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The initial evaluation of the OSP found that participation increased reading test scores, parents» perceptions of safety, and high school graduation rates.

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In January, arguing to increase the weight of test scores, Mr. Cuomo cited the small number of teachers who were rated ineffective, noting that at the same time only about a third of students were reading or doing math at grade level, as measured by state tests.

The governor's push to increase the weight of test scores upset the teachers» unions and many parents, and was considered a factor when 20 percent of students sat out state math and reading tests — which had been aligned with the Common Core national benchmarks — this year.

Drawing from math test scores from PISA 2009 in which the United States performed lower than the OECD average, the report argues that while demand for STEM labor is predicted to increase over the next few decades, a shortage of STEM labor in the United States, along with inadequate performance in science, math, and reading compared to other countries, endangers U.S. future competitiveness and innovation.

The exciting aspect of this is that it has the potential to increase the reading levels of our neediest students, and could have an impact on our test scores as well,» he told Education World.

Both groups of schools saw an increase in the average math and reading scores during the first two years of the bonus program; treatment - group schools, however, did not experience a statistically significant improvement in average test scores relative to the schools in the control group.

In 1999, Michigan increased the reward for good academic performance by offering the Michigan Merit Award, a one - year $ 2,500 scholarship for any student who scores at Level I or Level 2 on the Michigan Educational Achievement Program (MEAP) tests in reading, mathematics, science, and writing.

The authors found that PLCs have a positive effect on student learning: student scores increased in reading, writing, math, science, and social studies subject tests.

Test scores for the elementary schools have increased 6.5 points in reading and 9.8 points in math.

NCLB required states to test ELLs and report their subgroup scores, increasing pressure on schools to move students to English fluency and raise reading and math scores.

Our estimates indicate that, for each teacher who left under the ERI, test scores increased by 0.01 and 0.04 student - level standard deviations in math and reading, respectively.

The results indicate that a one - hour delay in start time increases standardized test scores on both math and reading tests by roughly 3 percentile points.

Results from a new report on test scores show the nation's students making modest gains in math and science in recent years, while failing to significantly increase their reading and writing performance.

After three years of relatively flat and sometimes declining test scores, K12, Inc.'s full - time students appear to have increased their proficiency levels in both reading and math, even as K12, Inc. serves a population with 62 percent of its student eligible for free - and - reduced price lunch, compared to 49 percent nationally.

We find also that an increase in the number of children from troubled families reduces peer student math and reading test scores and increases peer disciplinary infractions and suspensions.

Analysts have cited a legion of reasons for the state's slide in achievement: the steady leaching of resources from the schools that was the inevitable result of the infamous 1970s property - tax revolt led by Howard Jarvis; a long period of economic woes caused by layoffs in the defense industry; curriculum experiments with «whole language» reading instruction and «new math» that were at best a distraction and at worst quite damaging; a school finance lawsuit that led to a dramatic increase in the state's authority over school budgets and operations; and a massive influx of new students and non-English-speaking immigrants that almost surely depressed test scores.

We found little evidence that the Choice program increased the test scores of participating students, though our final analysis revealed a positive effect of the program on reading scores when combined with high stakes testing.

Peterson does observe that blacks and Hispanics increased their test scores substantially in reading in the 1970s and 1980s — but neglects to mention that this was precisely the period when our nation's schools were substantially more integrated than they were before then or since.

Carrell and Hoekstra find that adding one troubled student to a classroom of 20 students decreases student reading and math test scores by more than two - thirds of a percentile point and increases misbehavior among other students in the classroom by 16 percent.

Though the increased emphasis on the mechanics of taking tests should be considered a factor in the increase of mathematics and reading scores throughout this period, survey results also found signs of significant changes in teachers» emphasis on content in language arts and in the time devoted to content appropriate to grade level in mathematics.

Also, the federal law specifies that test increases must occur for handicapped children and for children who speak limited English; it also requires separate score targets for reading and math, while the California law allows a merged reading and math score for annual yearly progress.

The proposed reforms, outside and inside schools — to reduce the test - score gap between whites and poor minorities; to help poor minority families increase their income through steady work at livable wages and then their children's test scores will improve; to establish research - proven reading programs for every single, poor, or minority child; to give each kid a laptop computer — are endless and uncertain in their outcomes.

NAEP's long - term study shows no increases since 2008 in reading and math test scores for students aged 9 and 17.

Some Floridians claim education success because the Florida fourth grade reading scores, according the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) test, have shown significant improvement: increasing from 205.7 in 1998 to 225.7 in 2009.

Peoria High School saw a 27 % increase in students meeting and exceeding standards on the NWEA reading test between 2011 and 2013, and a 29 % increase in math scores.

The reading scores of 13 - year - olds increased more in the first eight years of testing after NCLB than they did in the 28 years before NCLB.

Among the facts from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Fourth Grade Reading report cited by FairTest: — There has been no gain in NAEP grade four reading performance nationally since 1992 despite a huge increase in state - mandated testing; — NAEP scores in southern states, which test the most and have the highest stakes attached to their state testing programs, have declined; — The NAEP score gap between white children and those from African American and Hispanic families has increased, even though schools serving low - income and minority - group children put the most emphasis on testing; and — Scores of children eligible for free lunch programs have dropped sincReading report cited by FairTest: — There has been no gain in NAEP grade four reading performance nationally since 1992 despite a huge increase in state - mandated testing; — NAEP scores in southern states, which test the most and have the highest stakes attached to their state testing programs, have declined; — The NAEP score gap between white children and those from African American and Hispanic families has increased, even though schools serving low - income and minority - group children put the most emphasis on testing; and — Scores of children eligible for free lunch programs have dropped sincreading performance nationally since 1992 despite a huge increase in state - mandated testing; — NAEP scores in southern states, which test the most and have the highest stakes attached to their state testing programs, have declined; — The NAEP score gap between white children and those from African American and Hispanic families has increased, even though schools serving low - income and minority - group children put the most emphasis on testing; and — Scores of children eligible for free lunch programs have dropped sincescores in southern states, which test the most and have the highest stakes attached to their state testing programs, have declined; — The NAEP score gap between white children and those from African American and Hispanic families has increased, even though schools serving low - income and minority - group children put the most emphasis on testing; and — Scores of children eligible for free lunch programs have dropped sinceScores of children eligible for free lunch programs have dropped since 1996.

Standardized test scores showed a schoolwide increase in reading proficiency.

If we look at students» critical reading scores on the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) from 2002 to 2009, during the time NCLB has been in effect, we see a slight increase in points for several years, followed by a decline to below the average score for 2002 (Gewertz, 2009).

Results have been mixed, ranging from gains in high school graduation and college enrollment rates (e.g., Chingos and Peterson 2012), small increases in reading and math scores (e.g., Greene et al. 1998), or increases in math but not reading scores (Rouse 1998), to no significant change in test scores (e.g., Howell and Peterson 2006; Wolf et al. 2011).

On average, Crown Prep's students increase two years in their reading level within just the first 9 months of attending the school, and in science, 72 % of their fifth graders scored proficient or advanced on state tests.

In January, arguing to increase the weight of test scores, Mr. Cuomo cited the small number of teachers who were rated ineffective, noting that at the same time only about a third of students were reading or doing math at grade level, as measured by state tests.

Lack of proficiency in reading and writing in social studies is exacerbated by the fact that schools are spending far less time on social studies instruction in the face of increasing pressure to improve standardized test scores in reading and mathematics (Manzo, 2005).

But since 1988, when education policy shifted away from desegregation efforts, the reading test score gap has grown — to 26 points in 2012 — with segregated schooling increasing in every region of the country.

A 2009 study of the Round Rock Independent School District in Texas found that the math and reading test scores of third and fifth grade ELLs increased following the implementation of blended learning and the use of interactive whiteboards.

The study found increased reading achievement for a subset of students (students from schools not in need of improvement and students who were already testing in the top two - thirds of the test - score distribution when they entered the program) but not for students from schools in need of improvement, which the program specifically targeted.

Reports indicate that part of this increase is related to potential teachers being unable to pass a new state test, known as the Foundations of Reading Test.74 As a result of staffing issues, the Wisconsin DPI has issued an emergency rule easing licensing requirements and is pursuing a rule that would further ease the licensing process and eliminate state GPA and Praxis test score requirements for teacher prep programs.75 This increase in teachers with alternative forms of certification may lead to future problems with teacher retenttest, known as the Foundations of Reading Test.74 As a result of staffing issues, the Wisconsin DPI has issued an emergency rule easing licensing requirements and is pursuing a rule that would further ease the licensing process and eliminate state GPA and Praxis test score requirements for teacher prep programs.75 This increase in teachers with alternative forms of certification may lead to future problems with teacher retentTest.74 As a result of staffing issues, the Wisconsin DPI has issued an emergency rule easing licensing requirements and is pursuing a rule that would further ease the licensing process and eliminate state GPA and Praxis test score requirements for teacher prep programs.75 This increase in teachers with alternative forms of certification may lead to future problems with teacher retenttest score requirements for teacher prep programs.75 This increase in teachers with alternative forms of certification may lead to future problems with teacher retention.

Sadly, there are still many schools lacking a full - time certified librarian, a loss often resulting from budget cuts or a lack of vision, despite many studies correlating an increase in reading and test scores with a thriving library program.

Harvard researcher Brian Jacob (2002), for example, conducted an in - depth analysis of test scores in Chicago Public Schools during a period (1993 — 2000) when student achievement increased by.30 standard deviations (12 percentile points) in mathematics and.20 standard deviations (8 percentile points) in reading.

A 2006 World Bank analysis credited initial rise in Poland's PISA reading test scores, in part, to increased hours of classroom instruction.

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

«DPS shows progress in rigorous NAEP, being only one of six districts nationally to show increases in student test scores, while beating state's gains on math and reading,» the district said in a press release.

Edwards found that students who started middle schools an hour later in Wake County, North Carolina, saw their standardized test scores increase by 2.2 percentile points in math, and 1.5 percentile points in reading on average.

The reading scores of 13 - year - olds increased more in the first eight years of testing after NCLB than they did in the 28 years before it.

Teachers are expected to increase the number of students scoring at or above grade level in reading, math and state language tests for English learners, by 25 percent over the next year.

This is due in large part to federal school classification requirements, which were specific by design to label and differentiate treatment of schools based on whether they met annual reading and math proficiency targets.2 This often led to narrow or simple pass / fail categorization systems based on schools meeting incrementally increasing state targets for test scores and graduation rates.

In reading / language arts, every grade tested saw an overall 13 percent increase in score from the previous year, said Lorra.

«After integrating the Reading Horizons method into the Naturita Elementary Title I program for the past two years,» she explains, «all Title I students have increased reading confidence, grade levels, and test Reading Horizons method into the Naturita Elementary Title I program for the past two years,» she explains, «all Title I students have increased reading confidence, grade levels, and test reading confidence, grade levels, and test scores.

It was uplifting to read that these identified schools and students increased performance success by adopting his methods, and not just simply by focusing on content to improve test scores.