Sentences with phrase «elementary school test scores»

Mark Anderson, assistant professor in the Montana State University Department of Agricultural Economics and Economics and Mary Beth Walker, professor and dean with the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University, examined elementary school test score data on the Colorado Student Assessment Program (CSAP) from 2001 - 2010 across the state's rural districts, fifteen of which operated on a four - day week.

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Arlington Heights School District 25, which has seven elementary and two middle schools, boasts above - average state test scores.

Two elementary schools in North Carolina increased the achievement test scores of students from the 30th percentile to the 83rd percentile over a three - year period.

The evidence is compelling: Two elementary schools in North Carolina were able to increase the achievement - test scores of students from the 30th percentile up to the 83rd percentile over a three - year period.

Even though the elementary school is doing well academically, low test scores by students at the upper school have hurt the school's grade, Mulgrew noted.

New York City's new schools chancellor pledged to boost training for elementary math teachers, after a national test found a drop in average math scores for the city's fourth - graders.

As predicted by state education officials, scores on the first English and math tests given statewide to elementary school students under tougher new learning standards are not very good.

New York City's new schools chancellor pledged to boost training for elementary math teachers on Tuesday, after a national test found a drop in average math scores for the city's fourth - graders.

Sheri Lederman, a fourth grade teacher at a Great Neck elementary school, wants to sue the state education department for personal injury after receiving an «ineffective» job rating due to student test scores.

6,687 students 623 classroom teachers 10 schools (one high school, two junior highs, seven elementary) $ 188.8 million 2010 - 11 budget 1 % of students need free or reduced price lunches 97 % students are white or Asian (3 % black or Latino) 83 % of third - graders scored proficient or higher on this year's state's English test; 90 % on math exam.

IN THEIR CONVERSATION THEY TALK ABOUT WHAT CHANGES SHOULD BE DONE TO THE PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM IN ORDER TO HAVE A HIGHER HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION RATE, AND WHAT SHOULD BE DONE TO IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TO CURB LOW TEST SCORES.

Based on a study of more than 30,000 elementary, middle, and high school students conducted in winter 2015 - 16, researchers found that elementary and middle school students scored lower on a computer - based test that did not allow them to return to previous items than on two comparable tests — paper - or computer - based — that allowed them to skip, review, and change previous responses.

Late - term infants outperformed full - term infants in all three cognitive dimensions (higher average test scores in elementary and middle school, a 2.8 percent higher probability of being gifted, and a 3.1 percent reduced probability of poor cognitive outcomes) compared to full - term infants.

The new research builds on two previous studies that found the two programs benefitted children in early elementary school, boosting third - grade reading and math - test scores and reducing third - grade special education placements.

But ever since becoming a federally funded turnaround school in 2010, these meetings have become cherished time for the teachers and, according to Nolan, one of the key reasons their elementary school — once one of the lowest achieving in Boston — has seen significant gains on test scores.

Local parents of elementary - age kids have set out to make Hogg a school they and their neighbors want to send their kids to, which means higher test scores, tighter discipline, and a college - prep curriculum - changes they believe will benefit all children, not just their own.

Tough presents particularly compelling narratives about the progress of one Promise Academy elementary school and the middle school, the former achieving dramatic increases in test scores, and the latter temporarily closing its doors to new students as a result of poor (albeit improving) performance.

Chicago's elementary turnaround schools have had some success in raising test scores.

I first analyze changes over time in the FCAT test scores of students in their initial 3rd - grade year in order to discern the extent to which Florida's elementary - school students made true achievement gains during the period in question.

Test scores for the elementary schools have increased 6.5 points in reading and 9.8 points in math.

If elementary students are not affected by later start times, as my data suggest (albeit not definitively), it may be possible to increase test scores for middle school students at no cost by having elementary schools start first.

Students who attend middle schools at risk of dropping out of high school As compared to students in K - 8 elementary schools, middle school students also score lower on achievement tests.

The scores used to determine whether students demonstrated proficiency on the test were set too low, resulting in unexpectedly high passing rates for the state's elementary and middle school students.

A leading test publisher, aiming to refute charges that standardized - test scores are inflated, has found in a new study that elementary - school students registered substantial gains in basic - skills achievement over the past decade.

This view would assign less importance to concerns about declining test scores at the elementary - school level, since the increasing skill of the workforce provides evidence that overall student achievement is not falling.

This approach shows that the percentage of an elementary school's students enrolled in bilingual education is significantly and negatively related to a school's average test score for English Learners in both reading and math, even after accounting for the characteristics of its students.

Using 2015 test - score data and comparing schools with similar percentages of low - income kids, charters outperform DPS - operated schools at the middle and high school level but not at the elementary level, where there are only 10 charters.

As compared to students in K - 8 elementary schools, middle school students also score lower on achievement tests.

SEATTLE — When Principal Levaun Dennett looked at her elementary school's test scores in the spring of 1985, they showed a bleak but familiar pattern.

The school board decided to require the two - hour reading block at 59 elementary and 12 middle schools where students average scores of 25 or less on the Stanford Achievement Test.

But it also possible that choice is particularly effective in high school (as compared to elementary school, where test score data typically comes from).

It will be interesting to see what happens with test scores as Success's enrollment grows; how its high school performs (some suggest that Success's elementary schools are outstanding but that instruction weakens in later grades); and how Success graduates fare in the college admissions process and in college.

In the program's first year, the bonus program boost to math scores was 3.2 points on the New York state test, or 0.08 standard deviations, in schools with small cohorts of teachers with tested students (approximately ten or fewer such teachers in elementary and K - 8 schools and five or fewer such teachers in middle schools).

The picture of teacher effectiveness looked the same when we separately examined teachers in elementary schools, middle schools, and schools with above - and below - median test scores.

The low test scores and the number of students who were not prepared for high school urged us to research and connect with the two local elementary schools.

Academic Boot Camps Get Students in Test Shape Concentrated reading and test - taking instruction in small groups — known as boot camps — is one of the strategies a California school district uses to help elementary and middle - school students on the cusp of proficiency improve their reading and test scoTest Shape Concentrated reading and test - taking instruction in small groups — known as boot camps — is one of the strategies a California school district uses to help elementary and middle - school students on the cusp of proficiency improve their reading and test scotest - taking instruction in small groups — known as boot camps — is one of the strategies a California school district uses to help elementary and middle - school students on the cusp of proficiency improve their reading and test scotest scores.

We focus our analysis on charter middle schools, because we are able to compare charter and traditional public school students who had similar entering test scores and demographic characteristics and even attended the same elementary school.

It is not possible to use this methodology to examine elementary schools because testing begins in third grade, so for those schools we compare test - score growth in traditional public schools and charter schools while taking into account student characteristics such as race, age, and special education status.

In 2007 they approved funding for the first public Waldorf methods high school, in the Sacramento Unified School District; and (3) Three key findings on urban public schools with Waldorf methods: (a) In their final year, the students in the study's four California case study public Waldorf - methods elementary schools match the top ten of peer sites on the 2006 California test scores and well outperform the average of their peers statewide; (b) According to teacher, administrator and mentor reports, they achieve these high test scores by focusing on those new three R's — rather than on rote learning and test prep — in a distinct fashion laid out by the Waldorf model and (c) A key focus is on artistic learning, not just for students but, more importantly perhaps, for the aschool, in the Sacramento Unified School District; and (3) Three key findings on urban public schools with Waldorf methods: (a) In their final year, the students in the study's four California case study public Waldorf - methods elementary schools match the top ten of peer sites on the 2006 California test scores and well outperform the average of their peers statewide; (b) According to teacher, administrator and mentor reports, they achieve these high test scores by focusing on those new three R's — rather than on rote learning and test prep — in a distinct fashion laid out by the Waldorf model and (c) A key focus is on artistic learning, not just for students but, more importantly perhaps, for the aSchool District; and (3) Three key findings on urban public schools with Waldorf methods: (a) In their final year, the students in the study's four California case study public Waldorf - methods elementary schools match the top ten of peer sites on the 2006 California test scores and well outperform the average of their peers statewide; (b) According to teacher, administrator and mentor reports, they achieve these high test scores by focusing on those new three R's — rather than on rote learning and test prep — in a distinct fashion laid out by the Waldorf model and (c) A key focus is on artistic learning, not just for students but, more importantly perhaps, for the adults.

A study of test scores in each of the city's public elementary schools finds that diversity does not erase achievement gaps between white and minority students.

In elementary schools, TTI had a positive impact on math and reading test scores.

Students contribute multiple scores (from tests in different grades) in elementary and middle school, so these standard errors are two - way clustered on student identifier and grade - by - school - by - year.

Our lottery - based analysis of pilot effects looks at elementary - grade outcomes as well as test scores from middle and high school.

However, the achievement gains for charter elementary schools are challenging to estimate and remain unclear because elementary students typically have no baseline test scores at the time they enter kindergarten.

However, we had flat state test scores for elementary and middle school math for the first three years.

The observational analysis controls for demographic and background characteristics as well as students» lagged test scores (for example, the elementary school scores of middle school students).

Based on test score data covering seven years, The Times analyzed the effects of more than 6,000 elementary school teachers on their students» learning.

The test scores counted include ELA and Math for elementary and middle school students, and ELA, Math, Writing Topic, and Writing Composition for high school students.

The analysis was based on test scores in Grade 2 through 5 at 450 of Los Angeles» approximately 500 elementary schools.

Table 2 also reports baseline (i.e., pre-treatment) test scores, which are measured in elementary school for the middle school sample and in middle school for the high school sample.