Sentences with phrase «scores in reading»

Higher levels of scaffolding were related to higher scores in reading and mathematics in African American, but not in European American children.

Achievement scores were averages of students» grades (summed across performance and effort scores in reading, writing, and mathematics) and achievement scores.

- Reduced achievement gap - Increased course passing rate - Increased graduation rates - Higher standardized test scores in reading and math - More AP and IB tests taken - Fewer suspensions - Lower absenteeism

After controlling for demographic characteristics and propensity scores resulting from pre-enrollment factors, on average, at the beginning of kindergarten, children whose kindergarten enrollment was delayed had the highest scores in reading and mathematics, followed by children who entered kindergarten on time.

History of improving test scores in reading and math.

Graduation rates and test scores in reading and math were significantly higher in schools with high - quality libraries and certified librarians, even after controlling for school size and poverty.

This brochure presents the key findings of Michigan's 2002 statewide school - library survey, which asserts the value of school libraries in increasing students» test scores in reading.

While educators around the world have recognized Finland's consistent top scores in reading, math and science on international tests, the author was instead struck by how joy was prioritized in Finnish schools.

Research points to better test scores in reading and math when struggling readers use audiobooks.

79 percent of fourth graders achieved proficient or advanced scores in reading, a two - point improvement compared with 2015 - 2016;

They found a significant association between candidates who achieved the state cutoff score — 35 out of 75 in most fields — and students» test scores in reading.

Grothman says putting more money into the budget for certain positions, such as librarians, is not the answer to boosting low test scores in reading and math.

For elementary and middle schools, these indicators must include: test scores in Reading and Math, English language learner proficiency, at least one academic measure (such as a growth goal), and one non-academic measure.

Both schools managed to increase their test scores in reading, math and science this year, but still rank in the bottom 5 percent of schools statewide.

Charter Schools and Student Performance One study of 29 countries found that the level of competition among schools was directly tied to higher test scores in reading and math.

The conclusion was that test scores in reading and mathematics in the two sectors were very similar, when adjusted for student characteristics.

This school - based work has resulted in improved test scores in reading, writing, and math for A3 students and the expansion of the program to other campuses across the district.

Preliminary outcome data suggest that students in K - 3 Plus enter kindergarten with higher scores in reading, writing and numeracy than the students that were randomly assigned to the control group.

We find robust positive effects of each program on third - grade test scores in both reading and math.

When comparing high attenders (students who attended 60 days or more) and low attenders (students who attended 30 — 59 days) in ACE programs, participants in grades 4 — 12 attending 60 days or more of programming had higher levels of TAKS scores in reading / English language arts and mathematics, fewer disciplinary incidents, fewer school day absences, and an enhanced likelihood (23 — 40 %) of grade promotion.

Standardized test scores in reading and math also have improved significantly in both sectors, with charters leading the way at a time when curricula have been enriched and after - school options expanded in both D.C. charters and DCPS.

The study considers more than 24 million test scores in reading and math for all Illinois third - through eighth - graders who took the Illinois Standard Achievement Test (ISAT) from 2001 through 2014 and the PARCC test in 2015 and 2016.

This young man showed cognitive strengths on the Stanford - Binet while achievement scores in reading and spelling were only at grade level.

Back in 2010, experts were stunned when 15 - year olds in Shanghai, China earned the top scores in reading, math and science on the 2009 PISA exams, also known as Program for International Student Assessment.

Yet, we see low persistence of value - added scores in reading as well as math.

This study compared standardized test scores in reading and math for second - and fifth - grade students from two similar technology - rich elementary schools in Miami Dade County, Florida.

Notice that the scores in both reading and writing went from below average to average in 2010 - 11.

Lack of proficiency in reading and writing in social studies is exacerbated by the fact that schools are spending far less time on social studies instruction in the face of increasing pressure to improve standardized test scores in reading and mathematics (Manzo, 2005).

Our proficiency scores in reading dipped the first year.

CHEYENNE — Overall, Wyoming's fourth and eighth grade students in 2017 continue to outperform national average test scores in reading and mathematics on the 2017 National Assessment of Educational Progress, known as the Nation's Report Card or NAEP.

Children living in the most disadvantaged areas will average half the NAPLAN scores in reading, writing and numeracy tests than those living in the least disadvantaged areas.

The law freed states to expand the ways they hold schools responsible for improving student success by adding at least one «nonacademic» indicator to an accountability system primarily based on standardized tests scores in reading, math and science.

Differences among schools do not have much effect on test scores in reading and mathematics.

It is particularly known for its bare - bones curricular focus on standardized test scores in reading and math, its use of computer - based «learning labs» that cut down costs, and its promotion of the Rocketship brand — including a daily pep rally where students chant that they are «Rocketship Rocketeers.»

However, the Department for Education (DfE) said schools that achieved sufficient progress scores in reading, writing and maths would not be considered to be failing.

In the latest report of scores from the National Assessment of Educational Progress, standardized tests administered to U.S. elementary and secondary students, finds Asian - American students have overtaken white students» scores in reading at the high school senior level.

The state has long been viewed as a leader in education reform across the nation, sitting atop National Assessment for Educational Progress (NAEP) test scores in Reading and Math for a number of years.

It was the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) that required schools, for the first time, to report truancy data to the federal government, alongside annual test scores in reading and math, as well as high school graduation rates.

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.

Students who had lower achievement scores in reading at the time of applying to the voucher program and used a voucher (9.8 % points)

Elementary students in grades K - 5 were the largest group measured by the study (68 % of participants), and they had statistically significant negative scores in both reading and math.

Fourth - grade test scores in both reading and math slid in five states: Alaska, Louisiana, New Hampshire, South Carolina and Vermont.

A 2006 study by the Department of Education found that charter school fourth graders had lower scores in reading and math on the National Assessment of Education Progress, a federal achievement test, than their counterparts in regular public schools.

Campbell contends it is a task that we should study as seriously as we do programs to raise test scores in reading and mathematics.

The Council of the Great City Schools analyzed test scores in reading and mathematics for 59 city districts and found the greatest progress was made in boosting math scores.

At a meeting here this month, members of the National Assessment Governing Board, which supervises the National Assessment of Educational Progress, voted 17 - 2 to adopt language that will define the new «college prepared» scores in reading and mathematics on the assessment.

Student test scores in reading, English - even math - improved significantly in the schools that implemented this highly structured approach to the teaching of reading.

For too many policymakers, student achievement is defined solely by test scores in reading and math, which has led in turn to the disappearance of the arts, particularly in low - performing schools.

A story and chart in the May 14, 2008, issue of Education Week about states that have curtailed bilingual education should have said that trends in student achievement identified by Daniel J. Losen of the Civil Rights Project at the University of California, Los Angeles, were based on test scores in reading of English - language learners in 4th grade, not 4th and 8th grades.

As early as 1710, in England, teachers were paid based on their students» test scores in reading, writing, and arithmetic.