Sentences with phrase «average gains in test scores»

The Gates» foundation also «bought» many of the Common Core State Standards initiatives and it funds multi-state projects where teachers who produce above average gains in test scores are defined as «effective.»

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If the same approach is applied to the STAR sample to adjust for the fact that some students did not enroll in the class they were assigned to - and a comparable sample of low - income black students is used - the gains in test scores after two years of attending a small class (average of 16 students) as opposed to a regular - size class (average of 23 students) is 9.1 national percentile ranks in reading and 9.8 ranks in math.

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).

Figures 1a, 1b, and 1c compare the average number of absences, the share of students who were suspended, and the average test - score gains between fourth and eighth grade of students who ranked in the bottom - and top - quartile on each skill.

If charter schools were primarily established in response to dissatisfaction with traditional public schools, they would tend to be located in areas with low - quality traditional public schools where students would tend to make below - average test - score gains.

Learning gains are measured by comparing the average improvements in the test scores of pupils, represented by the statistical size of the effect.

We estimate that improvement from the 25th to the 75th percentile of test - score change — that is, moving from a loss of 4 percentile points to a gain of 3.8 percentile points between 1999 and 2000 — produced on average an increase of 3 percentage points in an incumbent's vote share.

Their entire database consists of gains in average scores in math and reading from three specific tests - TAAS, the Texas NAEP, and the national NAEP - for three racial groups.

The first and most rigorous of the studies, by Dan Goldhaber and Emily Anthony of the Urban Institute, found that on average North Carolina students in grades 3 - 5 whose teachers were board certified scored 7 to 15 percent higher on tests than students whose teachers attempted but failed to gain certification.

We developed a measure of how unusual the fluctuations in test scores are by ranking each classroom's average test - score gains against all other classrooms in that same subject, grade, and year.

In the state's annual reports on test score gains, the researcher has repeatedly taken note of the lower average income for scholarship students.

The intervention produced substantial gains in measured student achievement in the year following its completion, equivalent to moving the average student from the 50th to the 59th percentile in achievement test scores.

In just two years, Green Dot has improved test scores and achieved impressive gains in leading indicators, and has done so with less funding per student than the Los Angeles Unified School District and the national averagIn just two years, Green Dot has improved test scores and achieved impressive gains in leading indicators, and has done so with less funding per student than the Los Angeles Unified School District and the national averagin leading indicators, and has done so with less funding per student than the Los Angeles Unified School District and the national average.

First, we made a straightforward comparison of the average test - score gains in classrooms run by TFA and non-TFA teachers, controlling for a variety of factors known to influence academic achievement, including students» backgrounds, the students» previous performance on the TAAS, characteristics of their schools, and characteristics of their classmates.

After four years at the charter school, eighth - graders showed average test score gains in math equal to an additional year and a half of school, compared with district students.

The San Diego - area Barona Indian Charter School, for example, posted big gains in student performance on standardized test scores in the 2003 - 2004 school year, besting the state average.

The northwest Tennessee district has maintained a trajectory of increasing academic expectations for many years, netting strong gains in math over the last three years and ACT test scores above the state average.

In the pilot, state test score gains in a particular class were analyzed and scored relative to the student's predicted growth based on past scores, and relative to the average gains seen across the district and within different groups of the student populatioIn the pilot, state test score gains in a particular class were analyzed and scored relative to the student's predicted growth based on past scores, and relative to the average gains seen across the district and within different groups of the student populatioin a particular class were analyzed and scored relative to the student's predicted growth based on past scores, and relative to the average gains seen across the district and within different groups of the student population.

It compared year - to - year changes in test scores and singled out grades within schools for which gains were 3 standard deviations or more from the average statewide gain on that test.

Smarter Balanced test scores for all California student subgroups nudged upward this year, in tandem with average statewide gains in math and English language arts.

That is the average change in each test score attributable to the Tulsa pre-K program, above and beyond the gains that naturally occur as the child ages one year.

Some districts define the value - added score as the average learning gain made by students on a standardized test in a given teacher's classroom, in a specific subject area, in a specific year.

While white, black and Hispanic children all made modest test score gains in DC since 2003, the Rhee agenda has not significantly narrowed achievement gaps between the various demographic groups, nor has it brought disadvantaged DC youth up to the national average scores for peers of their same race and class in other cities.

From diagnostic assessment to certification testing, KYL's tailored training program implemented by trainer Mike Carillo improved the average LTA score more than 40 percent with substantial gains in both time and accuracy.