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• Acknowledgments
• Table of Contents
  
  
  
  
• Chapter 1
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• Chapter 3
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• Part 3
• Part 4
• Part 5
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• Chapter 4
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• Part 3
• Part 4
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• Chapter 5
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• App. A

TABLE OF CONTENTS

I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND SUMMARY OF FINDINGS

• 1. Overview
  • 1.1 Study Objectives and Data
  • 1.2 Findings, Conclusions, and Recommendations
• 2. Study Highlights
  • 2.1 Objectives and Methodology
  • 2.2 Libraries and School Library Programs: Standards and Guidelines for Texas
  • 2.3 Indicators of Library Performance
  • 2.4 Libraries' Effect on TAAS Performance

II. STUDY OBJECTIVES AND METHODOLOGY

• 1. Libraries and Student Performance: Recent Research
• 2. Study Methodology
  • 2.1 Questionnaire
  • 2.2 Sample
  • 2.3 Texas Education Agency Data
  • 2.4 Community Data
  • 2.5 Study Design
  • 2.6 Statistical Analysis
  • 2.6.1 Analysis Limitations and Difficulties

III. SCHOOL LIBRARY STANDARDS AND LIBRARY PERFORMANCE

• 1. Library Program Management
  • 1.1 Staffing
  • 1.1.1 Elementary School Library Staff
  • 1.1.2 Middle/Junior High School Library Staff
  • 1.1.3 High School Library Staff
  • 1.2 Staff Qualifications
• 2. Library Financial Resources
  • 2.1 Elementary School Library Budget
  • 2.2 Middle/Junior High School Library Budget
  • 2.3 High School Library Budget
• 3. Curriculum Integration
• 4. Library Collections
• 5. Technology Resources
• 6. Library Facilities and Usage

IV. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LIBRARY RESOURCES AND ACTIVITIES AND STUDENT PERFORMANCE

• 1. Library Program Development
  • 1.1 Elementary School Libraries
  • 1.2 Middle/Junior High School Libraries
  • 1.3 High School Libraries
• 2. Leadership: Library Staff Involvement with Administrators, Teachers and Colleagues
  • 2.1 Elementary School Libraries
  • 2.2 Middle/Junior High School Libraries
  • 2.3 High School Libraries
• 3. Library Staff Teaching Activities: Collaboration
  • 3.1 Elementary School Libraries
  • 3.2 Middle/Junior High School Libraries
  • 3.3 High School Libraries
• 4. Library Technology
  • 4.1 Elementary School Libraries
  • 4.2 Middle/Junior High School Libraries
  • 4.3 High School Libraries
• 5. School Technology Access to Library Resources
• 6. Association Among Library Variables: Factor Analysis
  • 6.1 Elementary School Factor Analysis
  • 6.2 Middle/Junior High School Factor Analysis
  • 6.3 High School Factor Analysis
• 7. The Contribution of Library Resources and Activities to TAAS Performance
  • 7.1 Elementary Schools
  • 7.2 Middle/Junior Schools
  • 7.3 High Schools
• 8. Graphic Analysis: The Relationship Between TAAS Performance and Library and School Variables
  • 8.1 Elementary Schools
  • 8.2 Middle/Junior High Schools
  • 8.3 High Schools
• 9. Library Programs in Schools with High and Low TAAS Performance
  • 9.1 Elementary School Libraries
  • 9.2 Middle/Junior High School Libraries
  • 9.3 High School Libraries
  • 9.4 Partial Correlation Analysis

V. STUDENT PERFORMANCE IN SCHOOLS WITHOUT LIBRARIANS

• 1. Student Performance on TAAS
• 2. Demographic Analysis

APPENDIX A: QUESTIONNAIRE

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