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Direct linkJacklyn C. Davenport – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Many students across the US, specifically in Texas, struggle with writing on grade level. On the last National Assessment of Educational Progress (2012), 70% of eighth- and twelfth-grade students were not writing on grade level. On the 2021 State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness (STAAR) Writing, only 26% of the fourth grade students met…
Descriptors: Writing Skills, Grade 8, Grade 12, Grade 4
Peer reviewedTownsend, Dianna; Barber, Ana Taboada; Carter, Hannah; Salas, Rachel – Reading Psychology, 2020
This study explores older adolescents' linguistic resources, specifically academic vocabulary knowledge, in the context of factors that can impact their academic success and risk of dropping out of school. The data resulted from a collaboration among professional development personnel, teachers, and university researchers. Eleventh and twelfth…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Vocabulary, Academic Language, At Risk Students
Download full textNational Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2020
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), first administered in 1969, is the largest nationally representative and continuing assessment of what the nation's students know and can do in various subjects such as civics, geography, mathematics, reading, science, U.S. history, and writing. The results of NAEP are released as The…
Descriptors: National Competency Tests, Computer Assisted Testing, Grade 4, Grade 8
National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2018
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) is the largest nationally representative and continuing assessment of what the nation's students know and can do in various subjects such as mathematics, reading, science, and writing, as well as civics, geography, U.S. history, and technology and engineering literacy. The results of NAEP are…
Descriptors: National Competency Tests, Computer Assisted Testing, Grade 4, Grade 8
Ewing, Maureen; Wyatt, Jeffrey N.; Smith, Kara – College Board, 2016
Historically, AP Potential™ has used PSAT/NMSQT® scores to identify students who are likely to earn a 3 or higher on a specific AP® Exam--based on research showing moderate to strong relationships between PSAT/NMSQT scores and AP Exam scores (Camara & Millsap, 1998; Ewing, Camara & Millsap, 2006; Zhang, Patel & Ewing, 2014a). For most…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, Talent Identification, College Entrance Examinations, High School Students
Alliance for Excellent Education, 2016
Many of the more than 700,000 students who leave U.S. high schools each year without a diploma have low literacy skills. More than 60 percent of eighth graders and 60 percent of twelfth graders scored below the "proficient" level in reading achievement according to the most recent administrations of the National Assessment of Educational…
Descriptors: Literacy, College Readiness, Career Readiness, National Competency Tests
