Sentences with phrase «statewide reading and math»

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Those systems lean heavily on the results of standardized, statewide reading and math tests.

The chiefs are standing behind the key accountability elements of NCLB: the annual administration of statewide reading and math assessments in grades 3 — 8; the disaggregation of results; the annual determinations of school and district performance; and the identification of and intervention in persistently low - performing schools.

The movie explores the source of that concern, the system which finds statewide reading and math proficiency levels looming around 30 % across the nation over eight years after President George W. Bush and Senator Ted Kennedy signed the ambitious, bipartisan No Child Left Behind Act into law.

Not exact matches

On statewide tests for third through eighth graders this year, New York City's most troubled schools kept pace with the rest of city schools, showing similar gains in reading and math.

Charter school students in grades 3 through 8 perform better than we would expect, based on the performance of comparable students in traditional public schools, on both the math and reading portions of New York's statewide achievement tests.

Statewide, more than three quarters of 4th graders read below grade level, the same share of 8th graders are below grade level in math, and nearly one third of high - school students drop out.

He was very clear that he still favors annual statewide assessments in reading and math (3 — 8 and high school).

NAEP provides statewide data on six subjects (4th - and 8th - grade exams in math, science, and reading).

Yet Chandler, Arizona, the New York Times recently pointed out, has spent $ 33 million on technology in recent years only to see its reading and math scores stagnate, even as statewide scores rose.

These new systems depend primarily on two types of measurements: student test score gains on statewide assessments in math and reading in grades 4 - 8 that can be uniquely associated with individual teachers; and systematic classroom observations of teachers by school leaders and central staff.

The study found that after multimedia technology was used to support project - based learning, eighth graders in Union City, New Jersey, scored 27 percentage points higher than students from other urban and special needs school districts on statewide tests in reading, math, and writing achievement.

Launching Principals Pursuing Excellence in partnership with our districts and watching those 84 schools, all historically low - performing, double and triple the statewide average in math and reading growth... and seeing entire districts in the northwest corner of the state be transformed because of their local leadership embracing change.

In addition to Indiana's statewide standardized tests (ISTEP), the mayor's charter schools must administer nationally normed reading and math tests, for which the Northwest Evaluation Association's Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) is used.

Newly built to support college and career readiness standards, the bank spans grades 1 — 12 in reading and math and helps districts build assessments that produce high - quality data about student performance and match the level of rigor and item types found on statewide assessments.

This gap is troubling, to be sure, but Peterson fails to mention that Shaker Heights blacks outperformed blacks statewide by 13 percentage points in math and nine percentage points in reading.

Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D) also praised the results, noting a five - point overall statewide gain in reading and math and two - point increases in writing, science and history.

[2] They began to catch up to others statewide over the next year: In spring 2012, Haitian earthquake refugees scored 0.98 standard deviations below the state mean in reading and 0.67 standard deviations below the state mean in math.

To bolster his case, he questions my account by saying that «Shaker Heights blacks outperformed blacks statewide by 13 percentage points in math and nine percentage points in reading.»

These include students» grade level, Limited English Proficiency status and eligibility for subsidized school meals, their teachers» years of experience in North Carolina public schools, class size, school size, schools» racial and socioeconomic makeup, and schools» average math and reading scores on statewide tests.

Using statewide longitudinal data, the study analyzes dual - credit participation rates by race / ethnicity, gender and math and reading achievement on state tests and examines differences in outcomes for dual - credit participants and nonparticipants.

In a study of the Alaska Statewide Mentorship Program, our researchers and evaluators found that new teachers who were provided with experienced mentors were more likely than their peers to still be on the job after three years — and students in their classrooms were performing better in math and reading.

The most comprehensive research, on statewide voucher programs in Indiana and Louisiana, found large negative results in both reading and math.

Statewide, the gap between black and white students has closed by 7.5 percentage points in math and 3.6 percentage points in reading over the past five years.

In Arizona, second only to California in the number of charter schools statewide, students were 7 percent more likely to be proficient in reading and math, and in Illinois charter students were found to be 21 percent more proficient in math and 16 percent more proficient in reading than their public - school counterparts.

Across that period, charter schools statewide consistently provided greater academic growth than their district peers: on average, charter students over the course of the study saw the equivalent of 34 additional days in reading and 63 in math each year.

However, a recent major study of the statewide Louisiana voucher program found that, after two years, students in the program had actually lost ground in both reading and math.

The tests, called Smarter Balanced, are replacing Washington's old statewide exams in reading and math.

In Alanson, in Emmet County, fewer than 10 percent of 11th graders were proficient in math on the Michigan Merit Exam in 2013 - 2014; 29 percent were proficient in reading (Statewide, 29 percent of 11th graders were proficient in math and 59 percent in reading).

By all accounts, the exams are harder than the old statewide tests and are designed to measure critical thinking in addition to basic math and reading skills.

Students attending private schools receiving taxpayer - funded vouchers in a new statewide program did not score as high overall as public school students on state tests in reading and math, according to data released Tuesday by the Department of Public Instruction.

Test scores went up this year in most grades and subjects, but statewide only about 40 percent of students scored at least proficient in math and about 50 percent in reading.

Schools earning a grade of «C» or higher must demonstrate that at least half of the students in the school who are in the lowest 25th percentile in reading and math on the statewide assessments are making adequate progress.

The A + Denver report found most of the state's SIG schools still lagged statewide average growth on annual reading, writing and math exams despite receiving an average infusion of $ 1 million to improve.

For example, about 32 to 35 percent of fifth - graders statewide were considered proficient on state exams in reading and math in 2016.

Their views came a day after officials from statewide educational organizations told the California Board of Education that it should postpone using the outcomes of this year's reading and math tests to establish base scores for schools and districts.

Nearby Beloit — a district with 780 students and significantly lower poverty rates — had 89 percent of students pass last year's reading test and 87 percent pass math, which are similar to statewide passage rates.

The statewide average for the class of 2015 was 20.5 in both math and reading.

This measures the progress for students identified as the lowest 20 % statewide in reading and math achievement.

Statewide, students attending public charter schools in Louisiana gained an additional 50 days of learning in reading and 65 days in math compared to their peers attending traditional public schools.

Justice Eric Rosen noted that 32 percent of Kansas students did not perform to grade standards in the most recent statewide testing of reading and math.

In Kentucky this year, the percentage of elementary and middle - school students who rated «proficient» or better on statewide math and reading tests declined by about a third.

For instance, Amistad Academy in New Haven reported a significant jump in math and reading proficiency scores on statewide tests, with some students performing «almost as well» as wealthier students in Greenwich, Connecticut.

The numbers add up: E.L. Haynes outscored the statewide average in reading by 10 points and also made progress in math since implementing personalized learning two years ago.

In 2015 - 16, the latest year available, cyber charter students in the majority of the 14 cyber charters fared worse on state math and reading tests than the statewide average of all public school students.

The results have been promising: A study of statewide implementation of the 5Essentials across Illinois — a state that encompasses districts of diverse size and composition — found that strength on the five essential supports is positively related to higher test scores and larger gains over time in math and reading, positive changes in attendance rates, and improved graduation rates.

Among Connecticut African - American, Hispanic, and low - income students, performance growth is three times greater than statewide growth in math and twice as great for reading and writing, trimming the size of the achievement gap.

Additionally, ESSA requires states to annually test 95 percent of students in reading and math, to use the participation rate to calculate the achievement indicator, and to factor assessment participation into the statewide accountability system another way.21 For example, four states — Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Mexico, and Vermont — plan to lower a school's classification for not meeting this requirement.22 In three states — Illinois, Nevada, and Tennessee — schools that do not have a 95 percent participation rate can not score at the highest level of proficiency; receive zero points for proficiency; or receive an F on the achievement indicator for the given group of students, respectively.23

ESSA maintains the NCLB testing schedule, requiring states to test students in reading and math annually in grades three through eight and once in high school, using statewide common assessments.

Annual statewide math and reading tests in grades 3 — 8, grade - span assessments in science, and English proficiency testing for English language learners (ELLs).