Sentences with phrase «math scores increased»

District officials say math scores increased dramatically as a result of the online classes.

Amrein and Berliner found that 4th - grade math scores increased at a slower rate than the national average in 8 of the 12 states, faster in just 4.

Relative to students who attended comparison schools, sixth grade math scores increased 0.484 σ -LRB-.097) in one year.

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Finally, in Houston in 2010 — 11, he gave cash incentives to fifth - grade students in 25 low - performing public schools, as well as to the parents and teachers of those students, with the intent of increasing the time they spent on math homework and improving their scores on standardized math tests.

We just finished a study in Maryland where we found that in high - need schools, school breakfast is correlated with a 17 percent increase in math scores.

Studies conducted in Minnesota and Maryland found that students who ate breakfast before starting school had a general increase in math grades and reading scores.

In math, 37.8 percent scored at proficient levels last year, an increase of 1.3 percentage points from 2016, according to the state figures released Tuesday.

In math, the percentage of students in grades 3 - 8 who scored at the proficient level increased slightly over last year in most of the Big 5 City School Districts.

To sum up, the scores show a very modest increase — but an increase — in the percentage of New York City third through eight graders that the state deems to be proficient in reading and math.

In touting mostly across - the - board gains, they also noted that 41 of the city's 63 struggling «Renewal Schools» saw an increase in their English scores and 36 saw an increase in math.

In January, arguing to increase the weight of test scores, Mr. Cuomo cited the small number of teachers who were rated ineffective, noting that at the same time only about a third of students were reading or doing math at grade level, as measured by state tests.

The governor's push to increase the weight of test scores upset the teachers» unions and many parents, and was considered a factor when 20 percent of students sat out state math and reading tests — which had been aligned with the Common Core national benchmarks — this year.

The scores of New York City students increased slightly in both math and English language arts on the latest state tests, released on Aug. 14, as students became more familiar with the Common Core Learning Standards and their teachers worked hard with what materials and training they eventually got.

«In contrast, students with poor grades and test scores suffered from a decline in positive emotions and an increase in negative emotions, such as math anxiety and math boredom.

Children who attended a full - day preschool program had higher scores on measures of school readiness skills (language, math, socio - emotional development, and physical health), increased attendance, and reduced chronic absences compared to children who attended part - day preschool, according to a study in the November 26 issue of JAMA.

Students who practiced the Transcendental Meditation program showed significant increases in math and English scale scores and performance level scores over a one - year period.A significant portion of the meditating students — 41 percent — showed a gain of at least one performance level in math, compared to 15 percent of the non-meditating students in the control group.Among the students with the lowest levels of academic performance, «below basic» and «far below basic,» the meditating students showed a significant improvement in overall academic achievement compared to students in the control group, which showed only a slight gain.

According to the models comparing high - scoring F schools with low - scoring D schools, to achieve the same 5 - point gain in math that the threat of vouchers accomplished, Florida schools would need to increase per - pupil spending by $ 3,484 at previously failing schools.

ANet says those scoring proficient in English increased by 4.5 percent and in math by 9 percent from the year earlier.

Drawing from math test scores from PISA 2009 in which the United States performed lower than the OECD average, the report argues that while demand for STEM labor is predicted to increase over the next few decades, a shortage of STEM labor in the United States, along with inadequate performance in science, math, and reading compared to other countries, endangers U.S. future competitiveness and innovation.

In its own analysis, ANet says the number of its youngsters who scored proficient or above on state tests last year increased by 7 percentage points in English and 4 percentage points in math in Chicago, and by 5 points in English and 3 points in math in New Orleans.

Both groups of schools saw an increase in the average math and reading scores during the first two years of the bonus program; treatment - group schools, however, did not experience a statistically significant improvement in average test scores relative to the schools in the control group.

Our results show that each year of attendance at an oversubscribed Boston charter school increases the math test scores of students in our sample by 13 percent of a standard deviation.

Using more recent data, a report by the Center on Education Policy concludes that reading and math achievement as measured by state assessments has increased in most states since 2002 and that there have been smaller but similar patterns in NAEP scores.

• Each year of attendance at an oversubscribed charter school increased the math test scores of students in the sample by 13 percent of a standard deviation, a roughly 50 percent increase over the progress typical students make in a school year, but had no impact on their fluid cognitive skills.

For example, in 4th - grade math, we find that NCLB increased scores at the 10th percentile by roughly 0.29 standard deviations compared with an increase of only 0.17 standard deviations at the 90th percentile (see Figure 3).

The data showed a 14 percent increase in math scores and an 11 percent increase in language arts scores on the state's tests.

Relative to the median, a teacher at the 84th percentile increases math and English scores by 12 and 8 percent of a standard deviation, respectively — equivalent to approximately 3 months of additional instruction.

The authors found that PLCs have a positive effect on student learning: student scores increased in reading, writing, math, science, and social studies subject tests.

Between 2004 and 2014, the percentage of students scoring at or above grade level in reading, writing, and math increased from 33 to 48, far faster than the state average.

Test scores for the elementary schools have increased 6.5 points in reading and 9.8 points in math.

My results indicate that delaying the start times of middle schools that currently open at 7:30 by one hour would increase math and reading scores by 2 to 3 percentile points, an impact that persists into at least the 10th grade.

NCLB required states to test ELLs and report their subgroup scores, increasing pressure on schools to move students to English fluency and raise reading and math scores.

New research finds that students attending a district school in New York City within a half - mile radius of a charter school score better in math and reading and enjoy an increase in their likelihood of advancing to the next grade.

Our estimates indicate that, for each teacher who left under the ERI, test scores increased by 0.01 and 0.04 student - level standard deviations in math and reading, respectively.

The results indicate that a one - hour delay in start time increases standardized test scores on both math and reading tests by roughly 3 percentile points.

Fourth - grade math scores for these students both in Texas and in the nation display sharp increases since 1992 (Figure 9).

«Maria Martiniello showed how the wording of MCAS math problems increased their complexity for English Language Learners (ELLs), often leading to lower scores that had nothing to do with math knowledge,» Snow said.

The reality, according to the figures on the graph, is that the average English score increased by 4 percent (from 229 to 239), the math scores by less than that (from 228 to 237).

The sum of the reliable evidence indicates that, on average, private school choice increases the reading scores of choice users by about 0.27 standard deviations and their math scores by 0.15 standard deviations.

For instance, with every 10 percentage point increase in the share of their class that is Asian, white 5th graders» math scores rise by 0.072 points and white 6th graders» math scores rise by 0.202 points.

Schools faced increased pressure to move students to English fluency and raise reading and math scores.

Results from a new report on test scores show the nation's students making modest gains in math and science in recent years, while failing to significantly increase their reading and writing performance.

After three years of relatively flat and sometimes declining test scores, K12, Inc.'s full - time students appear to have increased their proficiency levels in both reading and math, even as K12, Inc. serves a population with 62 percent of its student eligible for free - and - reduced price lunch, compared to 49 percent nationally.

We find also that an increase in the number of children from troubled families reduces peer student math and reading test scores and increases peer disciplinary infractions and suspensions.

For both math and science, the study finds that a shift of 10 percentage points of time from problem solving to lecture - style presentations (for example, increasing the share of time spent lecturing from 60 to 70 percent) is associated with a rise in student test scores of 4 percent of a standard deviation for the students who had the exact same peers in both their math and science classes — or between one and two months» worth of learning in a typical school year.

While both treatment and control groups saw an increase in the average math and reading scores over the two - year period studied, the average scores of all the schools in the treatment group did not exceed those in the control group to a statistically significant degree.

Some studies, for example, find that having a preschool teacher with a BA increases math scores; others find no effect on math scores but significant increases in writing scores; and still others find no effects whatsoever.

Although the increases were most significant in the lower grades, the number of seventh - grade students with limited English proficiency who scored above the 50th percentile also increased — by 2 percent in language, reading, and spelling and by 3 percent in math.

But in a new article for Education Next, Sarah A. Cordes of Temple University examines the effects of charter schools on neighboring district school students in New York City and finds that these spillover effects are actually positive: students attending a district school within a half - mile radius of a charter school score better in math and reading and enjoy an increase in their likelihood of advancing to the next grade.

The state... fell short of reducing achievement gaps for minority students, improving reading and math scores as compared with the best - performing states, and increasing college enrollment.