Sentences with phrase «level standardized achievement test»

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Breastfed children had higher mean scores on tests of cognitive ability; performed better on standardized tests of reading, mathematics, and scholastic ability; were rated as performing better in reading and mathematics by their class teachers; had higher levels of achievement in school - leaving examinations; and less often left school without educational qualifications.

The design of this study made it possible to examine 1) the extent to which benefits of breastfeeding on cognitive ability and achievement were evident throughout middle childhood, adolescence, and into young adulthood; and 2) the extent to which breastfeeding was related to a range of indices of academic achievement that included performance on standardized tests, teacher ratings of academic achievement, and levels of success in examinations on leaving school.

At Brain Balance Achievement Centers, we assess all of these skills with standardized and accepted testing and we quantify them by grade, age, or functional level.

For admission, they must score at an 8th - grade level on standardized reading and math tests (the Richmond Tech PLC raised that to 9th grade because it had so many applicants), pass an interview, and sign an achievement contract that also commits them to attend a daily meeting called Morning Motivation.

In a quasi-experimental study in nine Title I schools, principals and teacher leaders used explicit protocols for leading grade - level learning teams, resulting in students outperforming their peers in six matched schools on standardized achievement tests (Gallimore, Ermeling, Saunders, and Goldenberg, 2009).

On the other hand, we did not meet our goal to shrink by a significant margin the achievement gap (as measured by state - level standardized tests) as was our hope.

The results are consistent with other studies that show a substantial return (up to 50 percent of a standard deviation on standardized achievement tests) to achievement from observed classroom quality, with greater effects often accruing to children with higher levels of risk and disadvantage.

Bilingual students also attain higher levels of achievement on standardized tests in reading, writing, social studies, and math and report higher levels of self - confidence (Tochon, 2009).

Schools such as Wilbur shine under the current measure of academic success — the all - important Academic Performance Index — based on students» achievement level on standardized tests.

These same schools report poor achievement by other major student groups as well, and have a set of characteristics associated generally with poor standardized test performance — such as high student - teacher ratios, high student enrollments and high levels of students living in or near poverty.

Schools must use a range of assessment tools, not standardized tests alone, to measure students» «authentic» achievement levels, a new report by the National Association of Secondary School Principals concludes.

A new study of Massachusetts middle schools contends schools that don't track students of the same grade into multiple course levels based on their achievement have fewer students scoring at the advanced level on state standardized tests in mathematics.

While standardized tests provide an effective means of holding schools more accountable for achievement levels, the report says, they «usually do not provide information useful for improving individual or school performance.»

The report, released Wednesday, relies on standards used by the National Assessment of Education Progress, the only national - level standardized test, considered the gold standard for measuring actual student achievement.

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Achievement tests are typically standardized, and designed to measure subject and grade - level specific knowledge.

The real Achievement Gap is the percentage of students that achieve At Advanced levels in real standardized tests.

And the attitude from district administration on down is that standardized test proficiency levels drive rankings, «so there is no need to expend precious dollars and personnel boosting the achievement of kids who need no boost.»

While the Department will likely add more academic performance measures in the future, for 2014 officials also included the level of participation in state assessments, achievement gaps between students with disabilities and the general population as well as scores on the National Assessment of Educational Progress, a standardized test used to gauge academic growth across the country.

Standardized grade - level achievement tests may be available from your local school district or state department of education.

While federal legislation calls for «multiple up - to - date measures of student academic achievement, including measures that assess higher - order thinking skills and understanding» (NCLB, Sec. 1111, b, I, vi), most assessment tools used for federal reporting focus on lower - level skill that can be measured on standardized mostly multiple - choice tests.

However, most of these tests are multiple choice, standardized measures of achievement, which have had a number of unintended consequences, including: narrowing of the academic curriculum and experiences of students (especially in schools serving our most school - dependent children); a focus on recognizing right answers to lower - level questions rather than on developing higher - order thinking, reasoning, and performance skills; and growing dissatisfaction among parents and educators with the school experience.

The teachers were introduced to a range of identification procedures including above - level testing, the use of standardized achievement tests, and a range of teacher and parent nomination checklists.

The middle school, which serves students in grades 6 — 8, had low scores on standardized achievement tests, an alarming level of bad behavior, and dwindling enrollment.

This article examines the role of student demographic characteristics in standardized achievement test scores at both the individual level and aggregated at the state, district, school levels.

The other half of the rating will combine measures of student achievement, including growth on standardized tests, scores for the building where a teacher works, and other elements like district - level assessments or student surveys.

The deliberations have addressed various topics such as whether (a) parents should have to be state - certified teachers in order to home educate their children, (b) parents should have to have achieved a particular level of formal education in order to homeschool their children, (c) parents should have to pass teacher qualification examinations that states use for public school teachers, (d) homeschool students should be subjected to mandatory standardized achievement tests, (e) state officials should oversee the social activities of home - educated students (or homeschool socialization), and (f) parents should have to get approval from the state government in order to engage in home - based education with their children (see, e.g., Farris 2013; Yuracko, 2008).

Should the president insist that the goal be reset and that «accountability» will not occur based on yearly - standardized achievement tests controlled from the federal level?

Remaining at a relatively basic level, standardized tests identify gaps in educational achievement between different social groups at the beginning of schooling and trace the widening of those gaps thereafter.

Although standardized test scores can give a general idea of the level of student achievement (typically limited to items that ask for recognition of information), the scores they report do not offer detailed insights into what students think or what they know how to do in practice.

Varsity Tutors provides intensive 4 and 6 week test prep programs for Texas students, helping them achieve new levels of achievement on the state standardized exams.

Different standardized achievement tests, both purporting to measure reading, mathematics, or science at the same grade level, will give different estimates of teacher competency.

On the standardized test of academic progress administered across all DC public schools, the PARCC, Latin students demonstrated high levels of achievement:

All achievements were at the 12th grade level on the Peabody Individual Achievemnt Test (PIAT), and the child had consistently been at the 99th percentile on yearly standardized tests.

In other words, our standardized tests fulfill a comparative function, in that they expose important variations in student achievement levels.

As much as I can understand some of the motivations behind opting out of standardized tests, I think it complicates the goal of helping all students to achieve at higher levels and close long standing academic achievement gaps.

We shifted towards standardized forms of inquiry, looking at student achievement data for the handful of Mam - speaking students who had been at Bridges for more than a few years; looking at achievement data for the 15 Mam - speaking kindergartners; looking at the entry level of Spanish proficiency (as measured by the IPT Language Proficiency Test) for native Spanish speaking students in our bilingual program and comparing the IPT scores of Mam - speaking children.

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