Sentences with phrase «proficiency test scores»

y environment (HLE), cognitive, and speaking proficiency test scores, (b) identify predictors of HLE and developmental status, and (c) disentangle effects of education and ethnicity on children's HLE and developmental status.

Turkish immigrant children, on average, had lower HLE, cognitive, and speaking proficiency test scores when compared to their German peers.

The aims of this study were to: (a) document the differences in Turkish immigrant (n = 79) and German (n = 88) preschool children's home literacy environment (HLE), cognitive, and speaking proficiency test scores, (b) identify predictors of HLE and developmental status, and (c) disentangle effects of education and ethnicity on children's HLE and developmental status.

Not exact matches

Therefore it shouldn't surprise you that we are way down the list when it comes to test scores and proficiency in the sciences and mathematics.

Any foreign applicant may be required to submit an official score report from an English proficiency exam such as TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) or IELTS (International English Language Test System).

The average mathematics test score and proficiency rate were 562 and 46 percent for hypoglycemic newborns vs. 589 and 64 percent for normoglycemic newborns.

And the evidence on the importance of teacher academic proficiency generally suggests that effectiveness in raising student test scores is associated with strong cognitive skills as measured by SAT or licensure test scores, or the competitiveness of the college from which teachers graduate.

Leaning too heavily on proficiency rates or average test scores can unfairly target schools, especially those that serve disadvantaged students, for intervention, while ignoring schools where students are learning the least.

If we explored the most common use of test scores — examining the level of proficiency — there are no credible researchers who believe that is a reliable indicator of school or program quality.

Because each state selects its own testing system and sets its own passing scores, there is no direct way to compare the proficiency levels established by one state against the others.

Well, I'm not making the case for taking our eyes off the prize (proficiency in the subject, good test scores, high promotion and graduation rates, and so on).

So, say the cut score — the score that indicates proficiency on a test — is 30 out of 50.

Mean scale scores on state reading and math tests, median growth percentage, four - and seven - year graduation rates, progress in achieving English - language proficiency

These «value - added» measures are subject to some of the same problems, but by focusing on what students learn over the course of the year, they are a significant improvement over a simple average test score (or, worse yet, the percentage of students that score above an arbitrary «proficiency» threshold).

By 2029, 80 percent of students achieving a test - based grade - level proficiency score.

Leasure is currently attaining its highest standardized test scores in nine years and seeing tremendous growth in special education students» proficiency.

Reading and math test scores, English language proficiency, growth, four and seven year graduation rates

Rick Hess and Paul Peterson, for example, have compared state cut scores for proficiency on their state tests to results on the U.S. Department of Education's National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) to show that the level of achievement required to be declared proficient in many states has been dropping over the last decade.

The reporters provide the reader with a host of mostly misleading state - provided test - score data, because the State of New York mis - constructed the proficiency scales on its statewide tests, thereby rendering interpretation of scores over time virtually impossible.

The law allowed for exceptions to the retention policy if a student had limited English proficiency or a severe disability, scored above the 51st percentile on the Stanford - 9 standardized test, had demonstrated proficiency through a performance portfolio, or had already been held back for two years.

• There was a widespread, well - justified concern that prior accountability measures based primarily on achievement levels (proficiency rates) unfairly penalized schools serving more disadvantaged students and failed to reward schools for strong test score growth.

We therefore also evaluated the effect of actually being retained, again controlling for race, eligibility for free or reduced - price lunch, English proficiency, and baseline test scores.

The matrix converts scores on standardized tests — the Stanford Achievement Test for English - speaking students and the Aprenda exam for Spanish - speaking students with limited English proficiency — scores on the Naglieri Nonverbal Ability Test (NNAT), average course grades, teacher recommendations, and indicators for socioeconomic status into an overall index score.

Chicago — Mastery learning has proved its worth as a method of teaching reading, especially to students whose proficiency is below average, but educators who use the sometimes - controversial method should not regard it as a «quick fix» for poor basic - skills test scores.

Moreover, if an income gap made America unique, you would expect the percentage of American students performing well below proficiency in math to be much higher than the percentage of low performers in countries with average test scores similar to the United States.

When states set the bar too low — by setting a low cut - score to demonstrate proficiency on a state test — it conveys a false sense of student achievement to kids, parents and teachers This website will help parents see how their states are doing and what they can do to get involved.

By foregrounding the NAPLAN score scale and proficiency bands, NAPLAN would model and promote a growth mindset in assessment, an approach that follows naturally from recognition that learning occurs on a continuum and that a single year level test is inappropriate for most students.

For example, while these five urban charter schools offer an existence proof that high standardized test scores are possible and within the grasp of every student in this country, it is equally true that the several practices of successful traditional schools in areas such as special education, the arts, or second language proficiency, offer insights for the charter world.

Instead of using proficiency rates to gauge achievement, Colorado will take an average of students» test scores, which sounds simple (like blocking and tackling) because it is simple — assuming you do it.

State requires that 75 percent of 9th graders in each school pass the High School Proficiency Test... Test scores for all four regular high schools are considerably below the state requirement.

The scores used to determine whether students demonstrated proficiency on the test were set too low, resulting in unexpectedly high passing rates for the state's elementary and middle school students.

But whenever the rate at which students were excluded from the NAEP because of a disability or lack of language proficiency moved in the same direction as that state's NAEP scores (in other words, an increase in test scores coupled with an increase in test exclusions), Amrein and Berliner declared the results contaminated and simply tossed out the state as inconclusive.

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.

Recall that New York State was the poster child for the «proficiency illusion,» an alarming and dishonest dumbing - down of state tests and lower cut scores.

In one scenario, a large number of states may adopt the standards in name only, develop their own tests, and set their own proficiency cut scores.

The first state standardized test scores are in, and the 11th graders did no better than those at other comprehensive, non-selective city high schools: about one - quarter of the students met proficiency standards in reading and a mere 7 percent in math.

If states are allowed to create their own tests and set the associated cut scores for proficiency or implement the standards as they best interpret them, any «common» element of the common core will fade away.

Still, its detractors argue that the law has had unfortunate side effects: too much time spent teaching to narrow tests, schools focused on boosting the scores of students who are just below the proficiency threshold, and some states lowering their standards to reduce the number of schools missing their achievement targets.

And on the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS)- the state's standardized test, first administered in the spring of 1998 - Worcester public school students in different grade levels were 8 to 20 percentage points less likely to score at or above proficiency than were students statewide.

Everything I know about the slow growing, cumulative nature of language proficiency suggests it is all but impossible to test prep your way to a high score on a third to eighth grade reading test, especially the more challenging Common Core tests.

The percentage of students scoring at or above grade level on the state's proficiency tests has risen from 56 percent to nearly 75 percent in just six years.

Rush says that first year proficiency scores are not the correct benchmark, since passing the 7th grade test is not the goal for the student starting at a 4th grade level.

For example, will there be a «common» definition of proficiency (i.e., a uniform «cut - score,» the point on the test - score scale that separates «proficient» pupils from their need - more - work classmates) attached to the «common» assessment or will each participating state be free to set its own?

In addition, we control for determinants of student achievement that may change over time, such as a teacher's experience level, as well as for student characteristics, such as prior - year test scores, gender, racial / ethnic subgroup, special education classification, gifted classification, English proficiency classification, and whether the student was retained in the same grade.

In this report, we use 2007 test - score information to evaluate the rigor of each state's proficiency standards against the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), an achievement measure that is recognized nationally and has international credibility as well.

The state PTA argued that setting cut scores after test results were known reduced trust among parents and teachers because «policy makers can set proficiency levels to make any case they choose.»

Here it is important to note again that a school's grades are based not on its overall average scale score but rather on the percentage of students meeting levels of proficiency and the percentage of students making adequate gains on the tests.

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.

Academic Boot Camps Get Students in Test Shape Concentrated reading and test - taking instruction in small groups — known as boot camps — is one of the strategies a California school district uses to help elementary and middle - school students on the cusp of proficiency improve their reading and test scoTest Shape Concentrated reading and test - taking instruction in small groups — known as boot camps — is one of the strategies a California school district uses to help elementary and middle - school students on the cusp of proficiency improve their reading and test scotest - taking instruction in small groups — known as boot camps — is one of the strategies a California school district uses to help elementary and middle - school students on the cusp of proficiency improve their reading and test scotest scores.

A score of 25 on one teacher's mathematics test is unlikely to represent the same level of mathematics proficiency as a score of 25 on another teacher's test.