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Alexander H. Bentz – Education Economics, 2024
This paper provides evidence on the effect of local prescription opioid use on academic achievement of 3rd-8th graders between 2009 and 2018. Using county fixed effects models, I find that when counties have higher levels of prescription opioid use, students score lower on standardized assessments two to three years later, with variation by…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Drug Therapy, Middle School Students, Elementary School Students
New York State Education Department, 2024
The New York State Education Department (NYSED) has a partnership with NWEA for the development of the 2024 Grades 3-8 English Language Arts Tests. Teachers from across the State work with NYSED in a variety of activities to ensure the validity and reliability of the New York State Testing Program (NYSTP). The 2024 Grades 3 and 4 English Language…
Descriptors: Standardized Tests, Elementary School Students, Grade 3, Grade 4
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Marjolein Muskens; Willem E. Frankenhuis; Lex Borghans – npj Science of Learning, 2024
In many countries, standardized math tests are important for achieving academic success. Here, we examine whether content of items, the story that explains a mathematical question, biases performance of low-SES students. In a large-scale cohort study of Trends in International Mathematics and Science Studies (TIMSS)--including data from 58…
Descriptors: Mathematics Tests, Standardized Tests, Test Items, Low Income Students
Massey, Yolonda Monique – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The purpose of this qualitative case study was to explore strategies to overcome limitations to instructional creativity resulting from an emphasis on standardized test preparation in southeast Michigan. The target population for this study were elementary teachers who taught 4th grade with 5 or more years of teaching experience. Purposeful…
Descriptors: Grade 4, Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Standardized Tests
Todd Zoblotsky; Robert McKinney; Carolyn Kaldon; Mojtaba Khajeloo; Yu Wu; Ivysmeralys Morales – Center for Research in Educational Policy (CREP), 2024
The goal of Smithsonian Science for North and South Carolina Classrooms was to provide teachers with ongoing, differentiated professional development and research-based curricular materials to improve elementary student achievement in science, mathematics, and reading. This work used an inquiry-based science curriculum, Smithsonian Science for the…
Descriptors: State Standards, Academic Achievement, Grade 3, Grade 4
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Pernille Bødtker Sunde; Bert De Smedt; Lieven Verschaffel; Peter Sunde – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2024
Early detection of and relevant information on children's mathematical difficulties is important to initiate targeted teaching and intervention. This study investigated the extent to which strategy use in single-digit addition provides additional predictive information about 61 grade one children's (6-year-old) mathematical achievement 3 years…
Descriptors: Grade 1, Addition, Grade 4, Mathematics Achievement
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Sinethemba Mthimkhulu; Karen Roux; Maryke Mihai – Reading & Writing: Journal of the Literacy Association of South Africa, 2024
Background: PIRLS 2021 results revealed that South African Grade 4 learners performed significantly lower compared to other countries in reading comprehension and that they did not reach the standardised international mean score of 500. It was also evident from the results that English learners performed relatively higher than isiZulu learners.…
Descriptors: Error of Measurement, Grade 4, Reading Comprehension, Scores
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Filiasov, Sergei; Sweetman, Arthur – Education Economics, 2023
A jurisdiction-wide zero-stakes Foundational Skills Assessment administered in grade 4 in British Columbia, Canada, used a three-point scale to publicly disseminate aggregate school/district-level results, and a five-point scale to convey results to students/parents. For a variety of long-term outcomes, a regression discontinuity analysis shows a…
Descriptors: Standardized Tests, Accountability, Feedback (Response), Outcomes of Education
Tracy Bailey Robinson – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This quantitative correlational study examined the relationship between the overall and sub-component scores (operations and algebraic thinking, measurement and data, and geometry) of the i-Ready and TNReady assessments for fourth-grade students in a Title 1 elementary school in Middle Tennessee. The study included 109 students with complete data…
Descriptors: Grade 4, Mathematics Instruction, Elementary School Students, Scores
DeLaShell Harmon Thornton – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The purpose of this quantitative, ex post facto study was to determine the difference in students' LEAP ELA achievement scores in grades 3-5 based on the teacher's level of dyslexia knowledge. This study used the Phonological Deficit Theory (PDT) and the Criterion Referenced Assessment Theory (CRT) as its foundation. PDT describes the levels of…
Descriptors: Knowledge Level, Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, English Instruction
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García, Emma; Han, Eunice S. – SAGE Open, 2022
This paper examines the relationship between teacher pay and students' academic achievement, using nationally representative, district-level linked data between districts' performance on standardized tests and average teacher base salary. By employing state fixed effects and multilevel mixed effects models, we find that both mathematics and…
Descriptors: Teacher Salaries, Academic Achievement, School Districts, Standardized Tests
Stephanie Pacheco Garcia – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Standardized testing is generally regarded in schools today as the primary way to measure and determine student achievement. Student performance determines the degree to which schools, teachers, and students are identified as being successful. The problem being investigated by this study was that all students are spending too much classroom…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Academic Achievement, Elementary School Students, Standardized Tests
Tierney, Dennis – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Standardized testing results in fourth-grade math have shown that students in the United States continually score below students in many other nations, despite funding education at levels well above the global average. The problem addressed in this study was that fourth-grade math students in the United States were not performing as well on…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Grade 4, Elementary School Teachers, Mathematics Teachers
Mason, Rhonda Dean – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Purpose: The overarching purpose of this journal-ready dissertation was to determine the extent to which Grade 4 Black students differed in their reading performance on the Texas state-mandated assessment by their gender and by their economic status. Specifically addressed was the degree to which differences were presented in their ability to…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Elementary School Students, African American Students, Grade 4
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Bright, Dara; Fan, Yiyun; Fornaro, Chris; Koskey, Kristin L. K.; May, Toni A.; Bostic, Jonathan D.; Swineford, Dolores – Mid-Western Educational Researcher, 2022
In the United States, national and state standardized assessments have become a metric for measuring student learning and high-quality learning environments. As the COVID19 pandemic offered a multitude of learning modalities (e.g., hybrid, socially distanced face-to-face instruction, virtual environment), it becomes critical to examine how this…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Mathematics Tests, Standardized Tests, Scores
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