Sentences with phrase «language reading growth»

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In reading Channel 4's economics editor Paul Mason's response in the Guardian I was struck by the extent to which even an article that openly discussed the need for a renewed debate about the future shape of our economy employed very a traditional growth - orientated language and framework.

In addition, bilingual students who displayed a growth in the components of working memory also showed growth in language and reading comprehension.

Achievement in reading and math; growth in reading and math; four - and five - year graduation rates plus percentage of students still enrolled in high school; English - language proficiency

Mean scale scores on state reading and math tests, median growth percentage, four - and seven - year graduation rates, progress in achieving English - language proficiency

Reading and math test scores, English language proficiency, growth, four and seven year graduation rates

There are several policies (proposed, underway, or in place) by the Obama administration that broaden the focus on reading and academic development, increasing attention to knowledge building and language growth, from early childhood through adolescence — and those expansive policies may be especially beneficial for EL learners.

Children are then offered lots of books at their «just right» level on the theory that if they read extensively and independently, language growth and reading proficiency will follow, setting the child on a slow and steady climb through higher reading levels.

She has since worked as project coordinator with Professor Catherine Snow on a word - generation pilot study, with Associate Professor Nonie Lesaux on predicting Spanish - speakers» growth in reading, and with former Lecturer Barbara Pan on developing methods for tracking the language development of bilingual children.

After the 20 - week program, both native speakers and English - language learners in the project showed marked growth in vocabulary and reading comprehension.

She is working on a project funded by the Institute of Education Science, U.S. Department of Education, and National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, using multiple approaches such as using eye - tracking technology to investigate growth of silent reading, video - taping and coding classroom instruction, and coding thousands of children's oral language and writing samples.

This project has three main aims: (1) to explore the factor structure over time of academic language for writing (CALS - Write) and Writing Quality (WQ) in a socio - economically diverse longitudinal sample; (2) to examine CALS - Write individual growth trajectories from 4th to 8th grade; (3) to examine the concurrent development of academic language for reading (CALS - Read), CALS - Write and WQ.

The nature of language growth is such that in earlier grades, scores will likely fluctuate (especially in high - poverty schools) as academic domains that have been taught may or may not appear on any particular reading test.

The Master Schedule Collection (MSC) of data is required to satisfy federal assurances — including the reporting of student growth data to teachers of reading / language arts and mathematics in grades 3 - 8 and Algebra I through grade 9.

The project Achievement Trajectory Tool applies a data - driven statistical model to predict the longitudinal achievement growth in reading comprehension and science across grades 3 - 8 of students receiving Science IDEAS in grades 3 - 5 in comparision with students not receiving Science IDEAS (i.e., receiving traditional reading / language arts instead of Science IDEAS).

Our main intention in improving our current reading / language arts program is to continue to improve performance and growth for our students and to use standards - based, evidence - based instruction.

In an effort to improve performance and growth of students, we assessed and reviewed current instructional models for teaching reading / language arts aligned to the Utah Core.

In short, exposure to academic language in contextually rich environments, such as the read - aloud experience and sophisticated caretaker speech, has a direct influence on academic vocabulary growth, which in turn affects reading development.

In response to the negative impact on English Learners from over 10 years of «drill and kill», narrowly focused reading and math curricula and limited access to social science, science and the arts, Californians Together has issued a policy brief to delineate research - based teaching practices with policy recommendations for accelerating the language development and academic growth of English Learners.

Nevertheless, recent studies have begun to question whether incidental instruction through book reading may be substantial enough to significantly boost children's oral vocabulary development.19 Several meta - analyses, for example, have reported only small to moderate effects of book reading on vocabulary development.20 One group of researchers examined the added benefits of dialogic reading, an interactive reading strategy, on children's vocabulary growth and reported only modest gains for 2 - to 3 - year - olds.21 Further, these effects were reduced to negligible levels when children were 4 to 5 years old or when they were at risk for language and literacy impairments.

When you look at NAEP results for 2013, California's growth in eighth grade reading scores was the top in the nation, getting close to the national average despite high poverty and second language levels and ranking near the bottom in per - pupil expenditures.

Our books provide the foundational learning experience that is related to language growth, emergent literacy, and reading achievement.

The only measures a State may include within its Academic Achievement indicator in addition to the required measure of student performance on the statewide reading / language arts and mathematics assessments under ESEA [Education and Secondary Education Act, of which ESSA is the latest version] section 1111 (b)(2)(B)(v)(I) are the two optional measures: (1) an achievement index or similar measure of student performance in reading / language arts and mathematics at multiple academic achievement levels above or below proficient (see question B - 10 and B - 11); and (2) measures of student growth in reading / language arts and mathematics for high schools (see questions B - 14 and B - 15).

Children at - risk for reading and math difficulties for a variety of reasons benefit the most, showing greater growth in language, literacy and math skills after participating in Every Child Ready.

The indicators include: student growth and achievement in reading and math; graduation rates for high schools; English language proficiency; for elementary and middle schools, an additional indicator on student growth such as science achievement, and at least one indicator of school quality or success, such as career and college readiness.

Language Acquisition in Diverse Classrooms Focusing on Language and Academic Instructional Renewal (FLAIR) Increase cognitive growth and academic achievement in reading for all students, including linguistically diverse students, through an intensive language - across - the - curriculum program.

The authors find that statewide accountability measures fall into one of seven main categories of indicators: achievement indicators, such as proficiency in reading and mathematics; student growth indicators in multiple academic subjects; English language acquisition indicators; early warning indicators, such as chronic absenteeism; persistence indicators, such as graduation rates; college - and career - ready indicators, such as participation in and performance on college entry exams; and other indicators, such as access to the arts.

Zimmer and Cortines convinced the LAUSD board to water down Flores» language to read simply that campuses and teachers will be judged on «student growth over time.»

ESSA contains a total of five indicators to ensure that schools provide quality education: proficiency in reading and math, high school graduation rates, English language proficiency, student growth, and school quality / student success (SQSS).

For elementary and middle schools, these indicators must include: test scores in Reading and Math, English language learner proficiency, at least one academic measure (such as a growth goal), and one non-academic measure.

In order to meet the requirements for (b)(2), providing student growth data to teachers of reading / language arts and mathematics, the state has established contracts with nationally recognized experts to model student growth percentiles (SGPs) based on data from assessment years 2005 - 2006 through 2008 - 2009.

Whether the state provides student growth data on current students and the students taught in the previous year to, at a minimum, teachers of reading / language arts and mathematics in grades in which the state administers assessments in those subjects in a manner that is timely and informs instructional programs.

Refusing the notion of an exhibition as a fixed moment, the project space aims to become a site for learning and for growth, for readings and misreadings, a testing ground to create new shared languages and registers.

This Guide addresses the lack of a common set of languages to support the growth of IG as a discipline and provides an easy to read explanation of Information Governance.