Sentences with phrase «boost in math scores»

Officials say school attendance is up, and the local charter high school has seen a boost in math scores.

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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.

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.

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.

In the first year of the program, the bonus program boost to math scores was, by our estimates, 3.2 points on the New York state test, or 0.08 student - level standard deviations.

Course for Families Enhances Math Test Scores With boosting math scores as a goal, the staff at one Wisconsin school focused on curriculum, instructional practices, and the role parents play in student suScores With boosting math scores as a goal, the staff at one Wisconsin school focused on curriculum, instructional practices, and the role parents play in student suscores as a goal, the staff at one Wisconsin school focused on curriculum, instructional practices, and the role parents play in student success.

And so, for the past 20 years, the question of whether school choice «works» has been understood to mean simply whether a school - choice program boosted reading and math test scores in a given year.

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 schoolsIn 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 schoolsin 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 schoolsin elementary and K - 8 schools and five or fewer such teachers in middle schoolsin middle schools).

Labeled as chronically under - performing under the federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act, all electives had been stripped away to make more time for reading and math drills in an effort to boost state test scores.

The aim of the week was to find the PlayLive Maths and English Champions for the year, as well as boost excitement and engagement surrounding Maths and English, and culminated in the two top scoring schools, SHAPE International (BFPO) School and Peterhead Central School in Aberdeen being awarded the titles for this year.

One influential 2009 paper found improvements in fourth - and eighth - grade math scores, but no evidence of a boost in reading achievement.

The authors estimate that one year in an urban lottery charter middle school boosts scores dramatically, by 0.34 standard deviations in math and 0.14 standard deviations in English.

The Council of the Great City Schools analyzed test scores in reading and mathematics for 59 city districts and found the greatest progress was made in boosting math scores.

In this episode of the podcast, Jay Greene talks with Marty West about why he studies field trips, why we shouldn't focus only on boosting reading and math scores, and why kids learn more from plays than from movies (and what this might mean for online learning).

Four years later, Dara Holt, the curriculum director for Valdosta City Schools (VCS), reports that DreamBox continues to boost achievement rates in K — 5 schools across the district, «We do universal screening three times a year and our math scores are higher than our rating scores every single time.

A recent report from the Learning Policy Institute, a research and policy organization in Palo Alto, cites studies that found «that teachers of color boost the academic performance of students of color,» on measures such as improved reading and math scores, graduation rates and greater aspirations to attend college.

«The study finds that being closer to a charter school led to small increases in math and reading scores, boosts in reported student engagement and school safety, and fewer students being held back a grade (in the traditional public school.)

Still, Charter School Center CEO James Merriman says the demographics aren't what boosted the charters» state test scores above those of district schools by 11.2 % in English and 0.7 % in math this year.

Title 1 is a federal grant that gives schools funds to help parents form support committees, be involved in school functions, and boost reading and math scores.

Title I is a federal grant that gives schools funds to help parents form support committees, be involved in school functions, and boost reading and math scores.

«Eisner eschewed the more popular argument for the arts — that some research showed music, dance, and painting actually boosted test scores in math and science.

The overall results illustrate two fundamental problems: It's easier to boost scores in math than it is in reading, and the test scores of older students have not increased.

Using three years of test score data (including the results released last month), the Manhattan Institute's Marcus Winters found that the program is generally boosting math and English scores in elementary and middle schools.

Grothman says putting more money into the budget for certain positions, such as librarians, is not the answer to boosting low test scores in reading and math.

An overhaul of league tables to stop schools from using vocational exams to boost their GCSE - level scores, and to rank the proportion of pupils gaining the new baccalaureate - meaning they have obtained at least a C grade in maths, English, a language, a science subject and a humanities subject

Compared to their matched pairs who did not participate, preschool participants showed gains equivalent to a 7 % boost in reading and a 6 % increase in math scores in 5th grade.