Sentences with phrase «than in reading»

There are several possible explanations for the effects of charter schools being larger in math than in reading.

The 55 urban districts in the study showed more progress in mathematics than in reading on statewide tests.

The gains from within - class grouping were greater in math and science than in reading, language arts, and other subject areas.

For this reason, evaluations of school reforms frequently find stronger effects in math than in reading.

The Australian percentages in Figure 2 may reflect greater between - school differences in mathematics than in reading.

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This explanation would seem, however, to imply that we would see less persistence in math scores than in reading scores, because the skills required to master a series of mathematical skills are believed to change more rapidly over time than the skills required for reading.

One ought not mechanically to confess a catalogue of sins, for there is no more of contrition in the saying of contrite words than in the reading of any other catalogue.

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Many of these children suffer from dyslexia, and despite presenting no motor disorders, experience greater difficulties in writing than in reading.

The state's students have scored consistently lower in math than in reading on both the annual state tests and the NAEP.

Other critics point to greater gains in word recognition than in reading comprehension and to diminished gains in the later grades, as in the so - called 4th - grade slump.

In all honesty, you'll notice most of my followers on Twitter and Facebook are more interested in seeing the movie than in reading the books.

But progress is generally much larger in math than in reading; in fourth grade than in eighth grade; in eighth grade than in twelfth grade; for African American and Hispanic students than for whites; and for low performers than for high performers.

State and national efforts to raise student achievement are continuing to yield far greater progress in mathematics than in reading, judged by the results of the 2003 National Assessment of Educational Progress.

Across the portfolio, CMO schools perform somewhat better in math than in reading, when benchmarked against their local peers on state assessments.

Has NAEP set a lower proficiency standard in math than in reading?

As we saw for states overall, there's less good news in math than in reading, but D.C., Indiana, Tennessee, Nebraska, Louisiana, and Mississippi — all flagged above for producing good progress for all students — deserve praise for improved subgroup performance.

Judged by international standards, U.S. 8th graders are clearly doing worse in math than in reading, despite the fact that NAEP reports similar percentages proficient in the two subjects.

Perhaps this is an indication that American society as a whole, including the experts who design NAEP standards, set lower expectations for students in math than in reading.

A direct comparison of NAEP's proficiency standard with PISA's proficiency levels three and four also indicates that a lower NAEP bar has been set in math than in reading.

The research consensus suggests TFA corps members are about equally effective at raising students» test scores as teachers from all other pathways, though better in math than in reading and writing.

This is consistent with a number of studies that show larger effects in math than in reading, presumably because reading achievement is more strongly influenced by family and other factors besides schooling.

In reading, students made comparable improvement (roughly 5 percentage points) across question type, suggesting that test preparation may have played a larger role in math than in reading.

You'll also notice that the SAT scores for all of these colleges are remarkably unbalanced — admitted students tend to perform much better in math than in reading.

Here at Troy Prep Middle School, a charter school near Albany that caters mostly to low - income students, teachers are finding it easier to help students hit academic targets in math than in reading, an experience repeated in schools across the country.

Another cause for concern is that charter success, both locally and nationally, is greater in math than in reading, and seems to stall at the high school level.