Sentences with phrase «in math test scores»

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.

It found no statistically significant improvement in math test scores for students who participated in the program.

There were no differences in math test scores among students whose parents had low math anxiety, and no differences in reading achievement for parents with different levels of math anxiety.

Secondary schools implementing the turnaround model had larger improvements in math test scores than those implementing the transformation model.

The program's benefits were equivalent to closing nearly two - thirds of the average gap in math test scores between white and black students, or the equivalent of what the average American high school student learns in math over three years.

A randomized study in Chicago also found large gains in math test scores from implementing mandated, intensive tutoring.

In addition to a significant jump in math test scores, students receiving tutoring and mentoring failed two fewer courses per year on average than students who did not participate, and their likelihood of being «on track» for graduation rose by nearly one - half.

• After adjusting for prior test scores and demographics, the school a student attends explains 34 percent of the variation in their math test scores and 24 percent of the variation in their reading test scores, but just 2 percent of the variation in their fluid cognitive skills.

Guggenheim unfairly puts a large emphasis on the role of charter schools, showing that they are intensely effective when it comes to test scores and college acceptance rates when they are only 17 % superior in math test scores.

Over the years, the public education system became vulnerable to education fads - methods of teaching that were unproven but widely adopted, and recent studies are showing us an alarming rate of decrease in math test scores READ MORE HERE.

Nearly 20 years ago, a large - scale study led by psychologist Janet Hyde of the University of Wisconsin, Madison, found a «trivial» gap in math test scores between boys and girls in elementary and middle school.

The same study cites reports such as Evaluation of Enhanced Academic Instruction in After - School Programs and the Study of Promising After - School Programsthat show it's possible to make significant gains in math test scores, particularly for low - income and minority students.

But List found that students of teachers who were given the bonus upfront showed significant improvement in math test scores.