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In your article around Baltimore's technology gap («Computer - based tests a challenge for low - income students, some Baltimore teachers say,» April 22), we read that students who took the PARCC scored lower when they took the test on a computer than when they used paper and pencil.

Their first step of the evaluation is comparing scores on state assessment tests to «statistical expectations for the state» and pulling those that have a high gap.

But she admitted there is still a large gap in the test scores of children from richer schools, where around two - thirds scored highly on the tests, and the results in poorer schools.

But she admits there's still a large gap in the tests scores of children from richer schools, where around two thirds scored highly on the tests, and the results in poorer schools.

Achievement: Student groups currently scoring below benchmark (scale scores below 750 on current state tests) will be expected to close the gap to 750 by 25 percent within 5 years.

Researcher: Nation's Future Depends on Raising White, Nonwhite Test Scores Observer & Eccentric, August 21, 2011» «If we can't make it happen, we may have already peaked as a nation,» said [Senior Lecturer] Ronald Ferguson, faculty co-chair and director of the Achievement Gap Initiative at Harvard.»

For example, the effect of a one - hour later start time on math scores is roughly 14 percent of the black - white test - score gap, 40 percent of the gap between those eligible and those not eligible for free or reduced - price lunch, and 85 percent of the gain associated with an additional year of parents» education.

In The Education Gap: Vouchers and Urban Schools (Brookings, 2002), we and our colleagues reported that attending a private school had no discernible impact, positive or negative, on the test scores of non-African-American students participating in school voucher programs in Washington, D.C., New York City, and Dayton, Ohio.

On the 2017 National Assessment of Educational Progress, Chicago was the sole district to narrow its test - score gap between white students and black students in 4th - grade math compared to 2015.

They emphasized that, while many people might think closing the gap is impossible, black - white test scores, evolving research on intelligence development, and motivation as a nation are all indicative that a future without the achievement gap may exist.

Although the gap has closed in recent years, those receiving special accommodations still score, on average, about 60 points below the level reached by those tested under regular conditions.

An analysis of test score gains made by students in 49 countries which was published in Ed Next last year found that students in the U.S. were not on track to close the global achievement gap.

Up to eight states would be authorized to conduct demonstration programs testing whether state control of Head Start actually leads to better coordination of preschool programs, greater emphasis on school readiness, improvement in poor children's preschool test scores, and progress in closing the achievement gap between poor and advantaged students.

In my reading, I see this phrase «achievement gap» as referring solely to results on test scores.

For example, from 1990 to 2007, black students» scale scores increased 34 points on the NAEP 4th - grade mathematics tests (compared with a 28 - point increase for whites), and the black - white achievement gap declined from 32 to 26 points during this period.

After almost five years, the federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act already has made a significant impact on U.S. schools, based on improved test scores and a narrowing of the achievement gap, according to U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings.

The low group could be defined by sub-basement scores on achievement tests and wide gaps between groups on achievement - test results.

Do SES test score gaps differ depending on whether the school is comparatively affluent or comparatively disadvantaged?

Attending a Boston charter school makes special education students 1.4 times more likely to score proficient or higher on their standardized tests, resulting in a 30 percent reduction of the special education achievement gap.

He is also the author or editor of numerous other publications including the following: School Choice International: Exploring public private partnerships (co-editor with Rajashri Chakrabarti) School Money Trials: The Legal Pursuit of Educational Adequacy (co-editor with Martin R. West) Reforming Education in Florida: A Study Prepared by the Koret Task Force on K - 12 Education (editor) The Education Gap: Vouchers and Urban Schools (with William G. Howell) Generational Change: Closing the Test Score Gap (editor) No Child Left Behind?

The gap was smaller on the reading test: 95 percent of students from high - scoring schools finished, versus 73 percent from schools where scores were low.

For example, the state plans to continue identifying some high - poverty schools as «priority» or «focus» schools based on low test scores or wide achievement gaps.

The legislation also, as Layton reported, «require states to intervene with «evidence - based» programs in schools where student test scores are in the lowest 5 percent, where achievement gaps are greatest, and in high schools where fewer than two - thirds of students graduate on time.»

Evidence suggests that students» experience with computers directly affects their scores on computerized tests (see National Board publication The Gap between Testing and Technology in Schools).

In separate studies, Derek Neal and William Johnson in 1996 and June O'Neill in 1990 found that most of the wage gap between black and white adults disappears once the data are adjusted to reflect their scores on the Armed Forces Qualifying Test; in other words, those adults with similar scores earned similar wages.

A decade ago, the No Child Left Behind Act ushered in an era of federal educational accountability marked by relentless focus on closing race - and income - based «achievement gaps» in test scores and graduation rates.

As the yawning gaps between the grades teachers presently give out and their students» scores on state tests suggest, it will be no easy task to change teachers» grading habits.

The first book, Steady Gains and Stalled Progress, edited by Katherine Magnuson and Jane Waldfogel, includes chapters by social scientists who are intent on figuring out why the black - white test score gap narrowed sharply during the 1970s and 1980s, but then stayed constant, or even widened.

One study found that the black - white gap in scores on the Armed Forces Qualifying Test in 1964 could account for only a quarter of the difference in wages between black men and white men.

But, it raises profound challenges to the interpretation of score trends on high - stakes tests, to the meaning of achievement trend and gap reports in terms of percent proficient, to the interpretation of crossnational achievement comparisons, and to popular assumptions about testing of students in special populations (including some assumptions written into law).

But she admitted there is still a large gap in the test scores of children from richer schools, where around two - thirds scored highly on the tests, and the results in poorer schools.

The LTT presents a perfect opportunity to fulfill that Strategic Vision by explaining trends in the achievement gap among various populations, and demonstrating the effects on test scores of changing demographics.

Nerad's letter said the designation is based partly on student achievement, student growth, closing achievement gaps and on - track graduation and post-secondary readiness, but DPI spokesman John Johnson clarified that the designation is solely based on state test scores and 2011 graduation rates.

Student scores on national achievement tests are flat, and we are one of very few states with a growing achievement gap.

Program completers have gone on to increase student retention, improve test scores, and narrow the achievement gap in CPS schools.

In the GOP Assembly plan, both the board and DPI would establish criteria to determine a school's letter grade, including test scores on math and reading, graduation and attendance rates, and the closure of achievement gaps between groups of students.

With a strong trend of falling test scores, a major teacher retention problem, and a huge fundraising gap, one would presume that Rocketship's expansion plans would be put on hold.

Your report about the growing achievement gap between white and African - American students over 20 years of «reform» in the Chicago Public Schools reaffirms our organization's strong opposition to one of the most harmful of these initiatives, the practice of flunking students based on their scores on the annual state tests.

Many school systems have gotten the message that they need to be more data driven, and they are now awash in data - not just yearly student test scores, but figures on how different groups of students are doing in particular subjects or grade levels, how successful a school is at attracting and retaining teachers or closing the achievement gap among disadvantaged students, or how equitable funding is from school to school.

The state of California has implemented a number measures to close one of the largest and most persistent achievement gaps in the nation, Recently released scores for the National Assessment of Educational Progress, a nationwide test for fourth - and eighth - graders in math and reading given every two years, show that California's students are still performing below the... Continue reading California: Moving the Needle on the Achievement Gap

The truth is that NCLB has failed to prevent millions from falling behind, and has had very little impact on closing the achievement gap; instead, its main effect has been to instigate ever - increasing emphasis on standardized test scores and superficial, formulaic essay writing.

Some schools thought of as high or low performers in the past based on test scores could have ratings that show the opposite because of other factors being used in the ratings, including test score growth over time, readiness for graduation and progress on closing achievement gaps between student groups.

While the Department will likely add more academic performance measures in the future, for 2014 officials also included the level of participation in state assessments, achievement gaps between students with disabilities and the general population as well as scores on the National Assessment of Educational Progress, a standardized test used to gauge academic growth across the country.

-- With testing season starting up again, here's a reminder of last year's demoralizing news: Every California district and demographic group fared worse on the national Smarter Balanced tests, and the state's already large test score gaps grew.

In your article around Baltimore's technology gap («Computer - based tests a challenge for low - income students, some Baltimore teachers say,» April 22), we read that students who took the PARCC scored lower when they took the test on a computer than when...

Based on a study of more than 40 states, «State Test Score Trends through 2008 - 09, Part 2: Slow and Uneven Progress in Narrowing Gaps» compares student performance on state tests and state - level results from the National Assessment of Education Progress.

Federal officials blamed the gap on several factors, including the fact that some states switched to new tests during the study period, making it impossible to compare student test scores over time.

Many KIPP schools have accomplished what their public school counterparts couldn't: yanking up test scores for kids on the wrong side of the achievement gap.

It required schools to publish their scores on state tests not just as averages, but broken down by students» race, sex and other groups, a rule that most educators agree has focused attention on narrowing achievement gaps.

Researchers used scores of roughly 8 million students tested in fourth and eighth grades in math and reading / ELA in 47 states during the 2008 — 09 school year to estimate state - and district - level subject - specific achievement gaps on each state's accountability tests.