Not surprisingly, the more teachers believed they could make a difference, the better both black and white students
scored on achievement tests.
Tenth - grade earth science students who engaged in PBL earned higher
scores on an achievement test as compared to students who received traditional instruction (Chang, 2001).
As is well known, the economic benefits of a college education have risen dramatically during the past quarter century, and substantial evidence shows that students with good grades or high
scores on achievement tests tend to pursue more education.
Tenth - grade earth science students who received PBL earned higher
scores on an achievement test than students who received traditional instruction.
The low group could be defined by sub-basement
scores on achievement tests and wide gaps between groups on achievement - test results.
The other study (Perkes 1967) produced mixed results: students whose teachers took more subject - matter coursework reported higher
scores on an achievement test, but lower scores on the STEP, a test of higher - order thinking.
And officials believe that contributes to low math and science
scores on achievement tests.
You can not compare standard
scores on achievement tests to IQ scores.
For one thing, economists have concluded that students earn higher
scores on achievement tests when their teachers have more opportunities to work with effective teaching colleagues.
States differ in the amount budgeted for education, often with little to no apparent correlation between number of dollars spent and graduation rates or
scores on achievement tests.
Studies of students who attend high - quality programs for a significant period of time show improvements in academic performance and social competence, including better grades, improved homework completion, higher
scores on achievement tests, lower levels of grade retention, improved behavior in school, increased competence and sense of self as a learner, better work habits, fewer absences from school, better emotional adjustment and relationships with parents, and a greater sense of belonging in the community.
Intelligence quotient (IQ), grades, and
scores on achievement tests are widely used as measures of cognition, but the correlations among them are far from perfect.
A learning disability is thought to exist if the student's IQ scores are at least two standard deviations (30 points) higher than
scores on the achievement test.
It does not improve long - term
scores on achievement tests.
Not exact matches
In contrast, parents who value a performance orientation, focus
on their student's
achievement as mainly measured by grades and
test scores — the need to
score better than others in order to succeed.
With our culture and our nation's emphasis
on high academic
achievement, the perception that in order to get into college kids need straight As and perfect
test scores, increased course work and more complex curricula, teachers are feeling the pressure to cover more material, and to prepare kids for the next grade.
If you only praise your child for getting 100
on a
test, or for
scoring the most goals in the game, your child may think your love is conditional
on high
achievement.
Last school year, more than 4,600 CPS students
scored below the 24th percentile
on a portion of the Illinois Standards
Achievement Test and were required to attend summer school before moving to the next grade level.
Breastfed children had higher mean
scores on tests of cognitive ability; performed better
on standardized
tests of reading, mathematics, and scholastic ability; were rated as performing better in reading and mathematics by their class teachers; had higher levels of
achievement in school - leaving examinations; and less often left school without educational qualifications.
However, even after control for confounding and selection factors associated with infant feeding practices, increasing duration of breastfeeding was associated with small but significant increases in
scores on standardized
tests of ability and
achievement, teacher ratings of classroom performance, and greater success at high school.
Table 1 shows clear and highly significant (P <.0001) tendencies for increasing duration of breastfeeding to be associated with higher
scores on measures of cognitive ability, teacher ratings of performance, standardized
tests of
achievement, better grades in School Certificate examinations, and lower percentages of children leaving school without qualifications.
On average, children who were breastfed for ≥ 8 months 1) scored between 0.35 and 0.59 SD units higher on standardized tests of ability or achievement and teacher ratings of school performance than children who were not breastfed, and 2) were considerably less likely than nonbreastfed children to leave school without qualifications (relative risk = 0.38; 95 % CI: 0.25, 0.59
On average, children who were breastfed for ≥ 8 months 1)
scored between 0.35 and 0.59 SD units higher
on standardized tests of ability or achievement and teacher ratings of school performance than children who were not breastfed, and 2) were considerably less likely than nonbreastfed children to leave school without qualifications (relative risk = 0.38; 95 % CI: 0.25, 0.59
on standardized
tests of ability or
achievement and teacher ratings of school performance than children who were not breastfed, and 2) were considerably less likely than nonbreastfed children to leave school without qualifications (relative risk = 0.38; 95 % CI: 0.25, 0.59).
National studies show that students who eat school breakfast are more likely to: reach higher levels of math
achievement;
score higher
on tests; have better concentration, memory and alertness, improved attendance, behavior, and academic performance; and maintain a healthy weight
By contrast,
achievement scores on the Woodcock Word, Passage, and Reading Comprehension
tests were higher for breastfed than for bottle - fed children (Table 4).
The state was prepared to use part of its federal Race to the Top money to pay Wireless Generation to develop software to track student
test scores,
achievement and so on, creating a system similar to the Achievement Reporting and Innovation System, or ARIS, that it developed for the ci
achievement and so
on, creating a system similar to the
Achievement Reporting and Innovation System, or ARIS, that it developed for the ci
Achievement Reporting and Innovation System, or ARIS, that it developed for the city schools.
The Success network is known for its students» high
achievement on state
tests, and it emphasizes getting — and keeping —
scores up.
Students» self - reported emotions were measured by questionnaires, and their
achievement was assessed by year - end grades and
scores on a math
achievement test.
Furthermore, immigrant children who were learning English and participated in the intervention had
achievement scores on those state
tests that were nearly as high as the
achievement scores of classmates who were proficient in English.
The improved
scores were impressive enough to lead several states and other major school districts, including New York, to adopt elements of the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) policy — making student progress toward the next grade dependent
on demonstrated
achievement on standardized
tests.
The study by the Educational Policy Institute, released Aug. 11, examined the
scores on the Stanford
Achievement Test 9 or 10 given to 1,800 5th graders at 24 KIPP schools in the fall of 2003, and again in either...
Although there were some small - scale random - assignment experiments of the effects of desegregation
on test scores, most of what we know today concerns the relationship between a school outcome such as
achievement on the one hand, and racial composition
on the other.
Students in the experimental group
scored significantly higher
on the science
achievement test compared to students in the control group.
For admission, they must
score at an 8th - grade level
on standardized reading and math
tests (the Richmond Tech PLC raised that to 9th grade because it had so many applicants), pass an interview, and sign an
achievement contract that also commits them to attend a daily meeting called Morning Motivation.
For instance, data may show that the students who pass through one teacher's class consistently
score lower
on state
achievement tests than the students in another teacher's class.
Perhaps it's because white students
score higher
on achievement tests and graduate at substantially higher rates that many of the loudest voices in this debate aren't troubled by asking for patience and time to get things exactly right before proceeding.
Even if we ignore the fact that most portfolio managers, regulators, and other policy makers rely
on the level of
test scores (rather than gains) to gauge quality, math and reading
achievement results are not particularly reliable indicators of whether teachers, schools, and programs are improving later - life outcomes for students.
This strategy should raise their standardized
test scores, since researchers estimate that «85 percent of
achievement test scores are based
on the vocabulary of the standards.»
There is precious little research demonstrating the value of school counselors
on student
achievement ~ with good reason it is difficult to demonstrate the impact of counselors
on standardized
test scores ~ which have come to define
achievement in recent years.
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan has released broad principles for renewing the Elementary and Secondary Education Act that seek to address perennial complaints that the law's current version — the No Child Left Behind Act — is inflexible and focuses too narrowly
on student
test scores to get a picture of a school's
achievement.
Achievement: Student groups currently
scoring below benchmark (scale
scores below 750
on current state
tests) will be expected to close the gap to 750 by 25 percent within 5 years.
Opened by two teachers in 1994 and named Time magazine's «Elementary School of the Year» in 2001, the school reports that its
scores on the Stanford
Achievement test have jumped 97 percent since 1997.
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.
This issue's research section offers a first - of - its - kind study examining the impact of instructor quality
on student
achievement in the higher education sector — finding that students taught by above - average instructors receive higher grades and
test scores, are more likely to succeed in subsequent courses, and earn more college credits.
Researcher: Nation's Future Depends
on Raising White, Nonwhite
Test Scores Observer & Eccentric, August 21, 2011» «If we can't make it happen, we may have already peaked as a nation,» said [Senior Lecturer] Ronald Ferguson, faculty co-chair and director of the
Achievement Gap Initiative at Harvard.»
In 1999, Michigan increased the reward for good academic performance by offering the Michigan Merit Award, a one - year $ 2,500 scholarship for any student who
scores at Level I or Level 2
on the Michigan Educational
Achievement Program (MEAP)
tests in reading, mathematics, science, and writing.
• 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.
Based
on a randomized controlled trial with 78 secondary school teachers and 2,237 students, MTP - S improved student
achievement test scores in the year following its completion, equivalent to moving the average student from the 50th to the 59th percentile.
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.
In the area of academic
achievement, a few years ago the school's fourth graders had the highest
scores in the district
on the Connecticut Mastery
Test, the state's standardized achievement t
Test, the state's standardized
achievement testtest.
Students who attend middle schools at risk of dropping out of high school As compared to students in K - 8 elementary schools, middle school students also
score lower
on achievement tests.