous testing is a significant factor in predicting future testing. The study also shows that if the number of tardies can be minimized, standardized testing scores should improve based on this model. The most interesting aspect of this study was that the number of absences did not have a significant effect on the testing scores. This study had a couple of limitations. The sample size was not very big and the small quantity proved to be an issue when performing the correlation study and the independent t-test analysis. There were also issues with normality in the multiple regression analysis. This study only contained data from 10th and 11th graders. In the future it would be good to expand it to more grades and a wider range of other demographics including socioeconomic status and race. Through this study it was learned that showing an effort in one’s learning is essential as shown by tardies and GPA. The results imply that if there is a solution to help tardies go down and grade point averages go up, better scores should be attained.

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