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For the past several decades, American education reformers have focused on reading and math test scores as the primary means of holding schools and teachers accountable for improving student performance.

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Comparing national test scores, Catholic schools in general (as with most private schools) perform better in both reading and math than public schools although the advantage is stronger in reading than in Math though the difference in Math was still statistically significant; however, this could be due to the self selecting nature of the students in Catholic schools where the parents have made the decision to value education to the extent of paying for it.

They'll likely become confused by what's true and what isn't, they'll be disinterested in science as a subject, and our already declining test scores in math and science will decline further while we stand around bickering over whether our kids should learn the thing we can prove or the thing we can't prove but choose to believe in anyway.

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.

Eating breakfast improves academic performance, health, and behavior; that means better performance on standardized tests, improved concentration and memory, better math scores, better attendance and fewer tardies, as well as fewer behavioral referrals to the front office.

As predicted by state education officials, scores on the first English and math tests given statewide to elementary school students under tougher new learning standards are not very good.

This summer, state education officials released statewide test results that showed a drop in the math and English scores for third through eighth graders as the new Common Core standards take hold.

The school, JHS / MS 80, has come under fire for dismal math and English test scores as well as allegations that its principal downplayed other violent incidents.

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 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.

Scores on standardized tests of academic areas such as reading, spelling, and math were analyzed.

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).

The dataset included measures of students» academic competence, specifically test scores in math and reading, as well as psychosocial outcomes.

Their thoughts about their daughters» maths ability were much more tied to actual maths achievements, such as test scores.

Students who didn't score well on the image test tended to receive lower math scores, even after factors, such as IQ levels, were taken into account.

The failure was exemplified by high drop - out rates, dismal national test scores in math, reading, and other subjects, as well as widening achievement gaps.

Ferguson noted that the quality of the teacher (as determined by test scores, level of education, and experience) accounts for 43 percent of the difference in math scores of students in grades 3 to 5.

The study found that OMA improved diverse students» test scores in reading, language arts, and math, as well as improving teachers» effectiveness.

If the same approach is applied to the STAR sample to adjust for the fact that some students did not enroll in the class they were assigned to - and a comparable sample of low - income black students is used - the gains in test scores after two years of attending a small class (average of 16 students) as opposed to a regular - size class (average of 23 students) is 9.1 national percentile ranks in reading and 9.8 ranks in math.

When test scores came in showing results as low as the 39th percentile in math in those first few years, she and her staff resolved to make a change.

Test scores usually decrease as participation improves, yet in math the proportion of test - takers meeting the standard rose from 61 percent in the spring of 1998 to 67 percent for the class of 2Test scores usually decrease as participation improves, yet in math the proportion of test - takers meeting the standard rose from 61 percent in the spring of 1998 to 67 percent for the class of 2test - takers meeting the standard rose from 61 percent in the spring of 1998 to 67 percent for the class of 2002.

The results indicate that the effect of a later start time in both math and reading is more than twice as large for students in the bottom third of the test - score distribution than for students in the top third.

For our investigation, we used individual test - score information on the Florida state assessments in math and reading that are available for as many as 500,000 Florida public - school student observations in grades four through eight for the eight years 2002 to 2009.

The K - 20 EDW includes detailed enrollment, demographic, and program participation information for each student, as well as reading and math achievement test scores.

Recalling that black students have the lowest scores on both the reading and math tests, one can see that these results can be interpreted as the effects of peer achievement.

Detroit is the lowest - scoring metropolitan area on the Trial Urban District Assessment (TUDA), a series of math, science, reading, and writing tests administered in 21 urban school districts as part of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP).

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.

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.

As schools narrow their focus on improving performance on math and reading standardized tests, they have greater difficulty justifying taking students out of the classroom for experiences that are not related to improving those test scores.

This might be a challenge for pupils who are scoring less than 80 % in maths tests but everyone is welcome to try it, as it is very simply explained.

The council's Beating the Odds VI report, a city - by - city analysis of student performance, recently revealed that urban students» scores on state assessments in reading and math as well as on the more rigorous federal test — the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)-- are rising, with urban students making the most gains in mathematics.

Course for Families Enhances Math Test Scores With boosting math scores as a goal, the staff at one Wisconsin school focused on curriculum, instructional practices, and the role parents play in student suScores With boosting math scores as a goal, the staff at one Wisconsin school focused on curriculum, instructional practices, and the role parents play in student suscores as a goal, the staff at one Wisconsin school focused on curriculum, instructional practices, and the role parents play in student success.

When using one - hour testing sessions to gauge student performance, combined reading and math scores serve as a better indicator of student achievement than either test separately.

To measure the effect on children's test scores of switching to a private school, we estimate a statistical model that takes into account whether a child attended a public or a private school, as well as baseline reading and math test scores.

The first paper, released in July 2009 by Roland Fryer and Steven Levitt, found that while there are no mean differences between boys and girls in math when they start school, girls gradually lose ground, so that the gap between boys and girls after six years of schooling is half as large as the black - white test score gap.

As statistical theory anticipates, the average difference in the combined reading and math test scores of African - Americans in all three cities remained exactly the same - 6.3 NPR points - after the adjustments for family background characteristics were introduced.

Labeled as chronically under - performing under the federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act, all electives had been stripped away to make more time for reading and math drills in an effort to boost state test scores.

To be defined as high - achieving, we required that students score in the top 10 percent of test - takers on the College Board's SAT I or the ACT (1,300 math plus verbal on the SAT, 28 on the ACT).

Three times as many had a GPA of 3.0 or higher; twice as many scored in the top quarter on math and reading tests.

West's data on Florida includes annual FCAT math and reading test scores as well as two behavioral outcomes: days absent and a measure of whether they dropped out of high school by grade 10.

By converting the Timss scores to the scores used in the key stage 2 maths tests, known as Sats, the report estimates that to match the performance of pupils in the top five countries — Singapore, Hong Kong, South Korea, Taiwan and Japan — 90 per cent of children in England would need to reach the expected standard in the English Sats maths test, with an average scaled score of 107.

While Icahn's test scores aren't as eye - popping as those of Eva Moskowitz's renowned Success Academy (Success boasted proficiency rates of 68 percent in English and 93 percent in math), the Icahn network also seems to emphasize the tests slightly less.

Still, it is important to keep in mind that our results are limited to student achievement as measured by the 2003 TIMSS test scores in 8th - grade math and science in the United States.

At Kernan Middle School in Duval County, Florida, charts in the conference room that serves as the data room list students» name, race, gender, homeroom, and scores from annual state reading and math tests.

In addition to test scores in math and science, the TIMSS data include background information on students» home and family life as well as data on teacher characteristics, qualifications, and classroom practices.

As in math, however, the raw test - score gap in reading widened substantially, to 0.53 standard deviations, by the end of 1st grade.

The research consensus suggests TFA corps members are about equally effective at raising students» test scores as teachers from all other pathways, though better in math than in reading and writing.

For years now, advocates (present company included) have used state math and reading test scores as the primary means to argue that school choice «works.»

Arlington schools as a whole saw notable gains in reading and math scores, with 86 percent and 87 percent of students districtwide passing those subject tests.