Sentences with phrase «above grade level in reading»

Tracking 1,300 students» achievement on the NWEA MAP test from the fall of 2012 to the spring of 2016 shows that the percentage of students performing at or above grade level in math went from 34 to 62 % (a 28 % increase), and that the percentage of students performing at or above grade level in reading went from 25 to 56 % (a 31 % increase).

At the time Sisulu - Walker was formed, the percentage of children in Central Harlem schools scoring at or above grade level in reading was an abysmal 26 %, indicating broad academic distress.

How can two teachers share responsibility for teaching a diverse group of students whose English skills vary from well below to above grade level in reading and writing?

No Child Left Behind required that every student be testing at or above grade level in reading and math by 2014, and required that states build accountability systems around those utopian performance targets.

Among the eighteen children who wrote more slowly than 20 LPM, none was above grade level in reading skill, and half of them were «lagging» in this regard.

Teachers are expected to increase the number of students scoring at or above grade level in reading, math and state language tests for English learners, by 25 percent over the next year.

At St. Therese, the school reports that the proportion of students performing at or above grade level in reading has risen from 68 percent to 84 percent, and in math from 49 percent to 64 percent since 2014.

(The students designing the Martian cattle ranch all received high grades because their work was comprehensive and academically above grade level in reading, writing, and math.)

Employing strict discipline, an extended school day and year, and carefully selected teachers, No Excuses schools move disadvantaged students who start behind their peers academically up to and above grade level in reading and math, and on the path to success in college.

It seems her daughter was doing well in school and scoring way above grade level in reading and math.

Last year, 63 percent of the students performed at or above grade level in reading, and 55 percent performed at or above grade level in math, according to Levin, the KIPP principal.

According to statistics from CGCS, since 1995 - 1996, the number of third - grade students scoring at or above grade level in reading increased 18 percent.

Between 2004 and 2014, the percentage of students scoring at or above grade level in reading, writing, and math increased from 33 to 48, far faster than the state average.

Not exact matches

According to a study by Byers, Dillard, Easton, Henry, McDermott, Oberman, and Uhramcher (1996), students at Urban Waldorf went from having 26 % of third grade students reading at or above grade level in 1992 to 63 % at or above grade level in 1995.

Even though almost every student at the KIPP Academy... is from a low - income family, and all but a few are either black or Hispanic, and most enter below grade level, they are still a step above other kids in the neighborhood; on their math tests in the fourth grade (the year before they arrived at KIPP), KIPP students in the Bronx scored well above the average for the district, and on their fourth - grade reading tests they often scored above the average for the entire city.

While gifted children are capable of reading, speaking, and even reasoning above grade level, those abilities may not always be used in positive ways.

For example, in 2011 only 67 % of American children read at or above the basic level on the fourth - grade National Assessment of Educational Progress.

Since 2007, the proportion of D.C. students scoring proficient or above on the rigorous and independent National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) more than doubled in fourth grade reading and more than tripled in fourth grade math, bringing Washington up to the middle of the pack of urban school districts at that grade level, while the city's black students largely closed gaps with African American students nationwide.

Some students in the class are reading at a first - or second - grade level, and some above fourth grade, which means Boxwood has to tweak her lesson plans a bit.

In 1998, Florida scored about one grade level below the national average on the 4th - grade NAEP reading test, but it was scoring above that average by 2003, and made further gains in subsequent years (see Figure 1In 1998, Florida scored about one grade level below the national average on the 4th - grade NAEP reading test, but it was scoring above that average by 2003, and made further gains in subsequent years (see Figure 1in subsequent years (see Figure 1).

In its first year, 2004 — 05, the percentage of kindergarten and 1st - grade students reading at or above grade level increased from 26 to 96 percent; in the same period, the percentage of 5th graders reading at or above grade level increased from 18 to 55 percenIn its first year, 2004 — 05, the percentage of kindergarten and 1st - grade students reading at or above grade level increased from 26 to 96 percent; in the same period, the percentage of 5th graders reading at or above grade level increased from 18 to 55 percenin the same period, the percentage of 5th graders reading at or above grade level increased from 18 to 55 percent.

But in May 2002, the state legislature made one of its boldest moves, revising the School Code, the state's education law, to require 3rd - grade students to score at the Level - 2 benchmark or above on the reading portion of the FCAT in order to be promoted to 4th grade.

In 1998, Florida's 4th grade NAEP reading scores were one grade level below the national average; by 2005, their adjusted scores were above the national average.

By the 4th grade, public school children who score among the top 10 percent of students on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) are reading at least six grade levels above those in the bottom 10 percent.

Last school year ~ I worked with one brilliant young lady ~ who could perform math and reading at three levels above her grade ~ recite hundreds of historical facts from memory ~ and trouble - shoot the teachers technology problems ~ but when you gave her a county - required essay prompt to hand - write ~ she would stand in the corner and cry.

Just 38 percent of elementary - school children were at grade level or above in reading, and 27 percent of high schoolers were at grade level or above in math.

Every school had to report to the public the percentage of students at each grade level who performed at «proficient» or above in reading, math, and, later, science.

Under NCLB, every school had to report to the public the percentage of students at each grade level who performed at «proficient» or above in reading, math, and, later, science.

Many years ago, in my third year as a public school teacher, I discovered that about half of my 7th - grade students read four or more years below grade level, and about half read four or more years above grade level.

Teachers currently have students who read several grades above and below grade level in the same classroom and most feel that they are not able to effectively differentiate instruction for students of all levels of achievement.

In addition, Florida lawmakers, as discussed above, curtailed the social promotion of 3rd - grade students who performed at very low levels in readinIn addition, Florida lawmakers, as discussed above, curtailed the social promotion of 3rd - grade students who performed at very low levels in readinin reading.

In one 3rd - grade class I visited at Icahn 3, the teacher was reading the Roald Dahl novel Matilda (an above - grade - level text) aloud while students followed along with their own copies of the book.

The 2017 NAEP eight - grade reading assessment shows that while 33 percent of White students in the Milwaukee public schools can read at grade level (proficient or above), the school system teaches less than one - fifth of that percentage, six percent, of the Black students in its care to read proficiently at the crucial grade 8 level.

Mississippi and Michigan are the states in the country with the lowest percentage of African - American students reading at or above grade level in eighth grade.

A Black student from a comparatively prosperous family in Virginia is more likely to read at or above grade level at eighth grade than a White student eligible for the National Lunch Program.

That debate often overlooks the considerable progress since then: a record - high national high school graduation rate for 2014 - 2015, above 83 percent, and double the number of students performing at grade level in reading and math, compared with 20 years ago.

The results speak for themselves: 72 percent of his students are reading at or above grade level, up from 36 percent in 1999, and 69 percent of his students are doing math at or above grade level, up from 26 percent in 1999.

Only 38 % of 12th - grade students score at or above the proficient level in reading achievement.

Chart comparing the percentage of Virginia public school eighth - grade students achieving at the proficient level or above in reading on the National Assessment of Educational Progress with the performance of public school students nationwide.

According to the NAEP (2013) among 12th grade students only 26 percent of all students score at or above proficient levels in math, and 38 percent are proficient or better in reading.

Test scores: More than 80 percent of students score at or above grade level in math, and 73 percent in reading, on the CTB

He is performing above grade level in math, already learning fractions, and he learned how to read at an accelerated rate.

Our Black parents need to know that an «A» in English doesn't necessarily mean your child is reading at or above grade level.

Seventh and eighth grade students who score at the 95th (or 97th) percentile in mathematics and reading in grade - level assessments take the SAT or ACT as an above - level test.

Read to Achieve: The Read to Achieve law, enacted in 2012 as part of Senate leader Phil Berger's Excellent Public Schools Act, was designed to ensure that all students are reading at or above grade level by the end of the third grade.

This is a valid concern, but throughout our years of teaching this model and research in the field, we find that by the second or third grade they'll be at or above the level of their peers, and as an extreme bonus, they'll read, write and speak Mandarin.

We want our reading program to be filling in gaps and / or providing «stretch» content for students who are above grade level and thus aren't being challenged in all teacher - delivered reading lessons.

In the fall of 2013, the year before St. Paul adopted the new curriculum, Kromer said, just 37 percent of its students were performing at or above grade level in math, and just 62 percent in readinIn the fall of 2013, the year before St. Paul adopted the new curriculum, Kromer said, just 37 percent of its students were performing at or above grade level in math, and just 62 percent in readinin math, and just 62 percent in readinin reading.

This is clear from the fact that 12 percent fewer black children read Below Basic this last school year than in 2002 — and that five percent more Latino children are reading at or above grade level in 2015 than 13 years ago.

Three years into the initiative, more than 75 percent of freshmen read at or above grade level, but achievement in mathematics and science continued to decline for both freshmen and sophomores.