Sentences with phrase «grade scores improved»

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Founded in 2011, this education company provides one - on - one online tutoring to help students in grades K - 12 and college improve their grades and test scores.

Finally, in Houston in 2010 — 11, he gave cash incentives to fifth - grade students in 25 low - performing public schools, as well as to the parents and teachers of those students, with the intent of increasing the time they spent on math homework and improving their scores on standardized math tests.

Students in 4th - 6th grade who went to bed an average of 30 - 40 minutes earlier improved in memory, motor speed, attention, and other abilities associated with math and reading test scores.

Studies show that parent participation in your kids» education, teen sports and any other extracurricular activities can help build self - esteem, raise grades, and improve test scores.

It's reflected in improved grades and test scores, strong attendance, a higher rate of homework completion, higher graduation rates, improved attitudes and behaviors in the child, as well as the child being more likely to become involved in positive extra-curricular activities.

They did pretty well; I was particularly pleased that Daniel scored at the» 9th grade» level for spelling, since his spelling was so poor when we started home educating, and I've done nothing much to help him improve.

Students in third through eighth grades in the Syracuse City School District have improved their standardized test scores in both math and English, but the scores still lag behind statewide scores.

While scores improved by nearly 2 % from last year, the results show that only around 40 % of students in grades three through eight are considered proficient in English and math.

In our two previous research collaborations with the Skills for Life team, we already had shown that mental health problems are quite common, are among the strongest predictors of poor attendance, poorer grades, and lower scores on standardized tests, and that improved mental health scores are powerful predictors of improved academic outcomes.»

The researchers also compared sugary ready - to - eat cereal to oatmeal and found oatmeal's nutritional advantage (more nourishing whole food meal) made it a better choice at improving brain power and encouraging better test scores.1 Additional stats show higher test grades and better school attendance in breakfast eaters than in non-breakfast eaters too.2 Bottom line: to excel in whatever we do, whether it be school, work, play or relationships, we need breakfast to be at the top of our mental game.

The improved scores were impressive enough to lead several states and other major school districts, including New York, to adopt elements of the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) policy — making student progress toward the next grade dependent on demonstrated achievement on standardized tests.

English vocabulary scores improved somewhat over time, but were consistently and considerably low even in first grade, a crucial year for learning how to read.

The authors wrote that, overall, the results of 46 articles published between 1985 and October 2008 found that «there is substantial evidence that physical activity can help improve academic achievement, including grades and standardized test scores.

When their parents are involved, kids are more likely to earn higher grades and score better on standardized tests; they attend school more regularly, have improved social skills, and are better behaved in school; and they are more likely to continue their education past high school.

CAMBRIDGE, MA — A new study of the Chicago Public Schools» (CPS) double - dose algebra policy for struggling 9th grade students — the first such study to examine long - term impacts of this intervention — has found substantial improved outcomes for intensive math instruction on college entrance exam scores, high school graduation rates, and college enrollment rates.

Fourth grade scores have largely stayed above the international mean, with math results improving significantly over time — 518 in 1995 grew to 539 in 2015 — and science scores remaining steady around 540.

Since NCLB, there has been increased pressure on such programs to prove their relevance in education by quickly improving students» grades and standardized test scores.

However, many education researchers speak and write as though they accept certain contingency - free causal connections — for example, that small schools are better than large ones; that time on task raises achievement; that summer school raises test scores; that school desegregation hardly affects achievement; and that assigning and grading homework improves achievement.

«For students whose parents had college degrees, their parents» involvement in the seventh grade set forth a chain of reactions that improved their school behavior from teachers» perspectives in the eighth grade, which in turn increased their grades and test scores in the ninth grade,» Hill says.

Eighth - grade math scores among the highest performers also improved substantially over the period, gaining 14 points nationally and 17 points in Texas (Figure 10).

Her Northwestern High School class in Rock Hill, South Carolina, is part of a remedial program for students in grades 9 through 12 designed to improve the test scores of students who fail the school's «exit exam.»

Participation in afterschool programs is influencing academic performance in a number of ways, including better attitudes toward school and higher educational aspirations; higher school attendance rates and lower tardiness rates; less disciplinary action, such as suspension; lower dropout rates; better performance in school, as measured by achievement test scores and grades; significant gains in academic achievement test scores; greater on - time promotion; improved homework completion; and deeper engagement in learning.

These include: a proven literacy approach designed to meet the individual needs of the students; the Everyday Mathematics program for students in grades K - 6; an after - school program to help students improve MCAS scores; and other special programs.»

Our results demonstrate that, among students who enter in a typical grade, attending a charter school improves reading and math scores by an amount that is both statistically and substantively significant.

[11] The effect of mindset estimated in this study seems promising, especially considering that about 75 percent of students in each grade have room to improve their mindset score by one standard deviation or more.

Research shows that a properly organized peer - led study group can help improve students» grades; a particular study of 110 students found that students who studied in a peer - led group scored an average of 5.5 points higher in their final exams compared to students who were not in a group.

However, if achievement is taken only to mean the grades, scores or marks received on summative assessment tasks, then progress often appears only to mean whether the child's standard of achievement (their grades) is improving, maintaining or declining.

The academic profile (Praxis II passing rates, SAT scores, and grade point averages) of the entire candidate pool, including those meeting state Praxis requirements, has improved.

Although more than half the students who spend an extra year in the same grade and attend summer school improve their scores on standardized tests, the remaining students held back continue to struggle.

Did your school receive a grant, have a bookmark - contest winner, obtain local recognition, score well on a facilities inspection report, receive a donation of books, or improve even 2 precent on a grade - level spelling inventory?

Students must take the state standardized assessment and participating schools that receive a grade D or F in two consecutive years must suspend admitting new scholarship students until test scores improve.

At the 8th grade level, Lithuanian students» average math scores improved 10 points from 1995 to 1999, and a whopping 20 points from 1999 to 2003.

Schools that received a grade of «F» not only improved test scores the following year, but those improvements «remained for the longer term,» researchers wrote.

Two weeks later, the senators settled on a complicated formula that required states to calculate an overall performance grade for a school based on several factors, including improving test scores for poor and minority children.

As a result, scores at the targeted grades were likely to rise without improved learning — the sample of students tested was simply limited.

Third grade test scores have improved since she has taken on English Language Arts.

«I'm pleased that eighth - grade reading scores improved slightly but remain disappointed that only about one - third of America's fourth - and eighth - grade students read at the NAEP Proficient level,» said former Michigan Governor, John Engler, interim president of Michigan State University and chair of the National Assessment Governing Board that oversees NAEP, in a written statement.

The published study that I was analyzing highlighted the fact that the average student who had repeated algebra improved his grades and test scores.

First Academic Study of Controversial LA Unified Teacher Evaluation Program An academic study of a teacher evaluation method that looks at how much teachers are able to improve students» test scores gave the pilot program a good grade.

DRA2 scores improved significantly from 2007 - 08 to 2011 - 12 at every grade level.

Canada wanted to calculate how much the program was improving the reading ability of these students, so he asked to see their scores on the previous year's citywide fourth - grade reading test for comparison.

While scores improved by nearly 2 percent from last year, the results show that only about 40 percent of students in grades three through eight are considered proficient in English and math.

Eighty percent of the calculation of the letter grades is based on student test scores while only 20 percent is based on much the scores improve from year to year.

When student test scores on the Ohio Academic Assessment indicated that only 33 % of Jones sixth graders were at the minimum state acceptance rates, middle childhood education students at Lourdes College stepped in to volunteer an hour each week to work with the sixth grade students to improve their reading proficiency.

The school also raised its School Performance Score (SPS) by 5.5 points, improved its school letter grade, and increased its teacher retention rate.

Her high expectations and history of improved scores followed her to KIPP, where 82 percent of her students» reading scores improved by two grade levels.

«When you delay school start times, all these factors improve: less self - reported depression, fewer driving accidents, better grades, better test scores, better attendance,» Owens said.

But even if the scores are fine, the state's grading system this year isn't fair, he said, because it does not count «learning gains,» or how much a student improved from the prior year.

Students with involved parents or other caregivers earn higher grades and test scores, have better social skills, and show improved behavior.»

It places emphasis on individually administered assessments in the early primary grades, but graduates to a computer - administered and scored measures in the later grades (AUTOreading, aReading) for improved efficiency.