Sentences with phrase «measure of academic readiness»

Poor children in families experiencing loss of income over the three years lost ground to the non-poor on this measure of academic readiness.

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The MIT authors conclude that previous findings of strong MCAS performance in middle school are consistent with later measures of academic success, specifically those that are indicators of improved college readiness.

To begin tackling this problem, CMU backward - mapped from the ACT's definition of college readiness to establish grade - level achievement targets for grades 2 — 8 that can be used with Northwest Evaluation Association's Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) or the Performance Series by Global Scholar.

To determine whether these trends have continued in more recent cohorts, we examine trends in several dimensions of school readiness, including academic achievement, self - control, externalizing behavior, and a measure of students» «approaches to learning,» for cohorts born from the early 1990s to the mid-2000s.

The experts were looking for student achievement and academic growth, gaps between groups, grad rates, and measures of college and career readiness.

The law requires districts to adopt «multiple objective academic measures,» which could include statewide standardized test results, student portfolios and other placement tests predictive of math readiness, interim assessments and grades.

Thousands of educators have contributed to the design of innovative new test questions that measure students» readiness to master rigorous academic content, think critically and apply knowledge to solve problems, and conduct research to develop and communicate a point of view.

Our student achievement is measured in many ways, and we continuously strive to improve by studying results of not only the STAAR tests (State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness), but also of district - level ongoing assessments, PSAT, SAT, and ACT.

Oregon is proposing that schools will receive no overall letter grade or score but will instead use a multiple - measure dashboard of indicators that reflect opportunities for students to learn, academic success, and college and career readiness.

Since 2014, Best Elementary students have achieved steady gains on the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) in reading, writing, and math, which is measured in Index 1.

«The Index will place additional emphasis on academic growth, evaluation of school climate through a robust chronic absenteeism measure, attention to both four - year and extended - year graduation rates, and assessments of postsecondary readiness.»

We also wanted to increase our scholars» trajectory toward college readiness, as measured by the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) and Measures of Academic Progrereadiness, as measured by the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) and Measures of Academic ProgreReadiness (STAAR) and Measures of Academic Progress (MAP).

Ultimately, three in four states chose chronic absenteeism as their non-academic indicator, but many states adopted «a distinctly academic measure» in the form of college and career readiness.

The scores are from the Colorado Measures of Academic Success and Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers.

On - track indicators of college and career readiness must measure not only academic and engagement factors that ensure learners are making progress toward content mastery or proficiency, but also behavioral factors that relate to the mastery of the lifelong learning skills needed to succeed in postsecondary pathways.

Although the computer - adaptive Smarter Balanced Assessment remains unproven and developmentally - inappropriate, proponents of the controversial test have been unable to demonstrate that SBAC is a psychometrically valid or reliable measure of student academic progress, let alone college - and career - readiness.

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Summary: (To include comparison groups, outcomes, measures, notable limitations) This study investigated the relationship of the HIPPY program to mother's involvement in education at home and school, students school readiness in kindergarten, and student academic outcomes at 3rd grade.

Alongside parents» cognitive support, global measures of the affective quality (e.g., warmth, positivity, responsiveness) of parent - child interactions appear positively related to: (i) preschool children's early academic skills (as measured by tests of language ability and parent - rated school - readiness)(Leerkes et al., 2011); (ii) literacy, mathematics and teacher - rated academic competence in middle childhood (e.g., NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, 2008); and (iii) academic achievement in adolescence (Jimerson et al., 2000).