Under a growth system, a school might be rated based on how much progress 5th grade students make over their 4th grade
scores during an academic year.
Not exact matches
Ravitch found that
during Klein's five -
year tenure
academic gains have been smaller than
during the previous five
years and that the reading
scores of cohorts of students are actually declining as they progress through the system.
Theories connecting being physically present in school to better
academic outcomes have never been more substantiated, yet NAEP
scores show stagnation nationwide and a widening gap between subgroups while about 6.8 million students in the United States missed more than three weeks of school
during the 2013 - 2014 school
year (Attendance Works and Everyone Graduates Center 2017).
The latter part, called the quality - adjusted AP participation rate, is the number of 12th - grade students in the 2014 - 2015
academic year who took and passed — received an AP
score of 3 or higher — at least one AP test before or
during their senior
year, divided by the number of 12th - graders at that school.
During Henderson's five -
year tenure, test
scores have improved, schools have beefed up
academic and extracurricular offerings and the system — once considered among the most dysfunctional in the nation — has been hailed by President Obama as an example of promising reform.
Also,
during the ten
years of education reform that followed Hurricane Katrina,
academic scores in New Orleans have increased by 8 - 15 percentage points.
At Cameron College Prep, Ms. Tey and her team were able to make significant
academic gains with their students, achieving the highest mathematics growth
scores in the state of TN
during the 2013 -2014 school
year.
District statistics were collected
during the second
year of program implementation and demonstrate
academic success, including substantial percentage gains through state assessment
scores, state accountability ratings, and improvement gains.»
Executive Director Margaret Ameel acknowledged
during the April 25 public hearing that the school's test
scores did not «reflect a deep
academic achievement,» but said that starting this
year, the school was focused on
academics.
Expedited retake — An SOL test taken
during the same
academic year, and before the next scheduled test administration, by a student who, on his first attempt,
scored within 25 points of passing or has exceptional or mitigating circumstances.
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In another study, observations of peer victimization
during class time predicted restricted growth within one
academic year on students» state - based standardized reading achievement test
scores, after statistical control of their previous reading achievement test
scores, ADHD symptom severity, and ability grouping (i.e., tracking) in their classroom [30].