Sentences with phrase «state reading»

Most of the school's students are low - income minorities, and 40 percent of fourth - graders were proficient or better on state reading tests last year.

Parents whose children attend public schools and struggle on state reading tests could receive up to $ 500 to help pay for books, tutoring, summer programs or other reading - related expenses.

Nearly three - quarters of its fifth - grade class did not pass state reading exams.

Last year, 27 percent of students attending voucher schools passed state reading tests, compared to 26 percent at district schools and just over a third at charter schools.

Our analysis of state reading / language arts standards focused on the first three of these criteria, as they are most relevant to the subject matter content of the standards.

The state's elementary school students are nearing 90 percent proficiency marks on state reading assessments, after noting a small gain from last year to 88 percent.

Only 56 percent of its students meet state math standards, and only 16 percent met state reading standards.

By comparison, just 38 percent of students in traditional public schools met state reading standards this year, and 36 percent did so in math.

The numbers of those fourth - graders achieving proficiency or above on annual state reading tests grew from 27 percent to 32 percent from 2005 to 2011.

We know, for example, how students performed on the third grade state reading assessment.

In less than a year, the new leadership team has led the school to increased state reading scores and increased enrollment.

Children who took part in the program for two years did better on state reading exams than those who didn't take part or who took part for just a year.

They also analyze the outcomes of the annual state reading test for the third grade on up.

The dropout rate is high and achievement is low — more than half of the students are scoring below basic levels of competence on state reading and math tests.

This teacher eventually published her action research in the Wisconsin State Reading Association journal.

Few students in the United States read at a desirable level.

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Currently, 17 states and the District of Columbia have policies requiring that third graders be held back if they do not meet state reading proficiency standards, according to the Education Commission of the States.

Molera, his successor Tom Horne, and their Reading First directors, Marie Mancuso and her successor, Kathryn Hrabluk, used the law to leverage big changes in state reading policy that should endure no matter what happens in Washington.

A recent report by the Carnegie Corporation of New York found that more than half of the students entering high school in the 35 largest cities in the United States read at the 6th grade level or below.

At the same time that thousands of school districts nationwide are beginning to implement the Common Core State Standards in English / language arts, many also face new state reading policies for the early grades that call for the identification of struggling readers, require interventions to help them, and, in some instances, mandate the retention of 3rd graders who lack adequate reading skills.

Nancy has served as a classroom teacher, a district reading specialist, state reading specialist, and university professor.

Edward Moscovitch is the executive director and cofounder of the Bay State Reading Institute, a Massachusetts nonprofit education partner currently working with 50 middle and... See Archive

Edward Moscovitch is the executive director and cofounder of the Bay State Reading Institute, a Massachusetts nonprofit education partner currently working with 50 middle and elementary schools and 20,000 students all across the state.

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It was a typical day at a New York City school where more than 77 % of third - graders passed the harder state reading exams last spring.

She is the regional advisor for the Indiana Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, is on the executive board for the Indiana State Reading Association, and is a frequent presenter at teaching and writing conferences.

Despite their close proximity, Lincoln Elementary enrollees are nearly twice as likely to meet or exceed state reading standards, 37 percent more likely to be proficient in math, more than twice as likely to excel in science.

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But experts say that several thousand people — exact numbers are hard to come by — in six Appalachian states read the verse differently.

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NYC students who struggle the most with state reading and math tests are unlikely to achieve mastery of the subjects while enrolled in the city schools, according to a new report from the pro-charter group families for Excellent Schools.

Ironically, the things federal officials were faulted for are the same things that state Reading First directors say they have tried to do themselves and that (they say) have made the program so successful.

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Achieve3000's forecasting reports, designed to help educators predict and enhance student performance on high - stakes state reading tests, were already available for seven states.

But in May Ms. McNeill felt vindicated when she received the results of her students» performance on standardized state reading tests.

Three years after closures, the public - school students had gained, on average, what equates to 49 extra days of learning in reading — gaining more than a year of achievement growth, as measured by state reading exams.