Sentences with phrase «rise in the maths scores»

Buckley acknowledged that the gains from 2009 to 2011 were modest, taking as an example the one - point rise in math scores among fourth - graders.

A rise in math scores has been one result of this.

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In addition to a significant jump in math test scores, students receiving tutoring and mentoring failed two fewer courses per year on average than students who did not participate, and their likelihood of being «on track» for graduation rose by nearly one - halIn addition to a significant jump in math test scores, students receiving tutoring and mentoring failed two fewer courses per year on average than students who did not participate, and their likelihood of being «on track» for graduation rose by nearly one - halin math test scores, students receiving tutoring and mentoring failed two fewer courses per year on average than students who did not participate, and their likelihood of being «on track» for graduation rose by nearly one - half.

In 2005 — 06, depending on the grade, a student's math scale score had to rise by an average of 32 points to go from the top of the Performance Level 1 range («failing» or not meeting learning standards) to the bottom of the Performance Level 3 range («proficient» or meeting learning standards).

Test scores usually decrease as participation improves, yet in math the proportion of test - takers meeting the standard rose from 61 percent in the spring of 1998 to 67 percent for the class of 2002.

the average math scores of students assigned to three highly effective teachers in a row rose from the 55th percentile in third grade to the 76th percentile by the end of fifth grade.

Yet Chandler, Arizona, the New York Times recently pointed out, has spent $ 33 million on technology in recent years only to see its reading and math scores stagnate, even as statewide scores rose.

In Florida, average math scores in fourth and eighth grade rose from 2015; in 10 other states, they declineIn Florida, average math scores in fourth and eighth grade rose from 2015; in 10 other states, they declinein fourth and eighth grade rose from 2015; in 10 other states, they declinein 10 other states, they declined.

For instance, with every 10 percentage point increase in the share of their class that is Asian, white 5th graders» math scores rise by 0.072 points and white 6th graders» math scores rise by 0.202 points.

One year into the health program, the school's test scores rose to first in math and second in English.

The council's Beating the Odds VI report, a city - by - city analysis of student performance, recently revealed that urban students» scores on state assessments in reading and math as well as on the more rigorous federal test — the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)-- are rising, with urban students making the most gains in mathematics.

For both math and science, the study finds that a shift of 10 percentage points of time from problem solving to lecture - style presentations (for example, increasing the share of time spent lecturing from 60 to 70 percent) is associated with a rise in student test scores of 4 percent of a standard deviation for the students who had the exact same peers in both their math and science classes — or between one and two months» worth of learning in a typical school year.

The math scores of African - Americans in Houston, for instance, rose by 34 percentage points; for Hispanics, by 36 percentage points; and for whites, by only 14 percentage points (see Figure 3).

The Singapore texts and methods were so effective in College Gardens that the scores of students there on the math computation portion of the standardized Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills (CTBS) rose from the 50th and 60th percentiles to the low 90s in the first 4 years they were used.

The scores of U.S. students on PISA tests in math and science rose significantly in 2009, but fell in 2012.

Between 2011 and 2015, math scores on the National Assessment of Educational Progress declined in twenty states, rose in just nine, and were mixed in two.

While the math achievement of American students has risen steadily in recent decades, especially in the early grades, reading scores have barely budged.

While American students do better in science than they do in math on international comparisons, over time, science scores have not improved, while math scores have risen, and other countries have caught up.

By far the biggest increase in 4th grade math scores that included Bush presidency years occurred between 2000 and 2003, when the average score rose three points per year.

The general consensus (and I will provide some of the details below) is that the rise in NAEP math scores for African American students provides virtually no support for the contention that teachers «do the right thing when they know what is right, and do not need extrinsic incentives to do it.»

A new, 50 - state report by the Center on Education Policy found that reading and math scores are rising and achievement gaps are narrowing, gains that are attributable in part to NCLB.

Similarly, an increase in one «unit» of instrumental math motivation was associated with math scores rising by 17.6 points.

In Los Angeles, fourth - grade math scores declined but rose 3 points for eighth - graders.

Tenth - grade scores on the Ohio Graduation Tests rose by double - digits in reading, math, writing and social students, and went up 9 percent in science.

The State Department of Education's staff explained during the meeting that the current number of districts — 119 — in the red category based on math scores would have risen to 231.

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.

The CAHSEE pass rates for English Language Arts rose from 75 % at Kearny in 2003 to 81 % today and math scores rose from 71 % to 73 %.

U.S. students scored relatively well in reading on international tests — and scores in math were still rising, at least for younger students.

This award was based in part on a 30 - point rise in math and reading scores during years at which the school's poverty rate also continued to increase.

Between 2006 and 2007, math scores rose dramatically and in two distinct ways - horizontally (comparing seventh - graders» scores in 2006 and 2007) and vertically (following the same class of seventh - graders and examining their scores again as eighth - graders).

* Clarification: An earlier version of this column didn't specify the subjects in which Singapore showed gains; reading and science scores rose, but math scores declined between 2012 and 2015.

Torlakson said in a press release that a number of factors may have helped scores rise this year, including an extra year of teaching the California state standards in English and math, more familiarity with taking an online test, continued improvements in technology, and the use of interim tests.

That was the case at Charles Duval Elementary School in Gainesville, Fla., where math scores in the fifth grade rose sharply year after year.

Nationally, the data shows that test scores in key subjects like math and reading rose.

At eight Parent Benchmark Nights at Lincoln Elementary School in Wichita, Kan., parents and children received portfolios focused on the different assessments in reading, math and writing, and scores in all three areas rose that year.

Its MEAP scores in math, science, social studies, and writing rose, too.

Scores for the top quartile rose slightly in eighth - grade reading and math.