Sentences with phrase «tested grades doubled»

In addition, the percent of LEP (Limited English Proficiency) students in tested grades doubled from 2005 to 2009 — from about 20 to 40 percent.

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They also pointed out how the education department has made recent adjustments to standardized testing, such as reducing the number of questions and testing time on state assessments for students in grades 3 through 8 this school year, and receiving a federal waiver to stop «double testing» in math for seventh and eighth graders through a combination of state and federal testing.

Since 2006, the number of Houston schools earning one of the state's top ratings has more than doubled to exceed 200 campuses, fewer students are repeating a grade level, and more are testing at the highest levels of academic achievement.

Students scoring at or above grade level on state tests doubled from 31 percent in 2004 to 62 percent in 2014.

Some grades at Carlin Springs Elementary had double - digit increases in their state test passage rates after a concerted effort to prepare disadvantaged students for the exams and closely track student performance on practice tests.

Though course work and grades matter for students» academic trajectories, the subjective nature of course grading suggests that standardized tests may be a better measure of the impact of double - dosing on math skill.

To eliminate this bias, we take advantage of the fact that students scoring below the 50th percentile on the 8th - grade ITBS math test were supposed to enroll in double - dose algebra.

About a third of English learners scored proficient or above on the state tests in fourth grade last year, more than double the percentage who were proficient in 2003.

Tenth - grade scores on the Ohio Graduation Tests rose by double - digits in reading, math, writing and social students, and went up 9 percent in science.

After just one year of using the Renaissance practice and assessment solutions, eighth - grade students» math scores on state testing quadrupled, and over a three - year period, school reading levels doubled.

In Oklahoma the state legislature and governor doubled down on the testing obsession to declare that no third grader could go to fourth grade if they missed the mandated cut score on the reading test by even one point....

When looking just at math and English Language Arts - the two subjects the state has tested the last several years - testing time will nearly double to almost 10 hours a year for several grades.

The Chula Vista district outperformed the state average in testing by double digits, and significantly outperformed the county average in every grade level tested in English Language Arts with 55 percent of overall students meeting or exceeding standards.

To expand a bit on «a concern over districts» capacity to administer computer tests to both subjects next spring» as cited in the post, the change to mandating two content areas for all students grades 3 - 8 & 11 effectively doubles the technology required for each district to execute the plan.

Nearly 70 percent more students at the high school are now passing end - of - course tests, and the number of students passing end - of - grade tests has doubled at Philo - Hill Magnet Academy, a middle school that feeds Parkland High School.

Promoted doubled Regional Media demonstrations of Web - based Diagnostic Assessments, Testing and Grading tools, Smarthinking tutoring services and reporting capabilities.