Students Beating the Odds: A Multilevel Analysis of Factors Relating to Academic Achievement Among Children Living in Persistent Poverty

Author

Erika K. Stump PhD, University of Southern Maine, Muskie School of Public Service

Date of Award

2015

Call Number

LC203 .S78 2015

Document Type

USM Access Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy in Public Policy

Department

Muskie School of Public Service

First Advisor

David Silvernail

Second Advisor

Lisa Morris

Third Advisor

Catherine Fallona

Keywords

Children in poverty, income achievement gap, reading proficiency, mathematics proficiency

Abstract

The purpose of this ex facto quantitative study using descriptive and inferential analysis was to identify and examine characteristics of students living in persistent poverty in relation to their academic performance on standardized assessments. This study extends existing research by focusing on a cohort of students living in persistent poverty and analyzing information from various geographic locales, including rural schools. Using data from the Maine Department of Education and the National Center for Education Statistics, this study examined a sample of 3,202 students during grades three through eight from more than one hundred public schools in Maine.

Comments

This dissertation is restricted to USM access only.

Recommended Citation

Stump, Erika K. PhD, "Students Beating the Odds: A Multilevel Analysis of Factors Relating to Academic Achievement Among Children Living in Persistent Poverty" (2015). All Student Scholarship. 164.
https://digitalcommons.usm.maine.edu/etd/164