Sentences with phrase «overall reading achievement»

Black students achieved a one - point gain in overall reading achievement, with 67 percent passing.

Teachers assess students again in the winter and spring to track their overall reading achievement.

Overall reading achievement was down about 1 percentage point from last year, but was slightly higher than the 2005 - 06 school year.

«Repeated and monitored oral reading improves reading fluency and overall reading achievement.»

Duke points to research by Goodwin and Ahn (2013) that argues that instruction in morphemes leads to improvements in word decoding, spelling, and vocabulary; and because word decoding and vocabulary contribute to reading comprehension, there is evidence that morphology instruction leads to improvement in reading comprehension and overall reading achievement (Goodwin & Ahn, 2010; Goodwin, Lipsky, & Ahn, 2012), even in the elementary grades (Rasinski, Padak, Newton, & Newton, 2013), and even for children who struggle in learning to read (Goodwin & Ahn, 2010; Nagy, Carlisle, & Goodwin, 2013).

Discover how literal comprehension can predict overall reading achievement.

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In high - poverty schools, we estimate that the overall effect of all teacher turnover on student achievement is 0.08 of a standard deviation in math and 0.05 of a standard deviation in reading.

On the basis of these survey results, we created three measures: (1) the principal's overall assessment of the teacher's effectiveness, which is a single item from the survey; (2) the teacher's ability to improve student academic performance, which is a simple average of the organization, classroom management, reading achievement, and math achievement survey items; and (3) the teacher's ability to increase student satisfaction, which is a simple average of the role model and student satisfaction survey items.

For example, a student who begins the year at the 50th percentile on the state reading and math test and is assigned to a teacher in the top quartile in terms of overall TES scores will perform on average, by the end of the school year, three percentile points higher in reading and two points higher in math than a peer who began the year at the same achievement level but was assigned to a bottom - quartile teacher.

Only three of the 11 education interventions have demonstrated statistically significant achievement impact overall in either reading or math.

Principals were asked not only to provide a rating of overall teacher effectiveness, but also to assess, on a scale from one (inadequate) to ten (exceptional), specific teacher characteristics (ten altogether), including dedication and work ethic, classroom management, parent satisfaction, positive relationship with administrators, and ability to improve math and reading achievement.

For a better sense of the magnitude of these estimates, consider a student who begins the year at the 50th percentile and is assigned to a top - quartile teacher as measured by the Overall Classroom Practices score; by the end of the school year, that student, on average, will score about three percentile points higher in reading and about two points higher in math than a peer who began the year at the same achievement level but was assigned to a bottom - quartile teacher.

Student math achievement was 0.09 standard deviations higher for teachers whose overall evaluation score was 1 standard deviation higher (the estimate for reading was 0.08).

AYP measures take the form of minimum percentages of students overall, and in each designated demographic group, who must meet a proficient or higher level of achievement in reading and mathematics each year, plus graduation rates for high schools.

Professor Wolf methodically dissects the evaluation conducted by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) and notes that the program improved the reading achievement of the treatment group students overall across all subgroups examined.

While Virginia students again ranked among the nation's highest achievers, the 2009 NAEP results for the commonwealth show that overall achievement among Virginia fourth graders is similar to achievement in 2002, while the overall average reading score for eighth graders has declined.

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The broad conclusion bears repeating — in both reading and math and at all three ages tested, each of the three major racial / ethnic groups made greater gains in achievement than students did overall.

Rather, it says schools would be placed in one of five performance categories based on student achievement and progress in reading and math, how well a school closes gaps between groups of students in academic achievement and in graduation rates, and on overall attendance and graduation rates.

The use of a voucher had no statistically significant impact on overall student achievement in math or reading.

The results were impressive: hundreds of students moved to proficiency in both math and reading in schools led by NISL EDP graduates and overall achievement scores grew at faster rates in those schools than in schools led by non-NISL graduates.

They further found that higher turnover was associated with lower student performance on reading and math achievement tests, apparently because turnover takes a toll on the overall climate of the school.42 «It is far from a trivial problem,» the researchers say.

Her schools have been recognized for outstanding improvement in reading, attendance and overall student achievement.

Overall, the research showed that the use of instructional grouping formats, especially student pairing, had more positive effects on students» reading achievement than whole class instruction.

Very much a challenge in discipline - based schools, teaching reading strategies improves students» understanding of the subjects and increases overall achievement.

The app was designed to enable users to measure the listening and speaking skills of young learners, recognising the significance of the oral tradition in Indigenous cultures, and oral language as the foundation for the development of literacy skills and a strong indicator of later reading, writing and overall academic achievement.

She has led LAMB to continuous growth in proficiency in third grade reading with an average of 8 % increase in student achievement in mathematics, an overall in - seat attendance rate of 94 %, 1 % out - of - school suspension rate for violence and 0 % expulsion rate.»

Aligning a high - quality PreK experience with its overall education reform goals has helped MCPS achieve significant results: almost 90 percent of Kindergarteners enter first grade with essential early literacy skills; nearly 88 percent of third graders read proficiently; achievement gaps between different racial and ethnic groups across all grade levels have declined by double digits; 90 percent of seniors graduate from high school and about 77 percent of them enroll in college.

Research suggests that if all children were taught to read using approaches that work for students with dyslexia, reading achievement would improve overall.

This form of brief assessment measures overall performance of key foundational skills at each grade level and draws upon over thirty years of scientific research that demonstrates both its versatility to provide accurate prediction of reading and math achievement as well as its sensitivity to growth.

Delaware, which serves a proportionally larger population of black students than the nation serves as a whole, exhibits a similar pattern with respect to the white - black achievement gap in reading — stronger early - grades performance, but below - average overall performance by eighth graders.

Overall achievement of Hispanic students in reading was unchanged, with 71 percent passing, but the performance of Hispanic students did improve in three grades, as follows:

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The app was designed to enable users to measure the listening and speaking skills of young learners, recognising the significance of the oral tradition in Indigenous cultures, and oral language as the foundation for the development of literacy skills and a strong indicator of later reading, writing and overall academic achievement.