Sentences with phrase «test score gains after»

They will note that the prior RCT of DC vouchers showed significant test score gains after three years (although the p value rose to.06 in year four even as the positive estimate remained).

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If the same approach is applied to the STAR sample to adjust for the fact that some students did not enroll in the class they were assigned to - and a comparable sample of low - income black students is used - the gains in test scores after two years of attending a small class (average of 16 students) as opposed to a regular - size class (average of 23 students) is 9.1 national percentile ranks in reading and 9.8 ranks in math.

Thirty - seven percent of the students for whom we observe test - score gains at least once in both sectors attended a traditional public school after they were in a charter school, while the same is true of only 30 percent of all students in charter schools.

Second, exploiting a natural experiment, I show that a fail inspection rating leads to test - score gains for primary school students that remain evident even after the students move into secondary schools.

But after its passage into law, white, black and Hispanic students all made gains and the widening of the white - minority test score gap was reversed.

Second, Rick thinks there is an inconsistency in my suspicion that test - prep and manipulation are largely responsible for test score improvements by Milwaukee choice schools after they were required to take high - stakes tests, while I interpret research from Florida as showing schools made exceptional test score gains when faced with the prospect of having vouchers offered to their students if scores did not improve.

After Virginia increased the level of difficulty of its tests in recent years, scores had fallen, but the gains in the 2014 - 2015 school year reflect an upward trend attributed in part to teachers and students becoming accustomed to the more rigorous tests.

After four years at the charter school, eighth - graders showed average test score gains in math equal to an additional year and a half of school, compared with district students.

For example, Maryland, Massachusetts, and New Jersey posted large gains in student performance after boosting spending, but New York, Wyoming, and West Virginia had only marginal test - score gains to show from increased expenditures.

The «temporary» period would run until one year after the school district had made substantial gains in their standardized test scores.

Additionally, the Promising Afterschool Programs Study, concluded in 2007, found that disadvantaged students who regularly participate in high - quality after - school programs usually see significant gains in test scores and work habits, as well as a corresponding decrease in behavioral issues in school.

Students who score at Level 4 will be exempt from having to take English or math placement tests after they gain admission to a California State University campus.

Thanks to NCLB and AYP, we were all about the test scores and whether learners were able to show year - on - year gains, demonstrating that their skills and abilities were improving academic year after academic year.

NAEP SCORES SLIP AND SPIN ENSUES: Fourth and eighth grade student scores on the Nation's Report Card took an «unexpected downturn» this year after more than two dozen years of small and steady gains, prompting immediate recriminations over the Common Core, testing and the Obama administration's education polSCORES SLIP AND SPIN ENSUES: Fourth and eighth grade student scores on the Nation's Report Card took an «unexpected downturn» this year after more than two dozen years of small and steady gains, prompting immediate recriminations over the Common Core, testing and the Obama administration's education polscores on the Nation's Report Card took an «unexpected downturn» this year after more than two dozen years of small and steady gains, prompting immediate recriminations over the Common Core, testing and the Obama administration's education policies.

The Malloy Administration may be keeping the «Lid On Mastery Test Scores,» but in New York, politicians are already vying for credit after «New York City public school students show slight gains in math and reading tests.»

After establishing what Ripley describes as a more rigorous core curriculum nationally, with over 100 approved curricula that teachers can use at the local level, Poland began to see gains in their student achievement scores on the PISA test.

After controlling for poverty and test scores from previous years, the Responsive Classroom (RC) approach contributed to the gains in both reading and math, with a greater difference between the intervention and control schools seen in math.