Sentences with phrase «math and reading»

Still, the administration continues to support testing every student in math and reading in grades three through eight and again in high school.

How differences in hours of student sleep are correlated with differences in math and reading test scores.

This award was based in part on a 30 - point rise in math and reading scores during years at which the school's poverty rate also continued to increase.

Girls suffered greater consequences than boys, with girls scoring lower on math and reading achievement tests.

They focused their money and our laws (and money) on standards and testing for math and reading at the expense of better quality education.

It opens up a whole new world of self - expression and builds neural connections that helps with math and reading skills.

The proficiency rates in columns 1 and 2 are based on 4th and 8th grade math and reading exams in 2015.

As measured by state math and reading exams, thousands of public school students enjoyed a modest academic benefit as a result of the program.

The levels of math and reading proficiency among incoming students have also fallen.

It also states that just about 100 percent of students must reach proficiency in math and reading by 2014.

Look at current math and reading standards in the states.

In order to assess basic knowledge and skills, we look at whether the child's performance on standardized math and reading tests meet or exceed the state - defined proficiency level.

We tell ourselves a lie of convenience when we support the belief that children who can score well on standardized math and reading exams are being equipped for life.

Did they engage in test preparation or narrow their curriculum to raise achievement in math and reading at the expense of broader course offerings?

The measures are based on desired student outcomes such as math and reading scores, but they have a number of potential drawbacks.

But just as with math and reading programs, it's important to assess whether students are truly learning what they're being taught.

Officials hope for improved math and reading scores, increased enrollment and safer schools in five years.

Last year, our younger students earned the highest math and reading scores on record.

The graph below compares average math and reading proficiency rates over two time periods.

Yet I am not satisfied about reporting math and reading results.

Ultimately, they make clear that, for good or ill, the Common Core represents not a modest technical exercise, but a serious overhaul of how states approach math and reading instruction.

But just like math and reading programs, it's important to assess whether students are truly learning what they're being taught.

The authors suggested that successfully giving these youth basic math and reading skills gave them less opportunity for disruptive behavior, enabling them to focus more on completing classroom tasks.

Officials have focused on improving math and reading ability, but emphasizing those subjects has come at the expense of other goals.

We have some students coming into ninth grade ready to do highly challenging work, and others still at an elementary school level in areas like math and reading.

Experts point to the emphasis of math and reading comprehension education and testing as some factors reducing arts education as well as significant budget cuts that many communities have experienced.

Studies show that school vouchers lead to lower math and reading scores.

Students in personalized learning schools made greater progress in math and reading when compared to peers in traditional learning environments.

Children use fun floor mats and wall charts to learn math and reading concepts through movement.

What explains this disconnect between math and reading test score gains and later - life outcomes?

The tests measure math and reading scores among fourth - and eighth - graders throughout the country.

More than three times as many English language learner students score below the basic level on eighth - grade national math and reading exams as their white, English - proficient peers.

Today 100 percent of her students are passing math and reading, she said.

The state will also hold schools accountable for student achievement in science and writing, in addition to the core math and reading scores.

For the past decade, school reform has been primarily about «closing achievement gaps» by boosting math and reading proficiency and graduation rates, among black, Latino, and poor students.

I also taught math and reading to small groups of children with special needs.

It preserves the annual math and reading testing for students and the requirement that scores, broken down by race, income and special needs, be made public.

In middle school, the percentage of students scoring at proficient levels in math and reading also rose slightly.

Aside from the placement in top colleges and high schools, our students demonstrate up to a semester of academic growth in math and reading after our summer session.

Use this report to view student growth in math and reading relative to end - of - year growth targets.

Together, attention, fine motor skills, and general knowledge are much stronger overall predictors of later math, reading, and science scores than early math and reading scores alone.

Two groups looked for resources, by talking to our librarian and finding math and reading test resource books.

This means not just math and reading, but also science, social studies and the arts.

Leaders will take math and reading exams while parents will attend an information session and complete enrollment paperwork.

A donation of $ 2,000 pays for a set of iPads to support math and reading skill building with engaging and personalized learning applications.

Under the law, every child was supposed to be doing math and reading at grade level by this school year — a nearly impossible task.

Among students entering kindergarten with the same math and reading skills, black students fall well behind their white peers by 5th grade.