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.
Not exact matches
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 2
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 2
test - 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 su
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 su
scores 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.