Sentences with phrase «academic test scores showed»

The latest round of state standardized academic test scores showed gains both across New York State and locally.But rather than celebrate the largest bump since New York adopted new tests tied to the Common Core Learning Standards, education officials reported the increases with caution.

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National studies show that students who eat school breakfast are more likely to: reach higher levels of math achievement; score higher on tests; have better concentration, memory and alertness, improved attendance, behavior, and academic performance; and maintain a healthy weight

In our two previous research collaborations with the Skills for Life team, we already had shown that mental health problems are quite common, are among the strongest predictors of poor attendance, poorer grades, and lower scores on standardized tests, and that improved mental health scores are powerful predictors of improved academic outcomes.»

Data from 22,000 children involved in this study of the kindergarten class of 1998 — 99 show that, after controlling for family income, children who attended more academically oriented preschools had significantly higher scores in reading, math, and general knowledge when tested in the fall of their kindergarten year than children in preschool settings without academic content.

This meta - analysis of social and emotional learning interventions (including 213 school - based SEL programs and 270,000 students from rural, suburban and urban areas) showed that social and emotional learning interventions had the following effects on students ages 5 - 18: decreased emotional distress such as anxiety and depression, improved social and emotional skills (e.g., self - awareness, self - management, etc.), improved attitudes about self, others, and school (including higher academic motivation, stronger bonding with school and teachers, and more positive attitudes about school), improvement in prosocial school and classroom behavior (e.g., following classroom rules), decreased classroom misbehavior and aggression, and improved academic performance (e.g. standardized achievement test scores).

The finding that family financial support enhances academic achievement in the form of test scores is consistent with other research on the impact of the EITC showing impacts on later outcomes such as college enrollment.

Figure 2 shows the correlations between school - average social - emotional skills and key indicators of academic performance (GPA and state test scores) and student behavior (the percentage of students receiving suspensions and average absence rates) across CORE district middle schools.

Nearly half surveyed had a negative impression of using test scores in teacher evaluation, but 68 percent approved of paying teachers more if their students show gains in academic achievement.

In particular, prior research studies have shown that access to books during the school day leads to higher test scores and academic achievement, even offsetting the -LSB-...]

The Times sought three years of district data, from 2009 through 2012, that show whether individual teachers helped — or hurt — students academic achievement, as measured by state standardized test scores.

Naturally, schools with high test scores show the smallest academic gains, while schools with low test scores show the largest academic gains.

The last 15 years of research has shown the many benefits to teaching SEL, such as reductions in violence and truancy and gains in academic test scores.

The reason is that even if evidence showed the impact of such policies on observable outcomes, such as student test scores, we know that good teachers produce learning gains in areas that go beyond tested academic subjects.

In the latest release of data, we have a sense of how much progress students show on state assessments from one year to the next (as it's been two years since the last time we had growth data, here's a quick reminder on how it is calculated: a student's performance on the test is compared to her «academic peers» — other students who had the same test score she had the previous year, resulting in the individual's student growth percentile.

Colorado students in 2014 took slight steps backward on the small academic gains made on standardized tests in recent years, part of a long - term trend of flat scores, results released Thursday show.

Studies of students who attend high - quality programs for a significant period of time show improvements in academic performance and social competence, including better grades, improved homework completion, higher scores on achievement tests, lower levels of grade retention, improved behavior in school, increased competence and sense of self as a learner, better work habits, fewer absences from school, better emotional adjustment and relationships with parents, and a greater sense of belonging in the community.

Thanks to NCLB and AYP, we were all about the test scores and whether learners were able to show year - on - year gains, demonstrating that their skills and abilities were improving academic year after academic year.

Test scores released Thursday show Colorado students struggled with a new exam — the Colorado Measures of Academic Success, or CMAS.

FairTest goes on to explain that schools are moving away from the use of standardized tests because academic studies have consistently shown that «Test Scores Do Not Equal Merit» and are not appropriate or correct indicators of how students will actually do in college.

This absurd, unfair and ignorant policy is state law despite the fact that every academic study has shown that standardized test scores are driven primarily by poverty, language barriers and the impact of students with special education challenges... all factors for beyond the control of Connecticut's classroom teachers.

Educational outcomes are shaped by many factors, but research shows that teacher quality is the most important in - school factor influencing student achievement.59 Of course, other out - of - school factors, which are often caused by poverty, can also influence student outcomes.60 Because teacher quality has been shown to have a measurable impact on standardized test scores, some academics have started trying to directly measure the impact of Act 10 on student outcomes by examining how students fared on standardized tests after its passage.

Measuring Academic Performance: The Case for Focusing on Grades Despite all the attention to standardized tests, a growing body of research shows that achievement test scores are not strong predictors of whether students will graduate from high school or college.

While Cohen's scores on the new Common Core - aligned tests slipped, it showed growth in every other academic area — graduation rates, end - of - course and ACT testing, Kleban said.

Results showed that third - grade test scores — whether they were higher or lower than the national average — did not correlate to students» academic growth through elementary and middle school.

The last 15 years of research has shown the many benefits to teaching SEL, such as reductions in violence and truancy and gains in academic test scores.

This meta - analysis of social and emotional learning interventions (including 213 school - based SEL programs and 270,000 students from rural, suburban and urban areas) showed that social and emotional learning interventions had the following effects on students ages 5 - 18: decreased emotional distress such as anxiety and depression, improved social and emotional skills (e.g., self - awareness, self - management, etc.), improved attitudes about self, others, and school (including higher academic motivation, stronger bonding with school and teachers, and more positive attitudes about school), improvement in prosocial school and classroom behavior (e.g., following classroom rules), decreased classroom misbehavior and aggression, and improved academic performance (e.g. standardized achievement test scores).

Twenty years of research have shown that the this model helps to increase parent involvement and improve children's readiness for school, classroom behavior and attendance, test scores, and academic performance.