Sentences with phrase «grade reading scores did»

Not exact matches

In January, arguing to increase the weight of test scores, Mr. Cuomo cited the small number of teachers who were rated ineffective, noting that at the same time only about a third of students were reading or doing math at grade level, as measured by state tests.

In fact, because the letter grade is based on the percentage of students scoring above certain thresholds and not on the average score in each school, the high - scoring F schools actually have slightly higher initial reading and math scores than do the low - scoring D schools.

To evaluate the claim that No Child Left Behind and other test - based accountability policies are making teaching less attractive to academically talented individuals, the researchers compare the SAT scores of new teachers entering classrooms that typically face accountability - based test achievement pressures (grade 4 — 8 reading and math) and classrooms in those grades that do not involve high - stakes testing.

Because Florida did not participate in the NAEP in 2000, I use as the state's baseline score its median score on the 4th - grade NAEP reading exam in 1998.

Washington moved on, as did Chris, and then a few years ago something funny happened: NAEP scores in fourth - grade reading jumped significantly, especially for the low - income, low achieving students who were Reading First'sreading jumped significantly, especially for the low - income, low achieving students who were Reading First'sReading First's focus.

According to the study, Reading First did not increase the percentage of students with scores at or above grade level.

A student who is using a voucher and is attending fifth grade, has family income near the poverty line, a particular race or ethnicity, and has low math and reading test scores, for example, would be matched to one or more students who are also attending fifth grade, have incomes near the poverty line, are of that race or ethnicity, and have low reading and math scores, but do not use vouchers.

It seems her daughter was doing well in school and scoring way above grade level in reading and math.

We don't find any evidence that charters have much of an impact on reading scores at any grade level.

Massachusetts students, for example, scored better on the NAEP than on their state tests in math, though they did worse in reading, especially in eighth grade.

Each voucher student who «persisted» in the private school to graduation was matched by «grade, neighborhood, race, gender, English Language Learner (ELL) status and math and reading test scores» to a student who did not use a voucher.

I find that students in district schools do better when charters open nearby: students in these schools earn higher scores on reading and math tests and are less likely to repeat a grade.

A child reading below grade level who did not score well on an IQ test might have been denied special education services.

The principle international assessments that can be reliably linked to NAEP are those that test reading in grade 4 (PIRLS) and mathematics and science in grade 8 (TIMSS).2 The linking that Emre Gönülates and I did in our research «maps» NAEP scores to comparable scores on TIMSS and PIRLS and to other assessments, such as those de-veloped by the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers and the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium.

This week, as our school enters another season of testing, our sixth - and eighth - grade teachers have chosen to read to students a principal's letter that one parent posted online: «We are concerned that these tests do not always assess all of what it is that make each of you special and unique... the scores you get will tell you something, but they will not tell you everything.

Doing only slightly better than the national average in fourth grade reading, with a statistically significant declining average reading score

Another point: although the Florida reading scores did increase in the fourth grade, «the evidence on Florida's NAEP achievement trends and gaps is mixed when other grade levels and subject areas are examined,» according to a 2010 report out of Columbia University.

Only in 8th - grade reading did two student groups in California score higher than their peers nationwide: whites and well - off students — those not qualifying for the lunch program.

Later follow - up results as of second and third grade found that «Males who had attended preschool scored significantly higher on the reading vocabulary, total reading, spelling, total language, and total battery components of achievement measures than did males who had not attended preschool.»

We must take care that the ready availability of data on reading and math scores for grades 3 through 8 or on high school graduation rates — all of which provide useful information — do not become streetlights that distract more than they illuminate.

In the column, Walker also credited the changes for improvements in Wisconsin's third - grade reading scores, graduation rate and the state's ranking on how well its students do on the ACT exam.

«Overall, the math and reading scores in grade 3 - 8 and high school did go up, but the concerns we have is that they did not go up fast enough,» Holliday said at a September press conference announcing the new results.

(Mich.) As one of the few states in the nation with declining reading scores for more than a decade, Michigan officials are considering a plan to do away with traditional grade levels and instead to promote students only after they've shown mastery of content.

In January, arguing to increase the weight of test scores, Mr. Cuomo cited the small number of teachers who were rated ineffective, noting that at the same time only about a third of students were reading or doing math at grade level, as measured by state tests.

The District of Columbia, Mississippi, Kentucky and North Carolina had score gains in fourth - grade reading this year, but so did states like Oklahoma and Vermont that have resisted Race to the Top reforms.

One rationale is that on average children who start kindergarten later do better academically as measured on math and reading scores by the time they enter 1st grade, according to research from the Rand Corporation.

While the legislation did not set a national benchmark for test scores, it did require states to annually assess students in math and reading in grades 3 - 8 and one year in high school.

I don't know whether her friend was able to read by the end of kindergarten or not, but both are now in high school and their grades and test scores define them as being extremely academically «successful.»

Shortly after our visit, Riverside decided to stop providing CPS with grade - equivalent score labels which CPS used to make the political claim that flunked students were simply reading or doing math «below grade level.»

In case you didn't hear about it, Columbus has had good news about its reading scores: 87 percent of third - graders met the state's reading requirements and will move on to the fourth grade, compared with about 74 percent last school year.

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.