Sentences with phrase «gains in test scores do»

Again, gains in test scores do not appear to capture very well the quality of schools or programs.

Not exact matches

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.

Perhaps the big economic gains made by blacks in the 1990s didn't show up in improved test scores until the 2000s.

The authors did find that test score gains for lower - scoring students in lower - performing schools resulted in higher earnings for those students.

To sum up: 1) low - stakes tests appear to measure something meaningful that shows up in long - run outcomes; 2) we don't know nearly as much about high - stakes exams and long - run outcomes; and 3) there doesn't seem to be a strong correlation between test - score gain and other measures of quality at either the teacher or school level.

It's true that students from those schools who did enroll in post-secondary schooling were more likely to go to a 4 than 2 year college, but it is unclear if this is a desirable outcome given that it may be a mismatch for their needs and this more nuanced effect is not commensurate with the giant test score gains.

Second, Rick thinks there is an inconsistency in my suspicion that test - prep and manipulation are largely responsible for test score improvements by Milwaukee choice schools after they were required to take high - stakes tests, while I interpret research from Florida as showing schools made exceptional test score gains when faced with the prospect of having vouchers offered to their students if scores did not improve.

As in the case of the Washington, D.C., program, however, the students did not experience test - score gains as a result of the program.

Increases in test scores that are the result of cheating do not represent genuine gains in knowledge.

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.

And many states defied the theory [that «additional spending on education will yield gains in test scores»] by showing gains even when they did not commit much in the way of additional resources.»

This suggests an alternative criterion by which to judge changes in student performance - namely, that achievement gains on test items that measure particular skills or understandings may be meaningful even if the student's overall test score does not fully generalize to other exams.

In the end, the experiment was done in by a test - score controversy in which EAI was accused by the Baltimore Sun of overstating test score gainIn the end, the experiment was done in by a test - score controversy in which EAI was accused by the Baltimore Sun of overstating test score gainin by a test - score controversy in which EAI was accused by the Baltimore Sun of overstating test score gainin which EAI was accused by the Baltimore Sun of overstating test score gains.

School systems can and should do much more to draw upon the knowledge and expertise of these staff members, and now that the national conversation about school improvement has begun to expand beyond its narrow fixation on test - score gains in reading and math, policy makers may be ready to take a fresh look at their work.

In 2011, Bill Turque, then The Washington Post's D.C. schools reporter, wrote that Rhee's focus on test scores did indeed bring «big gains — and more big headlines — for the city.»

White, African American, and Latino students all scored higher on those NAEP tests than did students from the same racial and ethnic groups in the 1970s, but African American and Latino students made greater gains than white students.

In a nutshell, she points out that the MET study asked whether actual observation of teaching, student surveys, or VAM test score measures did a better job of predicting future student test score growth, which «privileges» test scores by using it both as a variable being tested and as the outcome reflecting gains.

Even if we were confident that the test score gains in New Orleans are not being driven by changes in the student population following Katrina (and Doug and his colleagues are doing their best with constrained data and research design to show that), and even if these test score gains translate into higher high school graduation and college attendance rates (which Doug and his colleagues have not yet been able to examine), we still would have no idea whether portfolio management and other high regulations in NOLA helped, hurt, or made no difference in producing these results.

NASHVILLE — Offering middle - school math teachers bonuses up to $ 15,000 did not produce gains in student test scores, Vanderbilt University researchers reported Tuesday in what they said was the first scientifically rigorous test of merit pay.

Click to enlarge NASHVILLE — Offering middle - school math teachers bonuses up to $ 15,000 did not produce gains in student test scores, Vanderbilt University researchers reported Tuesday in...

I do see problems with judging teachers solely on test score gains in reading and math, but we've got to start somewhere.

Standardized test scores may be rising in the city's public schools, but those gains on paper do not translate into any meaningful improvements in the lives of the city's poorest students, said former New Orleans education official and activist Dr. Andre Perry.

An inflated resume alone may be forgiveable, but Rhee's lies about the test score gains under her teaching played a big role in how she did her job as the D.C. school chief.

Eric Taylor, a PhD student who studies the economics of education at Stanford's Center for Education Policy Analysis, found that increasing the amount of time struggling students spend in math class improved math test scores, but the gains did not last in the long run.

Thus, if California were to keep these old rules, a school that should be applauded for its strong gains for English learners would fall in the «red zone» on the display developed by the state to indicate how a school is doing on a number of measures, including standardized test scores.

By design, SGP models do not purport to provide causal estimates of teacher effectiveness (though this does not necessarily imply that they are less accurate measures); they are intended as a descriptive measure of what is — of test score gains relative to other students who scored similarly in the past.»

«Teachers who were paid in advance and [were] asked to give the money back if their students did not perform — their [students»] test scores were actually out of the roof: two to three times higher than the gains of the teachers in the traditional bonus group.»

Competitive effects studies may have high external validity, but they have lower internal validity than RCTs, meaning we don't have as much confidence as we would with RCTs that there is a causal relationship between school choice programs and test score gains by students who remain in public schools.