Sentences with phrase «through eighth graders»

Previously, I worked with third through eighth graders in a public school, and have taught continuing legal education to attorneys.

The new analysis surveys data from about 200 million standardized math and reading tests given to third through eighth graders in every state between 2009 and 2012.

The recent state efforts to trim tests for third through eighth graders wouldn't shrink those fixed costs because they happen every day a test is given, regardless of its length.

We should know — we spend our days with 100 fifth through eighth graders on a team at Williston Central School in Vermont called Swift House, named for the...

A study of sixth through eighth graders displaced by Katrina revealed that the children who used the workbooks for 30 minutes every week experienced a nearly 20 percent reduction in PTSD symptoms.

The state began testing third through eighth graders on the more difficult material last April, despite protests from unions and teachers that schools did not have the resources or time to prepare.

The week - long sessions target children ages 9 — 13 - years - old or rising fourth through eighth graders.

In New Jersey, which rolled out new tests in several elementary, middle and high school grades, 4.6 percent of third through eighth graders sat out, as did 14.5 percent of 11th graders, according to the State Education Department.

Woodlands School guides 4K students through eighth graders to achieve their full potential.

This summer, state education officials released statewide test results that showed a drop in the math and English scores for third through eighth graders as the new Common Core standards take hold.

An unauthorized user viewed names, grade levels, identification numbers and teacher names for third through eighth graders around New York State.

There is more urgency to make changes that would affect students, as third through eighth graders begin taking a second round of Common Core - aligned exams on April 1.

A parents organization in the Westhill School District in Onondaga County is asking families to consider having their third through eighth graders refuse to take the next round of state english and math tests.

Eighth graders also take Mastery Tests, and sixth through eighth graders use desktop computers in the computer lab, library - media center, and in their classrooms.

The South Palm Beach Charter was to be a campus for kindergartners through eighth graders, and was projected to open with 660 students.

KIPP Spirit College Preparatory Academy serves 411 fifth through eighth graders in south Houston.

Meanwhile the Smarter Balanced assessments will be ready for field testing this spring — California, for example, is set to administer the testing to 95 percent of all third through eighth graders in both math and English language arts.

Fourth through eighth graders have a more consistent yield.

More than 200,000 third through eighth graders sat out New York's standardized tests this year, education officials said on Wednesday, in a sign of increasing resistance to testing as more states make them harder to pass.

Currently, the city offers «universal» free lunch to middle school students — but only to those who attend schools that exclusively serve sixth through eighth graders.

While this move reduces testing time for third through eighth graders by an hour to an hour and a half, it does nothing to address the underlying issues with SBAC repeatedly raised by CEA members and leaders.

State Education officials say there's some improvement in the Common Core related Math and English tests taken by third through eighth graders this year, but admit that two thirds of the students who took the test are still, essentially, failing the exams.

ALBANY — The state's $ 44.9 million contract with Questar Assessment Inc. to provide math and English Language Arts tests for third through eighth graders has been approved by state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli.

The education department is currently near the end of a five - year, $ 32 million contract with Pearson for the Common Core - aligned English and math exams that third through eighth graders are federally required to take.

This year's state exams, which third through eighth graders will begin taking this week, immediately follow a bitter battle between Cuomo and teachers» unions over evaluations as well as tenure, merit pay and turnaround strategies for chronically underperforming schools.

State Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia says students third through eighth graders will be given the time they need to talk the assessments.

The state's $ 44.9 million contract with Questar Assessment Inc. to provide math and English Language Arts tests for third through eighth graders has been approved by state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli.

The number of students who opted out of state tests in Long Island rose to more than 97,500 this week, according to tallies by test - refusal advocates — or about half of third through eighth graders.

Educators who teach English and math to third through eighth graders will be evaluated based partially on the federally required state tests in those grades and subjects.

Third through eighth graders are scheduled to take the English Language Arts next week.

Test scores for third through eighth graders were released Wednesday and they show a dramatic drop in the number of New York state students who are considered proficient in math and English.

On statewide tests for third through eighth graders this year, New York City's most troubled schools kept pace with the rest of city schools, showing similar gains in reading and math.

For the first time, New York City students caught up to their peers around the state in English, officials said on Friday in announcing the results for the standardized tests given to third through eighth graders this year.

Both test are administered to third through eighth graders.

New York State Education officials say there's some improvement in the Common Core aligned math and English tests taken by third through eighth graders this year, but admit that two - thirds of the students who took the test are still, essentially, failing the exams.

Test scores for third through eighth graders were released Wednesday, and they show a dramatic drop in the number of New York students who received passing grades.

At the time, Cuomo argued that while two thirds of New York's third through eighth graders were consistently shown to be performing below standards in tests, over 95 percent of teachers were rated as performing well.

Around one fifth of students statewide did not take the math and English tests required for third through eighth graders.

New York State Education officials said there's some improvement in the Common Core related Math and English tests taken by third through eighth graders this year, but admit that two - thirds of the students who took the test are still, essentially, failing the exams.

«We've found it works best with fifth through eighth graders, and we encourage them to work in teams,» Williams told Education World.

Federal law requires 95 percent participation in the annual assessment of third through eighth graders, and districts that fall below that threshold can face sanctions from their state and the federal Education Department.

Next year, third through eighth graders were supposed to take new tests aligned to Common Core and developed by the Partnership for the Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers consortium.

It's that time of year again: the Indiana Department of Education released scores this week for the 2014 ISTEP +, Indiana's benchmark statewide assessment for third through eighth graders.

It isn't that much better in Buffalo, where not even 12 percent of third through eighth graders were proficient in English, and just 15 percent were proficient in Math.

One major suggestion is adding ninth graders into the assessment group, which currently consists of third through eighth graders, to measure student growth into high school.

State math and English exams, which are given to all third through eighth graders, have historically been easier to pass than national math and English exams, which are given to a sampling of fourth and eighth graders around the United States.

The new tests, given to third through eighth graders, are intended to align with Common Core standards, a set of unified academic guidelines adopted by almost every state and goaded by grant money offered by the Obama administration.

Connecticut's new Mastery Examination Committee — created in June by lawmakers to examine the state's eight - hour, standardized SBAC test for third through eighth graders — should convene as soon as possible to get assessment right for children.