Sentences with phrase «math scores because»

The researchers compared math scores because, they said, math is considered a clearer measure of a school's effectiveness.

Quantile measures are more than a math score because they help you identify the math concepts your students know and match them with the concepts they are ready to learn.

Not exact matches

Because the maths is fairly basic, we have not been able to include any free transfers, or players who are yet to score.

Seizing on a sharp drop in reading and math scores after students took their first Common Core tests, the teachers fed fears that kids would somehow suffer because their grades had fallen, when the opposite was true.

In fact, because the letter grade is based on the percentage of students scoring above certain thresholds and not on the average score in each school, the high - scoring F schools actually have slightly higher initial reading and math scores than do the low - scoring D schools.

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.

(Because the state's math test was more difficult than its reading test, low math scores were almost always the main obstacle to improving a school's rating.)

[content block] «Our math night came about because we were looking for ways to improve our state assessment scores,» says Sherry Everitts, the school's parent partnership coordinator.

She said: «I can't say definitely based on my research but we do know that teacher expectation and assessments can have a longterm effect on pupil progress, because it can affect their interaction, in terms of the groups they are put in... If you are an average - scoring boy from a lower income family, or an average - scoring girl in maths, and you are placed in a lower set then that is going to potentially depress your longterm trajectory.»

Because the reading and math results are so similar, we use a composite score calculated by taking the average of the math and reading scores.

According to Stacey Gershkovich, director of math and science, the math scores are stellar because teachers «plan the lesson with a clear goal and use precise questioning and a carefully designed set of activities to lead scholars to learn, develop, or master a new concept each day.»

Regular readers of my blog know that this is not because I'm convinced they're the answer to the «achievement gap» or to driving up math and reading scores, but because chartering offers an opportunity to rethink how we go about teaching, learning, and schooling.

[3] But it's at least plausible that students in private schools may have scored lower because they received less instruction in reading and math.

SGP data are available only for those who teach l anguage arts or math in grades 4 — 7/8 because their students typically have baseline and end - of - year scores.

Scores at some other high schools might have been depressed because their highest - performing math students took Algebra I and Algebra II in middle school.

He found that the number of canceled school days because of snow in a given year had no impact on children's math and reading test scores.

As a middle school science and math teacher of 24 years, I had to chuckle that the test scores were lower because «teachers have been teaching to the new test.»

Educator Pablo Mejia explains how DreamBox is the best solution for students because it helps them improve math assessment scores.

However, accounting for prior math, science, and other scores is still important because those scores adjust for general cognitive and study skills that also influence subsequent scores.

This is important because the research found a link between professional community and higher student scores on standardized math tests.25 In short, the researchers say, «When principals and teachers share leadership, teachers» working relationships with one another are stronger and student achievement is higher.

The latest scores were especially disappointing because score gaps between white and minority students did not diminish at all since the last time the math test was administered, in 2007.

When our economy dove into a tailspin in 2008, was it because poor reading and math scores were finally catching up to us?

* Middle school math scores are not included here because it is not currently possible to determine the grade - level of students who took the math subject tests for Algebra, Geometry, Algebra II, Integrated I, Integrated II, and Integrated III.

For example, because the state is adopting a new standardized testing system, it didn't report English and math scores for 2013 - 14, and may not have figures from its first round of testing until after the 2015 - 16 LCAPs are due.

Mr. Klein said he was not concerned that the math gains were less pronounced, because improving English scores was a greater challenge.

A group of parents in a south Texas school district received a letter informing them that their children's high school was not meeting adequate yearly progress (AYP) because of math scores.

For this reason, we have opted Zachary out of all standardized testing because we believe Zachary's potential is limitless and can not be condensed to a math and reading score.

«We focused on [getting] the reading and math scores up because most of them were lacking in those areas,» said Patrick Schrader, the assistant principal of Roberts / Early College High School.

A recent news article suggests that math scores may also be relatively low because while the standards for math were adopted in 2010, the State Board did not provide a list of recommended math materials for grades K — 8 until 2014 (Harrington 2016).

I'm seeing great results because my students» scores are improving on their math and reading assignments.

This explanation would seem, however, to imply that we would see less persistence in math scores than in reading scores, because the skills required to master a series of mathematical skills are believed to change more rapidly over time than the skills required for reading.

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Because math and English test scores are available, reformers have devised bizarre implementation methods in which teachers are assessed on the test scores of students they don't have or subjects they don't teach.

The regression line is steeper in English than in math, but that is primarily because scores overall in math were lower across the board.

The voucher students were more successful in part because of more efficient teaching, which maintained math and Telugu language scores on par with public schools while allocating more time for English, Science, Social Studies, and Hindu.

Low - income students generally score lower on rigorous tests, especially in subjects other than math, largely because they lack background knowledge and vocabulary when compared to their more affluent peers.

Hard credit inquiries impact your credit score because a bunch of smart math doctorates figured out that applying for a lot of loans was correlated with higher risk.

Just because you scored an A in a math test does not make you a genius or give you a beautiful mind like John Nash's.