Had competition between private schools been maximising the quality of education each provided to its voucher students, we would not have observed such
a large gain in test scores once schools knew their results would be made public.
Research by Marty West and colleagues of no excuses charter schools in Boston found
large gains in test scores but also significantly lowered student performance on noncognitive measures.
Not exact matches
The
largest gains for the
test — the Kentucky Instructional Results System, or KIRIS — came
in reading and mathematics, with fewer students
scoring at the «novice,» or lowest, level and more students
scoring at the «proficient» and «distinguished» levels.
The estimated
gain from being offered a voucher is only half as
large as the
gain from switching to private school (
in response to being offered a voucher), so the estimated impact of offering vouchers is no more than one - eighth as
large as the black - white
test score gap.
When comparable samples and measuring sticks are used, the improvement
in test scores for black students from attending a small class based on the Tennessee STAR experiment is about 50 percent
larger than the
gain from switching to a private school based on the voucher experiments
in New York City, Washington, D.C., and Dayton, Ohio.
In our study, the teachers with larger gains on low - cost state math tests also had students with larger gains on the Balanced Assessment in Mathematics, a more - expensive - to - score test designed to measure students» conceptual understanding of mathematic
In our study, the teachers with
larger gains on low - cost state math
tests also had students with
larger gains on the Balanced Assessment
in Mathematics, a more - expensive - to - score test designed to measure students» conceptual understanding of mathematic
in Mathematics, a more - expensive - to -
score test designed to measure students» conceptual understanding of mathematics.
A study of
test scores from 2010 through 2014, by economists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Duke University, found that Denver's charters produced «remarkably
large gains in math,»
large gains in writing, and smaller but statistically significant
gains in reading, compared to DPS - operated schools.
Among African Americans,
test -
score gains were also
larger in the states with genuine alternative certification.
This year, the state of California distributed $ 100 million to teachers
in schools that started with
test scores in the bottom half of schools
in 1999 and achieved
large gains in performance between 1999 and 2000.
It is possible that the disproportionately
large gains in test -
score performance
in the states with genuine alternative certification were due to some other factor, possibly other education reforms those states were introducing at the same time they were widening the door to the teaching profession.
This argument begs the question about how
large correlations should be to be considered as indicators of adult outcomes, and it also discounts recent research showing that
test scores improvements related to effective teachers were correlated with
gains in adult labor - market outcomes.
As hypothesized, actual voucher competition produced the
largest improvements
in test scores, while the prospect of facing voucher competition produced somewhat smaller
gains.
These two indicators of cheating — unusually
large increases followed by small
gains or even declines
in test scores the next year and unexpected patterns
in students» answers — form the basis of our method for detecting evidence of suspected cheating.
The second type of classroom, which we used as a control group, consisted of classrooms with
large test -
score gains but no evidence of cheating
in their answer strings, a sign of plain - old good teaching.
Such low
scores indicate that the majority of students will have to make
large gains in achievement before they are able to pass the
test.
Conversely other types of charter and private schools
in choice programs fail to improve
test scores but yield
large gains in later life outcomes.
In the meantime, the Bloomberg administration has some positive test scores under its belt already, including an impressive 9.9 percentage point gain for 4th graders on the state's most recent reading tests, the largest jump since the test was initiated in 199
In the meantime, the Bloomberg administration has some positive
test scores under its belt already, including an impressive 9.9 percentage point
gain for 4th graders on the state's most recent reading
tests, the
largest jump since the
test was initiated
in 199
in 1999.
For example, Maryland, Massachusetts, and New Jersey posted
large gains in student performance after boosting spending, but New York, Wyoming, and West Virginia had only marginal
test -
score gains to show from increased expenditures.
We find that increases
in private schooling produce considerably
large gains in student
test scores and living standards.
«
In some cases, these charter schools have quite large effects, such that attending one for three years produce test - score gains that are equivalent to the size of the U.S. black - white achievement gap,» said Sarah Cohodes, an assistant professor of education and public policy at Columbia University in a publication from Princeton University and the Brookings Institut
In some cases, these charter schools have quite
large effects, such that attending one for three years produce
test -
score gains that are equivalent to the size of the U.S. black - white achievement gap,» said Sarah Cohodes, an assistant professor of education and public policy at Columbia University
in a publication from Princeton University and the Brookings Institut
in a publication from Princeton University and the Brookings Institute.
The school, one of the first three charter schools to open
in Indianapolis, has been earned praise for more than a decade for demonstrating
large test score gains with disadvantaged students.
Following
test scores from year to year in the same grade, the study finds that statewide improvements in standard Connecticut Mastery Test (CMT) scores reported by the Connecticut State Department of Education (SDE) between 2008 and 2009 — the period of the largest reported gains — were largely the result of the exclusion of students with disabilities from these standard test results, rather than overall improvements in performa
test scores from year to year
in the same grade, the study finds that statewide improvements
in standard Connecticut Mastery
Test (CMT) scores reported by the Connecticut State Department of Education (SDE) between 2008 and 2009 — the period of the largest reported gains — were largely the result of the exclusion of students with disabilities from these standard test results, rather than overall improvements in performa
Test (CMT)
scores reported by the Connecticut State Department of Education (SDE) between 2008 and 2009 — the period of the
largest reported
gains — were largely the result of the exclusion of students with disabilities from these standard
test results, rather than overall improvements in performa
test results, rather than overall improvements
in performance.
The results have been promising: A study of statewide implementation of the 5Essentials across Illinois — a state that encompasses districts of diverse size and composition — found that strength on the five essential supports is positively related to higher
test scores and
larger gains over time
in math and reading, positive changes
in attendance rates, and improved graduation rates.
These students perform better
in third grade reading and math
tests, have
larger test score gains over time, have fewer absences and disciplinary incidents, are less likely to repeat grades, and are more likely to graduate from high school
in four years.
Second, the
gains were
larger for kids of color than for white students, suggesting that this could make a slight dent
in longstanding
test -
score gaps.
Students
in the District's traditional public schools
scored higher than ever on the city's math and reading
tests this year, also posting the
largest single - year
gain since 2008, according to
test results released Tuesday.
A randomized study
in Chicago also found
large gains in math
test scores from implementing mandated, intensive tutoring.