Sentences with phrase «shown significant achievement gains»

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Students who practiced the Transcendental Meditation program showed significant increases in math and English scale scores and performance level scores over a one - year period.A significant portion of the meditating students — 41 percent — showed a gain of at least one performance level in math, compared to 15 percent of the non-meditating students in the control group.Among the students with the lowest levels of academic performance, «below basic» and «far below basic,» the meditating students showed a significant improvement in overall academic achievement compared to students in the control group, which showed only a slight gain.

The vast preponderance of studies on the use of media and / or technology do not show significant gains in student achievement, at least in regards to what the assessments are assessing.

Both showed significant gains in achievement for students in smaller classes, with larger gains among minority and disadvantaged students.

The report argues, «Children's viewing of educational television has been shown to support significant and lasting learning gains, while too much viewing of other types of programming may be associated with a lack of academic achievement.»

However, voucher students began to show signs of improvement by their fourth year in a private school, and in that year there was no statistically significant difference between them and their public - school peers in terms of total achievement gains from baseline.

The new report, Effective Teacher Professional Development, reviewed 35 scientifically rigorous studies conducted over the past 30 years which showed significant gains in student achievement resulting from teacher development programs.

Using publicly available data from the California Department of Education (CDE), the results show that charter schools are making significant gains in narrowing the achievement gap, with African American students consistently earning higher Academic Performance Index (API) scores and proficiency rates statewide in many urban districts and across subjects.

Results show that low - SES students made statistically significant gains in social studies and content literacy and, at post-test, showed no statistically significant differences from the students in the high - SES schools: Following instruction, there was no SES achievement gap on these assessments.

''... research shows that the systematic use of visual representations and manipulatives may lead to statistically significant or substantively important positives gain in math achievement.

Compared to control groups, not only do students who participate in SEL programs demonstrate significant gains in their social and emotional skills; they show higher levels of prosocial behavior, more favorable attitudes toward school and others, and better academic achievement.

Research also shows significant gains in school readiness and achievement: Parents in home visiting programs are more likely to read aloud to their children at home and children served by these programs achieve higher math and reading scores, as well as better grades in elementary school.