Sentences with phrase «math portion»

There are very few changes in the integrated math portion of the new standards.

It was her experience teaching high school students in Chelsea, Mass., some of whom had failed the MCAS math portion twice, that inspired her to study education policy.

According to state data on the fourth grade math portion of the CMT in 2006, the gap in proficiency between African American students and their White counterparts was 32 %, and the gap between Hispanic and White students was 28 %.

Only 41 percent of the school's students passed English and math portions of state tests last year, compared to a 72 percent pass rate statewide.

You can still solve this problem by drawing a diagram of the triangle, but speed is key on the math portion of the SAT, where you should allot yourself one minute per question.

My oldest struggled with math last year and didn't pass the math portion for the 2nd grade exit test at the end of the year.

One SAT Saturday in mid-September, between frantically cramming vocabulary and mathematical formulas, my friends and I started the typical pre-SAT complaining: how we should have studied harder and how we should have taken more prep classes — how this girl got a perfect score and that guy cheated on the math portion.

According to the report, 93 percent of district students passed the Illinois Standards Achievement Test's math portion this year, with 91.3 percent passing reading and 88.6 percent passing science.

My daughter scored four points below proficient on the math portion, but yet she's got a 96 % average in math.

The math portion of the tests will be administered in May.

In 2001, 75 percent of 10th graders passed the math portion of the state's MCAS test, and 82 percent passed the language - arts test.

Students who scored in the bottom quarter of state math exams in fourth grade had a 62 percent chance of passing the math portion of the high school competency test if they had the most effective math teachers in grades 5 - 8 but only a 16 percent chance of passing if they had four straight years of the least effective teachers.

Under the new system, grades one through three are measured against a goal of reading by the end of third grade; grades four through six on proficient or advanced performance on the English and math portions of a state test indicating middle school readiness; seven, eight, and nine on high school readiness with passing all ninth - grade; grades 10, 11, and 12 focus on the goal of high school graduation.

Notably, in the 2003 College Board study, Bridgeman and his associates acknowledged this reality, writing that if all students were given more time on the math portion of the SAT, «the pressure for students to get a sometimes questionable diagnosis in order to qualify for extra time would be substantially reduced.»

Analyzing data from the math portion of the 1996 National Assessment of Educational Progress test given to students nationwide, Educational Testing Services researcher Harold Wenglinsky found that the effectiveness of computers in the classroom depended on how they were used.

On average in the three cities, African - American students who switched from public to private schools scored 6.3 percentile points higher than their peers in the control group on the reading portion of the test and 6.2 points higher on the math portion.

But on TAKS, 79 percent passed the math portion and a stunning 93 percent passed the reading test — more than three times the percentage that passed the national test.

Perhaps more importantly, a nearly identical effect is seen on the math portion of the ACT (taken in the spring of 11th grade), with double - dose algebra raising scores by 0.15 standard deviations on an exam used by many colleges as part of the admissions process.

Student scores from grades 3 through 8 on the math portion of the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills (TAAS) were the focus of the study.

Instead of reinstating the traditional remedial courses from previous years, CPS required enrollment in two periods of algebra for all first - time 9th graders testing below the national median on the math portion of the 8th - grade Iowa Tests of Basic Skills (ITBS).

Georgia education officials say the PARCC could cost $ 37 per student on assessments ($ 18.50 each for the English and math portions).

For example, in New Jersey our best models predicted the percentage of students scoring proficient or above on the former Grade 6 NJASK tests in 70 % of the districts for the language arts portion of the test and in 67 % of the districts for the math portion in our sample of 389 school districts.

Below, we've created a sortable table of the percentage of students in each school corporation who passed both the English language arts and math portions of the 2014 ISTEP +.

Fewer than 30 percent of Project School students passed both the English and math portions of the ISTEP +, a passage rate ranking among the lowest in Indiana.

In Florida students are allowed to use calculators for the math portion of FCAT.

The average number of students in the bottom five who met or exceeded the standards in the English Language Arts portion of the Smarter Balanced tests was 12.42 percent, and average who did so in the math portion was 8.71 percent.

I passed my math portion of the exit exam but failed the English does the new law effect me or what do I have to do so I can get my diploma?

It is one of the top performing school districts in the state, with 80 percent of its students scoring proficient or advanced on the math portion of the California Standards Test.

On the math portion, 29 countries tested better than the United States.

Lakeland Elementary / Middle School teacher Delilah Moss was shocked when a sixth - grade boy at the top of his class didn't pass the math portion of the annual standardized test two years ago.

The math portion is based on Algebra 1 and the English section is based on 10th - grade standards.

Lawmakers in Tennessee are demanding more accountability from K12 Inc. schools after only 16.4 percent of virtual students scored proficient on the math portion of the TCAP tests.

But it was demoralizing in 1998 when half the state's 10th - grade students failed the math portion of the MCAS exam, many quite miserably.

Both the computer adaptive and performance task sections of the math portion of the SBAC will still be given.

For four years in a row (2007 - 2010), before the implementation of the FIM, student scores on the math portion of the ACT at Grant were between 17 and 17.9.

Prepare materials for and lead the math portions of professional learning opportunities for teachers and leaders

Nearly 94 percent of Christel House Academy students receive free and reduced - price lunch, yet 83 percent of students pass the math portion of the ISTEP + and 80 percent pass the English portion.

Despite decades of unequivocal evidence supporting the relationship between poverty and achievement, they try to «prove» the opposite by cherry - picking the statistic that fourth - graders in Massachusetts and New Jersey who are eligible for free and reduced - price lunch scored higher on the math portion of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) than similarly situated fourth - graders in Connecticut.

On the high school SBAC tests, the passing grade is set such that 70 % of students will be labeled as failing the math portion and 60 % labeled as failing the English portion.

The math portion of the exam will keep performance tasks.

A preliminary NEISD analysis from the 2008 - 09 school year found that obese middle school students had lower passing rates on both the reading and math portions of the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills tests than students with a healthy weight.

Florida Teachers offers periodic free webinars covering test preparation for the writing and math portions of the GKT.