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Download full textNational Center for Education Statistics, 2010
Each district that participated in the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) 2009 Trial Urban District Assessment in reading receives a one-page snapshot report that presents key findings and trends in a condensed format. This report presents the results for Los Angeles Unified School District's student achievement in reading. In…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Assessment, Educational Improvement, Elementary School Students
National Center for Education Statistics, 2010
Each district that participated in the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) 2009 Trial Urban District Assessment in reading receives a one-page snapshot report that presents key findings and trends in a condensed format. This report presents the results for Miami-Dade County Public Schools' student achievement in reading. In 2009,…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Assessment, Educational Improvement, Elementary School Students
National Center for Education Statistics, 2010
Each district that participated in the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) 2009 Trial Urban District Assessment in reading receives a one-page snapshot report that presents key findings and trends in a condensed format. This report presents the results for Milwaukee Public Schools' student achievement in reading. In 2009, the…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Assessment, Educational Improvement, Elementary School Students
National Center for Education Statistics, 2010
Each district that participated in the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) 2009 Trial Urban District Assessment in reading receives a one-page snapshot report that presents key findings and trends in a condensed format. This report presents the results for New York City Department of Education's student achievement in reading. In…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Assessment, Educational Improvement, Elementary School Students
National Center for Education Statistics, 2010
Each district that participated in the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) 2009 Trial Urban District Assessment in reading receives a one-page snapshot report that presents key findings and trends in a condensed format. This report presents the results for School District of Philadelphia's student achievement in reading. In 2009,…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Assessment, Educational Improvement, Elementary School Students
National Center for Education Statistics, 2010
Each district that participated in the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) 2009 Trial Urban District Assessment in reading receives a one-page snapshot report that presents key findings and trends in a condensed format. This report presents the results for San Diego Unified School District's student achievement in reading. In 2009,…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Assessment, Educational Improvement, Elementary School Students
What Works Clearinghouse, 2010
"Accelerated Reader"[TM] is a guided reading intervention used to supplement regular reading instruction in K-12 classrooms. Its aim is to improve students' reading skills through reading practice and quizzes on the books students read. The "Accelerated Reader"[TM] program calls for students to select and read a book and then…
Descriptors: Intervention, Reading Fluency, Elementary Secondary Education, Computer Software
Direct linkBrandt, Shannon – Kappa Delta Pi Record, 2003
In this article, the author shares how she turned once-dreaded parent-teacher conferences into valuable assessments, evaluations, and action plans using the fourth-generation evaluation method. Fourth-generation evaluation has three main components. First, it includes a multitude of assessment tools. Second, it involves stakeholders in the…
Descriptors: Parent Teacher Conferences, Evaluation Methods, Teaching Methods, Student Evaluation
Tomblin, J. Bruce; Zhang, Xuyang – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2006
Purpose: This study asked if children's performance on language tests reflects different dimensions of language and if this dimensionality changes with development. Method: Children were given standardized language batteries at kindergarten and at second, fourth, and eighth grades. A revised modified parallel analysis was used to determine the…
Descriptors: Sentences, Language Tests, Language Aptitude, Factor Analysis
Black, Alison Rebeck; Somers, Marie-Andree; Doolittle, Fred; Unterman, Rebecca; Grossman, Jean Baldwin – National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, 2009
The primary purpose of this study is to determine whether providing structured academic instruction in reading or math to students in grades two to five during their afterschool hours--instead of the less formal academic supports offered in regular after-school programs-- improves their academic performance in the subject. This is the second and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary School Students, Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation
Shermis, Mark D.; Long, Susanne K. – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2009
This study investigated the convergent and discriminant validity of the high-stakes Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT) in both reading and writing at grade levels 4, 8, and 10. The data from the 2006 FCAT administration were analyzed via traditional multitrait-multimethod (MTMM) analysis to identify the factor structure and structural…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Multitrait Multimethod Techniques, Writing Tests, Validity
Childs, Ruth; Denomme, Francine – Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy, 2008
On national and international assessments, students attending French-language schools in Ontario usually perform worse than students attending English-language schools. Interpreting these results is challenging because the French- and English-language schools differ both in prescribed curriculum and in how the curriculum is taught. In addition,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis, Student Evaluation, French
Block, Cathy Collins – Educational Psychologist, 2008
The purpose of this article is to document the legacy and continuing influence of Michael Pressley's work in the field of reading research and instruction. Descriptions are provided to demonstrate how he translated his data from the cognitive sciences into highly effective pedagogy. A second component of this article discusses how Michael…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Research, Research Methodology, Reading Instruction
Yang, Jie Chi; Ko, Hwa Wei; Chung, I. Ling – Educational Technology & Society, 2005
This study reports the development and evaluation of a web-based interactive writing environment designed for elementary school students. The environment includes three writing themes, "story pass on", "story chameleon" and "thousand ideas", to encourage reading comprehension, creativity and problem-solving skills of…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Reading Comprehension, Socialization, Creative Writing
Burns, Marilyn – Educational Leadership, 2005
The author, an experienced teacher and teacher educator, describes how she has learned to incorporate assessment purposefully into every mathematics lesson she teaches. Such an approach, she writes, tells her whether the lesson was accessible to all students while challenging the more capable, what the students learned and still need to know, how…
Descriptors: Tests, Summative Evaluation, Classroom Techniques, Educational Strategies
