However, controlling for demographics does make the ten - year
reading gains for eighth graders almost entirely disappear.
By planning reading activities to teach it explicitly and systematically you can truly can see remarkable
reading gains in a short amount of time.
The gains in math by 8th grade students were nearly as great, though no 8th
grade reading gains are detected.
Teacher quality was measured by how
much reading gain the non ‑ twin classmates achieved.
Annual math gains between 2007 and 2010 were almost 6 percentage points,
while reading gains averaged more than 8 points per year.
Some states thankfully did land there - including the state with the largest student population - but many only barely due to
small reading gains.
In 8th grade, the math gains were, again, as much as 13 points,
though reading gains were minimal (see figure 4).
These milestones can be as simple as sight words that
illustrate reading gains or the deadline of the end of third grade as the time marker for knowing basic multiplication facts.
In one study, for example, differentiation was shown to help increase
reading gains by more than two and a half times.
Low - income students lose more than two months in reading achievement during the summer, while high - income students, on average, see
reading gains during the summer.
In fact, national studies show that TeenBiz enables students to double - to - triple
expected reading gains in just 40 sessions.
The uncertainty surrounding the achievement effects of the DC voucher program is because we set the high standard of 95 % confidence to judge a voucher benefit as «statistically significant», and we could only be 94 % confident that the final - year
reading gains from the DC program were statistically significant.
Statistical analysis of the sample showed that students of all ages and ability levels using Achieve3000 two or more times per week over a school year are likely to triple their expected
Lexile reading gains.
- Data from the Gary Income Maintenance Experiment shoes that, in a single year, students with the weakest 5 % of teachers made a half - year's worth
of reading gains on standardized tests, while those with the top 5 % of teachers gained a year and a half.
To ensure students have a smooth start to their school year, all of their completed reading activities and Lexile
® reading gains with summer Home Access will be recorded by Achieve3000's system, so students can start up right where they left off — and their teachers can see all of the hard work they've done.
In California, the study found that charters overall did about the same as regular public schools,
with reading gains more or less balanced by the math deficit.
The first two days of CRSP training grounds teachers in the theory and research on brain behavior and learning styles, and introduces them to powerful reading strategies that are easy to teach and produce
high reading gains quickly.
As far as increasing reading skills, my most recent «scientific» study came two years ago when I
compared reading gains at our school in Oakland, Envision Academy.
As far as increasing reading skills, my most recent «scientific» study came two years ago when I compared
reading gains at our school in Oakland, Envision Academy.
In fact, this methodology has been proven to accelerate student learning, doubling or even tripling expected
reading gains when used as little as twice a week.
In fact, a nationwide study measured English language learners»
reading gains over the course of the 2016 - 2017 school year and found that:
The second - year study showed that the Core Knowledge kids
made reading gains twice as great as those of students in the control group.
By differentiating content to meet each student's unique reading level, our solutions are proven to substantially
impact reading gains,» said Saki Dodelson, Achieve3000's founder and CEO.
The figure shows that Florida's
reading gains prior to the introduction of the policy were actually larger on the NAEP than on the FCAT.
For example, state clearly and succinctly «save teachers time and
improve reading gains for the lowest 10 percent of students.»
Mark Berends and colleagues, as reported in their essay for this forum, found that students who persisted in the Indiana Choice Scholarship Program for four years
experienced reading gains.
The five - point overall fourth grade
reading gain masks the fact that the improvement among higher - income students was quadruple that of their low - income counterparts, widening what was already a huge gap.
So NFL ads rot the brains of kids, and Harry Potter books
caused reading gains in Florida but not in other states.
At the two year mark, they found no significant achievement effects for students who were offered vouchers, but their third - year results found voucher recipients making
outsized reading gains.
Although proper attribution is an important precondition to learning, further development needs to take place to design instruments that measure
actual reading gains, as measured on statewide assessment tests and other vehicles.
A recent independent study found that one third of the variance in North Carolina
school reading gains result from «luck of the draw» [Rothstein 1/24/01 in New York Times].
Research shows that when students read in the «Zone of Proximal Development» — a term which refers to the range of text complexity that a student can read independently but not effortlessly — they achieve
greater reading gains than when they read books that are easy for them to read and comprehend.
Georgia's Ledger - Courier reports that schools in Muscogee County using Achieve3000 are seeing
major reading gains for their students.
The study also found Achieve3000 is significantly more effective at increasing
student reading gains than standard English language arts programs.
We have a long - standing track record of accelerating
reading gains for all students,» said Saki Dodelson, CEO and founder of Achieve3000.
Within a single academic year, these high school tutors show, on average, two years
of reading gains.
For more than 14 years, the company has been helping students achieve significant Lexile
® reading gains — often double - to - triple the expected gains, compared to non-users of the program.
This methodology has been proven to accelerate student learning, doubling or even tripling
expected reading gains when used as little as twice a week.