Sentences with phrase «improved statewide test»

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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.

On the English tests, students statewide only improved by a tenth of a percentage point, from 31.3 percent passing in 2013 to 31.4 percent in 2014.

• A study of the ACT (which is administered statewide) in Illinois found test strategies and item practice did not improve student performance, but coursework did.

The Palmetto State Teachers Association questioned the value of the state's testing regimen, noting on its web site, «The current statewide tests do not provide immediate diagnostic information needed to improve student achievement or provide information to help teachers plan to meet the needs of each student.

With improved educational materials readily available, home schoolers are winning spelling and geography bees, scoring off the charts on statewide tests, and gaining access to elite colleges.

California officials have identified many schools that will have difficulty offering online statewide tests scheduled in the spring unless their Internet capacity is improved.

The percentage of black Madison students scoring proficient or better on the state reading test dropped to the lowest level in six years, while statewide black student reading scores continued to improve.

Bethesda's collaborative efforts transformed student achievement: For the past two years, it has been among the top 10 percent of Georgia's Title I schools, making the most progress in improving the performance of all students on statewide tests.

In the 2015 - 16 school year, 50 percent of a teacher's evaluation will be based on much students improve on a statewide M - STEP test that will have only been given twice, one short of the three years originally envisioned under the teacher tenure law.

Three years ago, the Wooster City School District (WCSD) took a leap of faith, signing on with the state education agency as a partner district to help design and test the development of a statewide improvement process that could be used by any district, regardless of size and demographics, to improve student learning.

The early release of statewide test scores and participation rates show improved results and a stable rate of opt - out (press release).

But the shift is largely attributable to school success, because flat or improved test scores statewide triggered a new clause in the school grade law that makes the grading scale more difficult when too many schools earn either an A grade or B grade.

High - Stakes Testing With public demand and recent federal legislation calling for high standards and improved student performance, virtually every state in the nation has created and administered statewide tests that measure student progress over time.

Large and small districts across the country have worked to improve infrastructure and connectivity in schools as curriculum and statewide testing continue to migrate to web - based platforms.

Statewide standardized test scores released by the Louisiana Department of Education show scholarship students» scores have improved by 13 percentage points between 2010 and 2014, while public school students» scores remained flat.

The results have been promising: A study of statewide implementation of the 5Essentials across Illinois — a state that encompasses districts of diverse size and composition — found that strength on the five essential supports is positively related to higher test scores and larger gains over time in math and reading, positive changes in attendance rates, and improved graduation rates.

The student growth trend rating of high, expected or low will be based on professional judgment and three years of data — student growth percentiles on state K - PREP tests (how much a class improves from one grade level to the next comparing students in the class to their academic peers statewide) or rigorous, locally determined student growth goals, developed collaboratively between the teacher and evaluator.

Participation rates for the Wisconsin Forward Exam in 2015 - 16 improved for the second year of online statewide testing.