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listed schools alphabetically. The two research lists for the study required 25 campuses from the
state agency with the distinction between teaching strategies. The process of stratified and
random sampling was used to create the two lists. Every third campus on the state agency list
was contacted and a school official was interviewed concerning the specific strategy utilized for
instruction. The interviewer explained the study and the distinction between teacher-directed
strategy and self-directed strategy as related to the study. Each school official was asked to
identify the primary, or sole, instruction strategy used on the campus. Once the interview
concluded, the school was placed on the appropriate list related to the specific strategy used.
Once the lists were created, school demographic information was reviewed to confirm
relative similarity and conformity as related to size and scope. Multiple schools from the same
school systems were not used once one campus from that specific system had been listed.
Once these steps had occurred, the two distinct charts were created. Table 4.1 lists
secondary alternative education campuses in Texas with TAKS results from 2006 - 2008
identifying the instructional strategy as being teacher-directed or self-directed.
Each campus was assigned a corresponding number for listing on the chart. The TAKS
public information data was utilized to complete the lists. The results for each research year
(2006, 2007, 2008) were located on the Texas Education Agency website. A review of each
campus was conducted to retrieve the performance results data for each year. The data reported
for "All Students" was documented on the lists corresponding to the assigned number for each
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