Sentences with phrase «test in reading»

[7] In the Northeast urban district, students completed the state test and two tests administered by the district: a standardized norm - referenced test in reading and math and a separate reading test.

This year, only 10 percent of the school's African - American students passed the state test in reading, and only 2 percent passed math.

This year, 25.7 percent of teacher A's class scored «at goal» on the Connecticut Mastery Test in reading (up from 22 percent last year).

Currently, states are only required to administer one annual test in reading and math in grades three through eight and once in high school.

At that time, test scores were 30 % proficient or advanced using the DCCAS state test in reading and 3 % in math.

Research shows that an improvement of one standard deviation in teacher quality leads to approximately two to four points of gain for a student on a 100 - point test in reading or math.

Let us say that in City «M», where test scores are low due to poverty and language barriers, there is a 5 percent improvement in the number of 4th grader who score at goal on the Connecticut Mastery Test in reading.

In Meriden, where test scores are low due to poverty and language barriers, is a 5 percent improvement in the 4th grade master test in reading the same, equal to or less than a 1 % improvement in Avon where test scores start out three times higher.

Results from Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), a test in reading, mathematics and science administered every three years in about 70 countries by the Paris - based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, came out Tuesday.

The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction requires applicants to take the Praxis I: Pre-Professional Skills Test in reading, writing, and math, as well as Praxis II: Subject Area Tests in relevant subjects.

At the end of the 2004 — 05 school year, 86 percent of the students passed Maryland's test in reading, 92 percent passed in math; black and Hispanic students were almost up to those figures.

a passing score on the Regents competency test in reading and writing; a passing score on the Regents competency test in mathematics;

The state's massive Education Reform Act of 1982 requires that school boards, starting this year, set minimum graduation requirements that include passage of a minimum - com - petency test in reading, writing, and mathematics in grade 11.

The state requires minimum passing rates for each student group on the TAAS test in reading, writing, and math; a 94 % attendance rate; and a maximum dropout rate of 6 %.

In 2012, third - grade students in warning on the state's standardized test in reading dropped to 15 percent, compared with 24 percent last year and 39 percent in 2008.

Students would continue taking standardized state tests in reading and math annually in grades three to eight and at least once in high school.

Schools in the city's Renewal program improved more on state standardized tests in reading and math than the rest of the city's schools, but that doesn't mean they're all safe from the chopping block, the mayor said.

High Schools That Work (HSTW) has required participating sites to administer a set of achievement tests in reading, mathematics, and science.

States should seize the possibilities for more innovative approaches to school improvement posed by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), which replaces a law much criticized for its heavy - handed federal role and for focusing schools heavily on teaching for low - level multiple - choice tests in reading and math to the neglect of other subject areas and higher - level skills.

Yet, student scores on the state's standardized tests in reading, writing, and mathematics exceed the state average.

The percentage of students meeting goal on the state tests in reading / language arts in third grade grew from 72.73 percent in spring 2004 to 88.17 percent in spring 2008.

In 1999, Michigan increased the reward for good academic performance by offering the Michigan Merit Award, a one - year $ 2,500 scholarship for any student who scores at Level I or Level 2 on the Michigan Educational Achievement Program (MEAP) tests in reading, mathematics, science, and writing.

Likewise, the Department of Education's attempts during the late 1990s to use OERI staff and resources in developing the controversial voluntary national tests in reading and math, without congressional authorization, led some legislators to question the research agency's independence.

Each year a strong majority of the public has expressed support for federal efforts to hold schools accountable by requiring that students be tested in reading and math.

A Brookings Institution study released in September 2002 concluded that student performance in charter schools was significantly lower than that of district schools on state tests in reading and math.

Although only fourth, sixth, and eighth graders take the official tests in reading, writing, and mathematics, seventh graders also take a CMT - style test.

The Education Next study looked at data from the 2007 NAEP tests in reading and math, given to 8th graders in U.S. public and private schools.

The percentage of English Learners tested in reading was four points lower in the schools that eliminated bilingual education, while the percentage of English Learners tested in math was three points lower.

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

Despite the higher average education level of their parents, charter school students exhibit lower levels of performance on end - of - grade tests in both reading and math.

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.

Scope: Compares the percentage of students passing or receiving high marks on standardized state tests in reading, math, writing, and science in various grade levels.

Researchers found that it took Fairfax ESL students four to nine years to reach grade level on standardized tests in reading and other subjects.

More than 600,000 10 - and 11 - year - olds are due to take the tests in reading, maths, and spelling, punctuation and grammar (Spag) next week.

At one point, it looked like Congress might limit the number of tests mandated under the NCLB law (that's annual tests in reading and math in grades 3 through 8 and once in high school, plus science tests in certain grades).

The American Diploma Project, a joint venture by four national education groups and five states, will help participating states align their high school tests in reading, writing, and mathematics with the skills students need for college and high - performance workplaces.

But the centerpiece was a call for tests in reading and math in the 9th, 10th, and 11th grades.

Students in grades 9 through 12 took tests in reading, writing, math, history and social sciences, and science.

But those rating sites are based primarily on student proficiency rates on annual standardized tests in reading and math.

In 1999, the state legislature enacted a law that required students in grades 3 through 10 to take annual tests in reading and mathematics, known as the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test or FCAT.

Even as the Department of Education began soliciting proposals from test contractors last week, House lawmakers both criticized and praised the Clinton administration's plan for new national student tests in reading and math.

Today, accountability systems require annual student testing in reading and math, and provide objective and reliable (if limited) measures at least once a year.

Back in 2000, U.S. and German students at age 15 were performing at roughly the same level on international tests in reading, math, and science, and shortly thereafter, a spirited school - reform movement was launched in both countries.

Students are tested in reading, but empirical research frequently finds less teacher - driven variation in reading achievement than in math, and ultimately this is the case for the present analysis as well.

Despite those added challenges, the 400 children at Stanford still learn the basics, consistently scoring higher than district standards on state tests in reading and math — the latter taught exclusively in Japanese or Spanish.

Schools across the U.S. — especially those with high - needs, low - income populations — are finding they just do nt have the time in a typical day to do much more than prepare students for high - stakes tests in reading and math.

In the detailed analysis, we are primarily interested in two main outcome measures: the percentage of children reaching the expected standard for their age in English, («level 4» which takes account of tests in reading, writing, and spelling) and the percentile score in the reading test (as low standards in reading were of particular concern).

But in the end, there remains an ailing minority - dominated school system in Syracuse in which fewer than 3 of 10 8th graders pass state tests in reading and math.

Bilingual students also attain higher levels of achievement on standardized tests in reading, writing, social studies, and math and report higher levels of self - confidence (Tochon, 2009).

Not a single junior at Seattle's Nathan Hale High showed up to take new state tests in reading and math this week, a school - district spokeswoman said Thursday.