Sentences with phrase «math test scores among»

There were no differences in math test scores among students whose parents had low math anxiety, and no differences in reading achievement for parents with different levels of math anxiety.

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Though the student bodies in her schools have an overall poverty rate of 77 percent, they regularly register among the highest - scoring schools on standardized math and reading tests.

As expected, the simple traffic light labeling of calorie content had a particularly strong impact among the subset of participants who scored poorly on a simple test of math ability (numeracy).

As shown in Figure 1, Portugal exhibits the lowest average combined test scores in math and science among the 18 countries in our sample, Singapore the highest.

For more than three decades, the United States has been scoring below the international average among participating nations on tests of math and science achievement.

After teachers like Joseph - Charles and Philkhana began applying the Rutgers techniques in the classroom, students showed more interest in math, and the math test scores at what were among the lowest - performing schools in the state began to soar.

Florida's scholarship students are among the most disadvantaged — the average household income of scholarship families was only $ 24,067 this year, 4.5 percent above the poverty line — yet on math and read tests, they still score near the national median among all students from all income ranges.

In 2009 and 2012, Finland saw drops in all three subjects — reading, math, and science — among its high - scoring test - takers — those who reached level 5 or 6 on PISA's six - point scale.

In the five years since adopting the SEL - oriented approach, Washoe schools have seen higher rates of attendance and scores on state reading and math tests, and fewer disciplinary infractions and suspensions among students with higher social and emotional skills.

Bourke, who has a master's degree in literacy from Columbia University, has been working to strengthen math and science, a perceived area of growth among parents and staff, he said, despite strong test scores.

But by the end of the first year, their scores on standardized tests showed the most improvement in English among district middle schools and exceptional growth in math, according to a Times analysis.

-LSB-...] among the most disadvantaged — the average household income of scholarship families was only $ 24,067 this year, 4.5 percent above the poverty line — yet on math and read tests, they still score -LSB-...]

Carrell and Hoekstra find that adding one troubled student to a classroom of 20 students decreases student reading and math test scores by more than two - thirds of a percentile point and increases misbehavior among other students in the classroom by 16 percent.

Among the «talented tenth,» those in the top 10 percent of NAEP test - takers, reading scores have dropped four points since 1971, and math scores have not budged since they were first measured in 1978 (see Figure 1).

Moreover, ACT Inc., which began measuring college readiness as the American College Testing Program in the 1950s, reports that among the college aspirants who took its admission exams last year, only 21 percent of the graduating seniors attained scores high enough in all four subjects — English, reading, math, and science — to indicate that they wouldn't need to take a no - credit remedial course when they entered college.

The average math and reading scores in high school have flat - lined with only marginal improvement among 9 and 13 year olds according to federal testing.

It found that, among black eighth - graders, those who attended schools that were more than 60 percent black scored notably lower on a national math test.

In a study of students selected not on IQ but on mathematical or verbal aptitude, Dauber and Benbow (199012) compared the popularity, peer acceptance and peer interaction of extremely gifted students who had scored 700 or more on the Scholastic Aptitude Test (Mathematical) or 630 or more on the Scholastic Aptitude Test (Verbal) before age 13 (an achievement placing them at the top 1 in 10,000 among their age - peers) with those of moderately gifted students who scored at the 97th percentile on a grade - level math or verbal achievement tTest (Mathematical) or 630 or more on the Scholastic Aptitude Test (Verbal) before age 13 (an achievement placing them at the top 1 in 10,000 among their age - peers) with those of moderately gifted students who scored at the 97th percentile on a grade - level math or verbal achievement tTest (Verbal) before age 13 (an achievement placing them at the top 1 in 10,000 among their age - peers) with those of moderately gifted students who scored at the 97th percentile on a grade - level math or verbal achievement testtest.

In 2017, among those eligible to take state standardized tests, 95 percent scored proficiently in math, and 84 percent scored proficiently in language arts.

California has again scored among the worst in the U.S. for reading and math skills, but local and state educators say elements of the test known as the Nation's Report Card call into question the accuracy of the ranking.

While almost all student subgroups have experienced test score gains in math, these improvements were higher among the more affluent black and Hispanic students.

In a recent study, we calculated the consequences for economic growth, lifetime earnings, and tax revenue of improving educational outcomes and narrowing educational achievement gaps in the United States.1 Among other results, we found that if the United States were able to raise the math and science PISA test scores of the bottom three quarters of U.S. students so that they matched the test scores of the top quarter of U.S. kids (and thereby raised the overall U.S. academic ranking to third best among the OECD countries), U.S. GDP would be 10 percent larger in 35 yAmong other results, we found that if the United States were able to raise the math and science PISA test scores of the bottom three quarters of U.S. students so that they matched the test scores of the top quarter of U.S. kids (and thereby raised the overall U.S. academic ranking to third best among the OECD countries), U.S. GDP would be 10 percent larger in 35 yamong the OECD countries), U.S. GDP would be 10 percent larger in 35 years.

Charter Schools and Student Performance One study of 29 countries found that the level of competition among schools was directly tied to higher test scores in reading and math.

Baltimore's scores on a rigorous national math and reading test were in the bottom third of large urban school districts across the country, though educators highlighted some progress in math and a promising trend of better - than - average results among some low - income black students.

[15] Among families receiving welfare, children of depressed mothers have lower average scores on math achievement tests than do other children.