Sentences with phrase «state reading proficiency»

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For example, the report tells us that 70 percent of 8th - grade students at K12 - operated schools met proficiency standards in reading, as compared to 77 percent in all public schools in the same states.

One state's experience with the Lead for Literacy framework in its drive for 100 percent third - grade reading proficiency

Those rates could rise in the coming years, since 16 states and the District of Columbia have enacted policies requiring that students who do not demonstrate basic reading proficiency when they first take state tests in third grade be held back.

Mean scale scores on state reading and math tests, median growth percentage, four - and seven - year graduation rates, progress in achieving English - language proficiency

One indication that this may be the case is that the six states that are not implementing CCSS for reading or math all continue to set low proficiency standards.

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Perhaps there are some «wrong» answers (such as relying exclusively on proficiency rates in reading and math to judge school quality, or measuring school spending and other inputs and calling it accountability) but mostly there are a whole bunch of right and partially - right answers, depending on policymakers» goals and states» idiosyncrasies.

NCLB requires annual testing of students in reading and mathematics in grades 3 through 8 (and at least once in grades 10 through 12) and that states rate schools, both as a whole and for key subgroups, with regard to whether they are making adequate yearly progress (AYP) toward their state's proficiency goals.

While the No Child Left Behind Act has a detailed formula for bringing students to proficiency on state reading and mathematics tests by the 2013 - 14 school year, it's much less precise on states» goals for English - language learners.

The report, «Achieving State and National Literacy Goals, a Long Uphill Road,» prepared by the Santa Monica, Calif. - based RAND Corp. for the Carnegie Corporation of New York, suggests that inadequate progress is being made to bring more students to proficiency in reading by the 2014 deadline set by the No Child Left Behind Act.

In 2007, just 32 percent of 8th graders in public and private schools in the United States performed at or above the NAEP proficiency standard in mathematics, and 31 percent performed at or above that level in reading.

«States Raise Proficiency Standards in Math and Reading: Commitments to Common Core may be driving the proficiency bar upward» by Paul E. Peterson and Matthew Ackerman is available now on http://educationnext.org and will appear in the Summer 2015 issue of EducProficiency Standards in Math and Reading: Commitments to Common Core may be driving the proficiency bar upward» by Paul E. Peterson and Matthew Ackerman is available now on http://educationnext.org and will appear in the Summer 2015 issue of Educproficiency bar upward» by Paul E. Peterson and Matthew Ackerman is available now on http://educationnext.org and will appear in the Summer 2015 issue of Education Next.

-- The six states not implementing CCSS for reading or math have all continued to set low proficiency standards: Virginia, C +; Nebraska, C; Indiana, C -; Texas, C -; Alaska, D +; and Oklahoma, D.

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Of the elementary and middle schools the survey respondents rated, 14 percent received a grade of «A,» 41 percent received a «B» grade, while 36 percent received a «C.» Seven percent were given a «D» and 2 percent an «F.» These subjective ratings were compared with data on actual school quality as measured by the percentage of students in each school who achieved «proficiency» in math and reading on states» accountability exams during the 2007 - 08 school year.

Viewed as a group, schools managed by our CMOs achieve rates of proficiency on state assessments in reading and math that average about 9 percentage points higher than those of schools in their local districts (see Figure 2).

To see whether states are setting proficiency bars in such a way that they are «lowballing expectations» and have «lowered the bar» for students in 4th - and 8th - grade reading and math, Education Next has used information from the recently released 2009 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) to evaluate empirically the proficiency standards each state has established.

The authors use data from state tests and the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) to estimate changes to each state's proficiency standards in reading and math in grades 4 and 8 by identifying the difference between the percentages of students the state identifies as proficient and the percentages of students identified as proficient by NAEP, an internationally benchmarked proficiency standard.

Georgia's fourth - grade reading proficiency rate dropped from close to 100 percent in 2013 to less than 40 percent in 2015 — not because the kids were doing worse, but because the state's measure of how they were doing was getting closer to the truth.

Meanwhile, just one in four Newark high school students passed state proficiency tests in reading and math.

Results reported thus far have been mixed: an analysis of 2013 cohort data by Wayne State University professor Thomas C. Pedroni found that the majority of EAA students failed to demonstrate progress toward proficiency on the state's assessments in reading and math, and some students» performance (approximately one - third) declState University professor Thomas C. Pedroni found that the majority of EAA students failed to demonstrate progress toward proficiency on the state's assessments in reading and math, and some students» performance (approximately one - third) declstate's assessments in reading and math, and some students» performance (approximately one - third) declined.

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Those precious resources were spent developing the EngageNY curriculum materials that schools and teachers in other states have eagerly downloaded in enormous numbers; rigorous exams that reflect real - world standards of proficiency in math and reading; and teacher certification standards that are now among the highest in the nation.

Since 2011, 45 states have raised their standards for student proficiency in reading and math, with the greatest gains occurring between 2013 and 2015.

Her curriculum must emphasize subjects for which the state accountability test measures proficiency — math, reading, and science.

The first state standardized test scores are in, and the 11th graders did no better than those at other comprehensive, non-selective city high schools: about one - quarter of the students met proficiency standards in reading and a mere 7 percent in math.

NEPC notes, for example, that 70 percent of 8th - grade students at K12 schools met proficiency standards in reading, as compared to 77 percent in all public schools in the same states in which K12 operates.

January 22, 2016 — The Common Core State Standards (CCSS), adopted by 43 states and the District of Columbia in an effort to establish a set of common educational objectives and standards for assessing student proficiency in reading and math, are accomplishing one of their key goals.

Peterson, Barrows, and Gift used data from state tests and the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) to estimate changes to each state's proficiency standards in reading and math in grades 4 and 8 by identifying the difference between the percentages of students the state identifies as proficient and the percentages of students identified as proficient by NAEP, an internationally - benchmarked proficiency standard.

The lowest performing of the ten brought 75 percent of its students to proficiency or above on last year's state reading test.

This is evident in the federal law's requirement that each state's accountability system generate a report card for each school and district indicating the proportion of students meeting proficiency standards on state tests of math and reading.

Under the leadership of then governor Jeb Bush, the state decided that 3rd graders who did not demonstrate basic reading proficiency on state tests should be held back and receive intensive remediation.

In order to assess basic knowledge and skills, we look at whether the child's performance on standardized math and reading tests meet or exceed the state - defined proficiency level.

At Blackstone Valley Prep, analysis of the suburban and urban students» scores on the 2013 state exams measuring proficiency in reading and math offers 80 different snapshots, by grade, subject and family income, with Blackstone students faring better than their peers on nearly all.

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Between 1994 and 1999, these states were the educational envy of the nation, raising proficiency rates in math and reading by 2 to 5 percentage points in the average year.

In many states, the new Common Core - aligned tests of reading and math that have recently reported student and school results from 2014 - 15 have set a higher bar than ever before, and — if accurately and honestly reported to parents — should go a long way to deflating the «proficiency illusion» under which many schools have sheltered.

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In many elementary schools, third grade marks the start of letter grades, standardized testing, and state - mandated reading - proficiency requirements.

In this randomized controlled trial involving 312 students enrolled in an after - school program, we generated intention - to - treat (ITT) and treatment - on - the - treated (TOT) estimates of the program's impact on several literacy outcomes of fourth, fifth, and sixth graders reading below proficiency on a state assessment at baseline.

The Act (Section 1111 (c)(4)(B)(i)(I)-RRB- requires states to use an indicator of academic achievement that «measures proficiency on the statewide assessments in reading / language arts and mathematics.»

With this year's IDEA determinations, the Department used multiple outcome measures that include students with disabilities» participation in state assessments, proficiency gaps between students with disabilities and all students, as well as performance in reading and math on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) to produce a more comprehensive and thorough picture of the performance of children with disabilities in each state.

The law requires that every state test every student from grades three to eight in reading and mathematics, then disaggregate each school's scores by race, limited English proficiency, disability and low - income status.

[23] The designated ESEA requirements that can be set aside in states that obtain such waivers include some of the most significant outcome accountability requirements, such as the requirement that states set performance standards for schools and LEAs aiming toward a goal of 100 percent student proficiency in reading and mathematics by the end of the 2013 - 14 school year and take a variety of specific actions with respect to all schools and districts that fail to make adequate yearly progress toward this goal.

ESSA in § 1111 (c)(4)(B)(i)(I) requires states to use an indicator of academic achievement that «measures proficiency on the statewide assessments in reading / language arts and mathematics.»

For example, while every student should leave school being able to read, only 10 percent of students with disabilities in NYC demonstrated proficiency in English Language Arts on last year's third through eighth grade state exams.

[4] Although the ESSA would end the Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) mandates under NCLB, which require that all students in all states make «adequate» annual progress toward universal proficiency in math and reading or have the state risk federal sanctions, the proposal would keep the annual testing structure in place.

During the last four years of her tenure, special education student proficiency on state reading and math assessments increased between 13 and 34 points at the elementary, middle, and high school levels.

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