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Leon J. Gilman; Bo Zhang; Jamie L. Lynch – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2024
School learning environments play important roles in students' lives. But when do these relationships form? Previous research on middle school students has identified a strong association between student socio-demographics, school characteristics, and achievement. Yet, few studies have investigated the origins of these associations. This study…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Environment, Urban Schools, School Districts
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Russell, Michael; Kaplan, Larry – Practical Assessment, Research & Evaluation, 2021
Differential Item Functioning (DIF) is commonly employed to examine measurement bias of test scores. Current approaches to DIF compare item functioning separately for select demographic identities such as gender, racial stratification, and economic status. Examining potential item bias fails to recognize and capture the intersecting configurations…
Descriptors: Test Bias, Test Items, Demography, Identification
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National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2022
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) is an integral measure of academic progress across the nation and over time. It is the largest nationally representative and continuing assessment of what the nation's students know and can do in various subjects such as civics, mathematics, reading, and U.S. history. The program also provides…
Descriptors: School Districts, Educational Assessment, Mathematics, Reading
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Jensen, Sarah – International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), 2023
In post-structurally informed research, the answer to the widely documented 'achievement gap' among ethnic minorities has been a critique of educational institutions' monocultural discourse and its exclusionary effects, thus highlighting a contingent, "discursive" conception of diversity. However, in this empirical article, 10- to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Children, Adolescents, Ethnic Groups
Emily Lyons; Almaz Mesghina; Lindsey E. Richland – Grantee Submission, 2022
Gender gaps in mathematics achievement persist in many contexts and when visible, these gaps are paradoxical. Low-stakes measures of mathematics achievement such as grades and study behaviors favor girls, while gaps tend to reverse on assessments/ competitions. We explore whether different impacts of raising performance stakes could be one…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Achievement Gap, Mathematics Achievement, Grades (Scholastic)
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Emily Lyons; Almaz Mesghina; Lindsey E. Richland – Mind, Brain, and Education, 2022
Gender gaps in mathematics achievement persist in many contexts and when visible, these gaps are paradoxical. Low-stakes measures of mathematics achievement such as grades and study behaviors favor girls, while gaps tend to reverse on assessments/competitions. We explore whether different impacts of raising performance stakes could be one…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Achievement Gap, Mathematics Achievement, Grades (Scholastic)
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National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2021
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 civics, mathematics, reading, and U.S. history. The results of NAEP are released as The Nation's Report Card. District staff play an essential role in…
Descriptors: School Districts, Educational Assessment, Mathematics, Reading
Ashley Anne Grant; Michael A. Cook; Steven M. Ross – Center for Research and Reform in Education, 2023
The purpose of this evaluation was to examine the impact of i-Ready Personalized Instruction on reading achievement, as measured by SBA scores. We compared students in schools using i-Ready Personalized Instruction school-wide (Treatment students) to students who only received i-Ready Diagnostic assessments and who were in schools only partially…
Descriptors: Individualized Instruction, Reading Achievement, Influences, Evaluation
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Ashley A. Grant; Michael A. Cook; Steven M. Ross – Center for Research and Reform in Education, 2023
The purpose of this evaluation was to examine the impact of i-Ready Personalized Instruction on math achievement, as measured by SBA scores. We compared "striving learner" students who were assigned to use i-Ready Personalized Instruction (Treatment students) and "striving learner" students assigned to only receive i-Ready…
Descriptors: Mathematics Achievement, Elementary School Mathematics, Individualized Instruction, Influences
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Ashley A. Grant; Michael A. Cook; Steven M. Ross – Center for Research and Reform in Education, 2023
The purpose of this evaluation was to examine the impact of i-Ready Personalized Instruction on math achievement, as measured by SBA scores. We compared students in schools using i-Ready Personalized Instruction school-wide (Treatment students) and students who only received i-Ready Diagnostic assessments and who were in schools only partially…
Descriptors: Elementary School Mathematics, Mathematics Achievement, Mathematics Tests, Individualized Instruction
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Abigail Van Klompenberg – Visions of Research in Music Education, 2023
The purpose of this collective case study was to examine elementary music teachers' mental health and well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic. The research questions were: 1) What factors influenced music teachers' mental health and well-being during COVID-19; 2) How did music teachers support their own mental health and well-being during…
Descriptors: Music Teachers, Mental Health, Trauma, COVID-19
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Peter Hull; Joshua Angrist; Parag Pathak; Christopher R. Walters; Talia Gerstle; Russell Legate-Yang – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2022
Background/Context: Many states, school districts, and third-party platforms report measures of school performance. Such school ratings are widely consulted by parents and educators alike. The ratings appear to affect families' choices of where to live and where to enroll students (Bergman and Hill, 2018; Hasan and Kumar, 2019), as well as…
Descriptors: Race, Student Diversity, Minority Group Students, Disproportionate Representation
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National 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: School Districts, Educational Assessment, Mathematics, Reading
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National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2019
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. The results of NAEP are released as The Nation's Report Card. District staff play an essential role in NAEP.…
Descriptors: School Districts, Educational Assessment, Mathematics, Reading
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Malone, Marisa; Cornell, Dewey G.; Shukla, Kathan – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2020
Educators and researchers have long debated the best grade configuration grouping for middle grade students. This study examined school-level differences in reading and mathematics standardized test pass rates for students placed in middle schools versus alternative grade configurations. Latent growth modeling was conducted separately for 6th,…
Descriptors: Standardized Tests, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8
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