Title from PDF of title page viewed June 1, 2017Dissertation advisor: Loyce CaruthersVitaIncludes bibliographical references (pages 107-120)Thesis (Ed.D.)--School of Education. University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2017The intent of this study is to investigate the effects of a particular adaptive math learning
program (ALEKS) on math achievement and its impact on closing the achievement gap in
math performance of middle school students. The study is conducted in two small urban
school districts in a southern city. The study is a quasi-experimental research design with a
sample size of 1110 students in grades fifth through ninth forming a control group and a
treatment group of equal sizes. The data is compiled from the 2014-2015 school year
(archived data) and has been analyzed using analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) to compare
mean scores of the two groups from a norm-referenced test and regression analysis to
understand various categorical variables affecting math achievement on ALEKS.Introduction -- Review of Literature -- Methodology -- Results of analyses and conclusions -- Discussio
