Sentences with phrase «performance in math courses»

We use this policy - induced variation to infer the impact of accelerated entry into algebra on student performance in math courses as students progress through high school.

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Performance of U.S. 12th graders in advanced math and physics courses also lagged behind other nations.

During the first year of the ELT program, academic intervention courses focused on math skills since student performance data showed that all students needed support in math.

But in mathematics, PARCC set a higher standard for college - ready performance than MCAS» «proficient» standard — and meeting the PARCC standard provided a better indication of whether a student was prepared to earn a «C» grade in a college math course.

For example, in 2012, Long Beach City College (LBCC) in California was one of the first to develop and pilot an alternative placement algorithm based on high school coursework and grades, which increased the proportion of students placing directly into college - level coursework by 21 percentage points in math and 56 percentage points in English, without significantly lowering the average performance of students in these courses.

Use this inspirational clip to introduce students starting KS4 and Post -16 courses in business studies, media, performance art, creative art, maths, ICT, theatre studies.

English teachers have important effects that go far beyond test performance and affect not only behaviors such as attendance and successful course completion but also test performance in other subject areas such as math.

These gulfs in racial performance exist throughout all age groups, including 8th - grade math proficiency, college math course readiness and high school graduation rates.

For high schools: College, Career and Military Readiness indicators, including students meeting the Texas Success Initiative benchmarks in reading or math; students who satisfy relevant performance standards on Advanced Placement or similar exams, students who earn dual - course credits, students who enlist in the military, students who earn an industry certification, students admitted into postsecondary certification programs that have as an admission requirement successful performance at the secondary level, students who successfully complete college preparatory courses, students who successfully meet standards on a composite of indicators that indicate the student's preparation to success, without remediation, in an entry - level course for a bachelor's or associate's degree program, students who successfully complete and OnRamps dual - enrollment course, and students awarded an associate's degree while in high school.

More than half of districts use a number of outcome measures, including student end - of - year math grades, the percent of students advancing to the next level of math courses, student performance in state standardized tests, and teacher feedback on student outcomes (Figure 8).

Like the humanities courses, science and math courses will be presented to students in learning cycles in which there are opportunities to develop their comprehension and skill before attempting a performance task to demonstrate mastery.

This report is a companion to a study that found that high school grade point average was a stronger predictor of performance in college - level English and math than were standardized exam scores among first - time students at the University of Alaska who enrolled directly in college - level courses.