Sentences with phrase «grade reading performance»

(Actually, his biggest claim is that Bush's fourth - grade reading performance is «infinitely» better than Obama's, but that's because there's been no gain under Obama, not because under Bush scores were numerically much better.)

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PS 116's principal Jane Hsu told DNA Info that the school «spent over a year «analyzing studies focused on the effects of traditional homework» and decided that it was more important for the Pre-K through fifth grade students to do activities that «have been proven to have a positive impact on student academic performance and social / emotional development» such as reading at their own pace and playing.»

The school is eligible to receive millions of dollars in federal money to improve its performance, but Dr. Tisch said its problems ran so deep — students read far below grade level, and there was little instruction taking place — that money alone might not be enough to solve them.

Using income as well as math and reading scores, the study also found that the lower the household income during infancy, the worse the children's performance on reading and math in fifth grade — replicating the well - known gap between income and achievement.

Children who performed poorly in agility, speed and manual dexterity tests and had poor overall motor performance in the first grade had lower reading and arithmetic test scores in grades 1 - 3 than children with better performance in motor tests.

However, there were no differences in grade - level standardized test performance in math or reading.

Charter school students in grades 3 through 8 perform better than we would expect, based on the performance of comparable students in traditional public schools, on both the math and reading portions of New York's statewide achievement tests.

Each public school is assigned a grade based on the performance of its students on the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT) in reading, math, and writing.

Eight assessments generate valid estimates of U.S. national reading performance: the Main NAEP, given at three grades (fourth, eighth, and 12th grades); the NAEP Long Term Trend (NAEP - LTT), given at three ages (ages nine, 13, and 17); the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS), an international assessment given at fourth grade; and the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), an international assessment given to 15 - year reading performance: the Main NAEP, given at three grades (fourth, eighth, and 12th grades); the NAEP Long Term Trend (NAEP - LTT), given at three ages (ages nine, 13, and 17); the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS), an international assessment given at fourth grade; and the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), an international assessment given to 15 - year Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS), an international assessment given at fourth grade; and the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), an international assessment given to 15 - year - olds.

In 2014 - 15, we not only exceeded national performance levels on all grades for NWEA, but we were second for growth in reading and math in our network of high - performing schools.

NCLB mandated reading and math testing in grades 3 through 8 and at least once in high school, and it required states to rate schools on the basis of test performance overall and for key subgroups.

Retaining students based on reading proficiency can produce large improvements in academic performance when compared to grade - level peers.

Again, however, we do not find consistent evidence that NCLB increased reading performance at either grade level.

Over half of poor and minority students have reading and math skills far below grade level, whether measured by the tough performance standards of the NAEP or by the standards of the various states.

Fifth - grade lead teacher Joshua White looks at student performance on each «strand» of standards in reading, writing, and math, both within his own class and across the grade.

Third - grade students were not affected, and 6th - grade students were negatively affected by the policy in their performance on the ITBS reading test.

Because Paedae taught advanced math to eleventh and twelfth graders, while the Florida FCAT only tested students through grade eight, 50 percent of her evaluation was based «on the school - wide performance of students taking the tenth - grade FCAT reading test — a test in a different subject administered... to different students in an earlier grade» (p. 3).

The GRC compares academic achievement in math and reading across all grades of student performance on state tests with average achievement in a set of 25 other countries with developed economies that might be considered economic peers of the U.S..

The results of a skills - based ELA curriculum are clear: America's reading performance at 12th grade has been completely unchanged since 1992.

The paper used seven years of reading and math scores to calculate performance for individual teachers who've taught grades three through five, and plans to publish the effectiveness ratings with the teacher's names.

In this paper, we use an extensive student - level data set to evaluate the impact of charter schools in North Carolina on the math and reading performance of students in grades 4 through 8.

Under the new system, grades one through three are measured against a goal of reading by the end of third grade; grades four through six on proficient or advanced performance on the English and math portions of a state test indicating middle school readiness; seven, eight, and nine on high school readiness with passing all ninth - grade; grades 10, 11, and 12 focus on the goal of high school graduation.

Despite the higher average education level of their parents, charter school students exhibit lower levels of performance on end - of - grade tests in both reading and math.

In terms of academic performance, KIPP students» achievement in grade 4 (before entering KIPP) is lower than the district average by 0.09 standard deviations in reading and by 0.08 standard deviations in math, or roughly one - quarter of a grade level in each subject.

In most cases, however, student underachievement, particularly in reading, can be identified by testing skills in the academic domain in question; by direct comparisons of the student's age and grade with speaking, reading, writing, and math skills; or simply by uneven overall performance regardless of IQ level.

The chiefs are standing behind the key accountability elements of NCLB: the annual administration of statewide reading and math assessments in grades 3 — 8; the disaggregation of results; the annual determinations of school and district performance; and the identification of and intervention in persistently low - performing schools.

And building test - score - based student achievement into teacher evaluations, while (in my view) legitimate for some teachers, has led to crazy arrangements for many teachers whose performance can not be properly linked to reading and math scores in grades 3 — 8.

A country's performance on any given test cycle (for example, PIRLS 4th - grade reading, TIMSS 8th - grade math) is only considered if the country participated at least twice within that respective cycle.

In absolute terms, the performance of U.S. students in 4th and 8th grade on the NAEP in math, reading, and science improved noticeably between 1995 and 2009.

Our findings come from assessments of performance in math, science, and reading of representative samples in particular political jurisdictions of students who at the time of testing were in 4th or 8th grade or were roughly ages 9 10 or 14 15.

Above all, the law's requirement that students be tested annually in reading and math in grades 3 - 8 and once in high school has provided parents, teachers, and other citizens with detailed information about students» performance in these foundational subjects — and therefore the extent to which they have mastered skills that are prerequisites for other educational goals.

The program identifies the top 2.5 percent of Hispanic students each year based on their performance on the 11th - grade PSAT / NMSQT, which assesses skills in math, critical reading, and writing.

Among the 43 states that in 1998 were gathering information on their students» performance on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), Florida had the fifth - lowest 4th - grade reading scores.

For instance, University of Michigan psychologist Harold Stevenson found a correlation of 0.52 between the ability to name the letters of the alphabet on entering kindergarten and performance on a standardized test of reading comprehension in grade 10.

That's the generous grade to give the Obama Administration — based on student test performances in math and reading over the eight years it held office (2009 - 2017).

As a result, respondents» grades for their local schools could be compared to the actual performance of those schools on state math and reading tests.

, sponsored by the Planning and Evaluation Service of the Department of Education, is that when adult mentors read once a week with students who read below grade level, the students» academic performance and classroom behavior improve.

Students are exceedingly accurate in predicting their own performance (read, grades) on assessments.

Newly built to support college and career readiness standards, the bank spans grades 1 — 12 in reading and math and helps districts build assessments that produce high - quality data about student performance and match the level of rigor and item types found on statewide assessments.

(Significantly higher 4th grade and 8th grade student performance on both the math and reading components of the National Assessment of Educational Progress.)

This report presents findings from the second year of the Enhanced Reading Opportunities (ERO) study, a demonstration and random assignment evaluation of two supplemental literacy programs — Reading Apprenticeship Academic Literacy and Xtreme Reading — that aim to improve the reading comprehension skills and school performance of struggling ninth - grade rReading Opportunities (ERO) study, a demonstration and random assignment evaluation of two supplemental literacy programs — Reading Apprenticeship Academic Literacy and Xtreme Reading — that aim to improve the reading comprehension skills and school performance of struggling ninth - grade rReading Apprenticeship Academic Literacy and Xtreme Reading — that aim to improve the reading comprehension skills and school performance of struggling ninth - grade rReading — that aim to improve the reading comprehension skills and school performance of struggling ninth - grade rreading comprehension skills and school performance of struggling ninth - grade readers.

Moreover, looking at the absolute performance of our students on the 2011 NAEP — rather than relative to other states — fewer than half of NJ students were deemed «proficient» across fourth - and eighth - grade math and reading.

We are going to accelerate reading performance in Kindergarten and first grades.»

NAEP performances of both black and white students in 8th grade fell by one point in math and rose by just 2 points in reading between 2009 and 2015.

The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) conducted every two years by the U.S. Department of Education provides evidence on the average performance of 4th - and 8th - grade students in each state in mathematics and reading.

Examining students» performance on the ITBS in the 3rd, 4th, and 5th grades enables us to see how their gains in reading from 3rd to 4th grade, and in math from 4th to 5th grade, were affected by their teachers» grading standards that academic year.

Would require states to give mathematics and reading tests to all students in grades 3 - 8 who attend schools receiving federal Title I aid and to publish annual school - by - school report cards with student performance broken down by race and income.

For example, one study found that students in 6th grade registered a 42 percent increase in reading performance and a 63 percent increase in math learning between 1991 and 1996.

To designate which schools need extra funding and attention, most states have created a summative ranking, combining schools» performance on various indicators — high school graduation rates, chronic absenteeism, performance on standardized math and reading tests — into a single number or letter grade.