Sentences with phrase «increase student performance on standardized tests»

The article presents a profile of the efforts by Guy Sconzo, the superintendent of Texas» Humble Independent School District (HISD), to increase student performance on standardized tests by dividing the large student population into small learning communities (SLCs) to better provide personalized learning opportunities.

Without being held accountable to the incessant pressure of increasing student performance on a standardized test (see Hew & Brush, 2007; Walker & Shepard, 2011; Zhao, 2007), Mike found technology use to be «definitely less prescriptive, especially for us.»

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MARYLAND»S plunge in scores on standardized tests for elementary and middle school students has unsettled a state that, as a national leader in education, had become accustomed to yearly increases in student performance.

For example, classroom concentration, attention, and memory immediately increase after physical activity, and student test scores correlate positively with regular participation.122 Research has also shown that elementary school students that perform better in reading, mathematics, and science have higher physical fitness test scores.123 In addition, children who perform below grade level academically and participate in a physical activity program are more likely to improve their performance on standardized tests than are their less active peers.124

Implemented various reading techniques to increase students» performance on standardized tests