Date of Award
Spring 5-2020
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Education in School Leadership
Department
Center for Leadership & Learning
College
College of Education
Committee Chair
Dr. Wayne Williams
Second Committee Member
Dr. John Freeman
Third Committee Member
Dr. Mary Guinn
Program Director
Dr. John Freeman
Dean of Graduate College
Dr. Richard Schoephoerster
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of in-school suspension and out of school suspension on the academic performance of seventh-grade students, as measured by the ACT Aspire. This study was motivated by the assumption that out of classroom time and out of school time has an impact on student learning. It was further assumed that direct instruction from the classroom teacher would enhance students’ learning; and, therefore, suspensions would have a negative impact on student achievement. This quantitative causal-comparative study used four research questions to examine the relationship between suspensions and academic performance of middle school students. The study relied on the archived ACT Aspire results and disciplinary data from one middle school in the Little Rock School District from the 2017-2018 school year. The study used ANOVAs to determine the statistical significance of the hypothesized relationship at p
Recommended Citation
Nelson, Jennifer, "The Impact of Suspension on the Academic Performance of Middle School Students" (2020). Theses and Dissertations from 2020. 5.
https://orc.library.atu.edu/etds_2020/5