Sentences with phrase «average test score gains»

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.

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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.

A compelling way to see this is to look at the relationship across schools between the average test - score gain students make between the 4th and 8th grade and our summary measure of their students» fluid cognitive ability at the end of that period (see Figure 2).

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 1).

Despite making far larger test - score gains than students attending open - enrollment district schools, and despite the emphasis their schools place on cultivating non-cognitive skills, charter school students exhibit markedly lower average levels of self - control as measured by student self - reports (see Figure 2).

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.

Specifically, I separated out the effects on test - score gains of a student's race and ethnicity, as well as accounted for the influence of a student's peers, by evaluating the influence of demographic characteristics of the student body, including average income level and percentage of minority students.

By comparing each student's gain to gains among students who performed at a similar level and would have experienced a similar, natural shift toward the average score, I can better separate legitimate test - score gains and losses from change associated with mean reversion.

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.

Only 48.6 percent of New York City students read above the national average, but students have made gains over the past decade, according to standardized test scores.

Here it is important to note again that a school's grades are based not on its overall average scale score but rather on the percentage of students meeting levels of proficiency and the percentage of students making adequate gains on the tests.

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 average.

Charter middle and high schools produce test - score achievement gains that are, on average, similar to those of traditional public schools.

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.

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.»

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.

Then you give a high score to teachers who have students who post test - score gains above the average.

When you break the test scores down by ethnicity and weight them by their percentage of the student population, it's interesting to see how both white and Hispanic test gains contributed more to the average score than black gains.

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.

Based on Chetty and his colleagues» results for how 2nd and 3rd grade test scores affect adult earnings, this test score gain for males would be expected to increase average annual adult earnings at ages 25 to 27 by a little over $ 900 or 5 %.

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 population.

To compute percentile gains at kindergarten entrance by group, I assumed that the test score distributions were normal, and test score distributions were calculated with the overall average at kindergarten entrance set at the 50th percentile.

One study out of Stanford University, which helped design the PACT, found that for each additional point an English Language Arts teacher scored on the exam, which is scored on a 44 - point scale, students averaged a gain of one percentile point per year on California standardized tests.

LA Unified's scores on state standardized tests continue to fall below the state average, even though its students posted slightly better gains, according to results released Wednesday.

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.

The school worked hard to create a strong instructional program for English learners and every single one of the students at Middleville made gains on their English language arts (ELA) tests, with an average score increase of 18 points from 2015 to 2016.

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.