Sentences with phrase «in math»

There was a single goal: to make all students proficient in math and reading by 2014.

But what really works for students in the math classroom?

One teacher we worked with spent just 15 minutes talking to a D - student she knew could do better in her math class.

... We had the highest growth scores in math in grades three through eight in the district, and we're not a small district.

Only four of these schools, however, had more than half of their students pass state proficiency tests in math last spring.

Yet there is a significant gap in achievement in math performance between low - income and higher - income children.

«And if you are learning well in math at school, you're trying to learn more to be an advanced student,» he said.

These funds are helping to transform the Auburn school by raising student proficiency in math by 30 percent and reading by 35 percent over the five years of the grant.

For those without special accommodations, one finds no gains in verbal scores and just a 0.1 standard deviation gain in math scores over this period of time.

She was able to learn much about their understandings while creating a climate of exploration, collaboration, and assessment for learning in math class.

About 38 percent of seniors in charters had met state standards in math last year, for example, compared with about 31 percent of students in urban districts.

Studies indicate most students will lose about two months of a grade level in math skills and low - income students lose more than two months in reading.

A 2012 study found that middle school students who started class an hour later than usual saw their standardized test scores increase over 2 percentile points in math on average.

Only 31 percent of students statewide passed the exams in reading and math last year, down from 55 percent in reading and 65 percent in math in 2012.

Further, while 99 percent of preschool teachers engaged in literacy instruction three to four times a week, that figure fell to 75 percent in math and only 42 percent in science.

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

Or that having a strong number sense is a guarantee for good grades in math?

I believe you may be as passionate about your company as your interest in math instruction.

Under that idea, students would be tested once in elementary, middle and high school in math, science and reading.

The city's fourth graders made the third greatest improvement in math of the 21 urban districts.

He found additional instruction days to be associated with increased scores in math for 4th - grade students, though not in reading.

Third - graders also showed the largest gains in math instruction minutes over two decades, moving from 54 minutes in 1998 to 72 minutes in 2017.

If we look at the state averages in math, the gap between African American students and White students is 36 % and for Hispanic and White students it is 33 %.

Asian and white student whose families have money score twice as high in math as black students from similar economic backgrounds.

If the share of public funds going to independent private schools rose by 1 percentage point, there was a 12 point increase in math achievement.

Findings showed significant growth in math achievement for all three years and significant reading growth for two of the three years.

During the 2009 - 10 school year, only 65 percent of students were proficient in reading and just 40 percent were proficient in math on statewide tests.

This is common especially in math at the junior high level.

A new blended - learning high school that offers students access to advanced courses in math and science is expected to serve about 35 students.

Those at the bottom are making at least the same rate of gain in math as the rest.

Not 1 of the largest 20 school districts is above the 50th percentile in math relative to other developed countries.

When it comes to solving word problems in the math classroom, children should be able to explain their thinking.

Can a role - play be used in a math lesson?

Most math specialists had years of experience as classroom teachers before getting advanced instruction in math education — sometimes on their own dime, sometimes with funding from their school or district.

The school's percentage of students proficient or advanced in math has grown four times more than the state's over the same period, and five times more in reading.

Two sets of economists released papers this summer examining the size of the gender gap in math achievement and investigating some possible contributing factors.

This is a fairly large gain approximately 0.25 standard deviation in math and reading.

In a math lesson about how time is measured, they have a visual split into two columns.

New research suggests that young children may make gains in math by counting with their fingers.

This follows two other disappointing test results that had largely pointed to problems in math skills.

Over the last decade, the number of academic jobs involving mathematical biology has increased, particularly in math departments, as recognition of the field grows.

The majority of the group has experience using and developing quantitative trading research and also holds degrees in math, science and engineering.

As students progress in math learning, the sixth grade math terms associated with math principles become increasingly difficult to understand.

Nine of the 10 districts that had opted into the program during its first administration in 2003 scored higher in math at both grade levels.

Students attending charter schools in urban areas receive the equivalent of 40 days of additional learning per year in math and 28 additional days per year in reading.

This resume was built for an education professional hoping to land a full - time job as a junior high school teacher in math and science.

My son struggled in math last year gradually losing self - confidence.

Students in schools whose principals reported that teachers had primary responsibility for determining the school budget scored 13 points worse in math, 5 in science.

By year four, there was no statistically significant difference in math test scores between students who remained in private schools and the matched comparison group.