Sentences with phrase «reading test scores over»

A Johns Hopkins University study found that low - income and wealthy students» reading test scores over summer breaks from first to fifth grade rose by.26 and 52.49 points, respectively.

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According to statistics from the U.S. Department of Education, the gap in eighth - grade reading and math test scores between low - income students and their wealthier peers hasn't shrunk at all over the past 20 years.

Illinois educators have been scratching their heads over four years of mysterious declines in students» scores on the state's 10 - year - old reading tests.

Drawing from math test scores from PISA 2009 in which the United States performed lower than the OECD average, the report argues that while demand for STEM labor is predicted to increase over the next few decades, a shortage of STEM labor in the United States, along with inadequate performance in science, math, and reading compared to other countries, endangers U.S. future competitiveness and innovation.

Over the past seven years, my district has mandated quarterly and mini-testing leading up to the state test at the end of the year, homogeneously - leveled classes according to test scores, double - blocked reading and math classes for students who do not pass the state tests, detailed lesson plans aligned to tested reading skills, and a strict pacing guide designed to cover all skills on the state test.

We look at the students» scores on the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) tests in math and reading (ELA) and improvements in those test scores over time.

The research studied the reading test scores of more than 200,000 15 - year - olds from over 8,000 mixed - sex schools around the world.

Their advantage in math and reading test scores in 5th grade is roughly 0.7 of a standard deviation, which amounts to well over two years of academic progress (see Figure 1).

Only 48.6 percent of New York City students read above the national average, but students have made gains over the past decade, according to standardized test scores.

Regardless of initial differences in test score levels, all schools appear to help their students make similar improvements in reading and math over two years.

Analysts have cited a legion of reasons for the state's slide in achievement: the steady leaching of resources from the schools that was the inevitable result of the infamous 1970s property - tax revolt led by Howard Jarvis; a long period of economic woes caused by layoffs in the defense industry; curriculum experiments with «whole language» reading instruction and «new math» that were at best a distraction and at worst quite damaging; a school finance lawsuit that led to a dramatic increase in the state's authority over school budgets and operations; and a massive influx of new students and non-English-speaking immigrants that almost surely depressed test scores.

Maine, which administered a new test last year, similarly improved its reading score, and its reading participation rate grew from over 89 percent in 2014 - 15 to over 97 percent in 2015 - 16.

A new study of international and U.S. state trends in student achievement growth shows that the United States is squarely in the middle of a group of 49 nations in 4th and 8th grade test score gains in math, reading, and science over the period 1995 - 2009.

To test whether the benefit of KIPP pre-K fades out over time, researchers compared the difference in lottery winners» and losers» scores in reading in kindergarten and again in second grade.

Yet as seen with the battles over implementing Common Core reading and math standards, as well as the fights over implementing test score growth - based teacher evaluations, these reforms will be even more difficult to implement than the first round.

Reading scores have largely stagnated across the nation in fourth and eighth grade over the 20 years that the test has been given while math scores have risen to their highest point.

Though Wisconsin's high school graduation rate remains one of the highest in the nation, reading test scores have stagnated over the last two decades, the report notes.

On Kentucky's previous state tests, tied to its old standards, over 70 percent of elementary school students scored at a level of «proficiency» or better in both reading and math.

Today is day two of of the three - day New York State English Language Arts Exam and in my ten - plus years of proctoring and scoring these exams, it never ceases to amaze me when, just a few minutes into the tests, students» eyes start to glaze over and their bladders and throats go into overdrive, causing... Continue reading Students: You Take the Test; Don't Let the Test Take You!

We just got our 7 year old's nationally normed test scores back last month and he tested right at a 6th grade level (averaged as his reading was over 9th grade level), all thanks to my wife and Calvert.

When over 80 % of our children can not read proficiently by the third grade, it is a travesty of enormous proportions, particularly when compared with the TAKS reading test results (even after a significant standard deviation adjustment), their comparison with national norm - referenced test scores, and the wide gap between scores of white and minority children.

Madison school officials corrected an error in data about student scores on reading tests, and that resulted in Sherman meeting the standard for showing improvement over the previous year, said Patrick Gasper, a spokesman for the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

After just one year of using the Renaissance practice and assessment solutions, eighth - grade students» math scores on state testing quadrupled, and over a three - year period, school reading levels doubled.

So we're looking to take kids further away from worksheets and just sitting down and reading a textbook, and much more into experiential, project based learning so they can really get a sense of how things work and those things will translate over into the test scores.

Students in the U.S. scored above average compared to their international peers on math, science, and reading standardized tests that included over 50 countries.

The point of my post is that science of the architecture of the reading brain can help us move beyond the practices we have done over and over for decades with no change in reading test scores.

At the same time, the test's administrators and analysts cautioned against reading too much into one snapshot of the data or blaming any particular policy or party, keeping in mind that scores have improved significantly over the years.

The results have been promising: A study of statewide implementation of the 5Essentials across Illinois — a state that encompasses districts of diverse size and composition — found that strength on the five essential supports is positively related to higher test scores and larger gains over time in math and reading, positive changes in attendance rates, and improved graduation rates.

Teachers are expected to increase the number of students scoring at or above grade level in reading, math and state language tests for English learners, by 25 percent over the next year.

Over the years, the public education system became vulnerable to education fads - methods of teaching that were unproven but widely adopted, and recent studies are showing us an alarming rate of decrease in math test scores READ MORE HERE.

These students perform better in third grade reading and math tests, have larger test score gains over time, have fewer absences and disciplinary incidents, are less likely to repeat grades, and are more likely to graduate from high school in four years.

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The study, published in School Effectiveness and School Improvement, looked at reading test scores of more than 200,000 15 - year - olds from over 8,000 mixed - sex schools around the world.

SALT LAKE CITY — Over the past three years, Northwest Middle School has seen a culture of learning develop, accompanied by rising test scores, improved reading comprehension and increased student engagement.