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Direct linkLockwood, J. R.; Castellano, Katherine E.; McCaffrey, Daniel F. – Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics, 2022
Many states and school districts in the United States use standardized test scores to compute annual measures of student achievement progress and then use school-level averages of these growth measures for various reporting and diagnostic purposes. These aggregate growth measures can vary consequentially from year to year for the same school,…
Descriptors: Accuracy, Prediction, Programming Languages, Standardized Tests
Macaruso, Paul; Wilkes, Shani; Franzén, Sarah; Schechter, Rachel L. – Computers in the Schools, 2019
This three-year longitudinal study tracked the reading performance of 68 kindergarten students from low SES backgrounds. These students received instruction with a blended learning program--Lexia® Core5® Reading--from the start of kindergarten through second grade. During each school year the students made significant gains on a standardized…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Low Income Students, Blended Learning, Grade 1
Download full textHarding, Jessica F.; Herrmann, Mariesa A.; Hanno, Elias S.; Ross, Christine – Regional Educational Laboratory Mid-Atlantic, 2019
The purpose of this study was to identify an indicator that the School District of Philadelphia (SDP) could use to measure the percentage of entering kindergarteners who are on-track to read on grade level by the end of grade 3. To develop the indicator, this study examined relationships between student scores on SDP's different assessments that…
Descriptors: Emergent Literacy, Reading Skills, Language Arts, Early Reading
Northwest Evaluation Association, 2016
This guide was created as a resource to help families better understand "Measures of Academic Progress"® (MAP®), and their child's results. The guide provides answers to a variety of questions such as: "What is MAP?"; "What does MAP measure?"; "How do schools and teachers use MAP scores?"; "Can MAP tell…
Descriptors: Scores, Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Reading Achievement
Houston Independent School District, 2017
In compliance with the Texas Education Code § 29.153, the Houston Independent School District (HISD) has provided free prekindergarten (Pre-K) classes for eligible Houston-area four-year old students since the 1985-1986 school year. Children are enrolled into either one of four HISD prekindergarten program models: (1) an early childhood center…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Access to Education, Young Children, Child Care Centers
Brown, Jessica A. – Houston Independent School District, 2017
The Houston Independent School District (HISD) currently offers free, full-day prekindergarten programs to all eligible students within the district's attendance boundaries. This evaluation compares the academic achievement of third-grade students who were previously enrolled in HISD prekindergarten programs during the 2012-2013 school year to…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Access to Education, Young Children, Child Care Centers
Houston Independent School District, 2017
In compliance with the Texas Education Code § 29.153, the Houston Independent School District (HISD) has provided free prekindergarten (Pre-K) classes for eligible Houston-area four-year old students since the 1985-1986 school year. Children are enrolled into either one of four HISD prekindergarten program models: (1) an early childhood center…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Access to Education, Young Children, Child Care Centers
Umansky, Ilana M. – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2016
Across the United States, students who are deemed not to be proficient in English are classified as English learners (ELs). This classification entitles students to specialized services but may also result in stigmatization and barriers to educational opportunity. This article uses a regression discontinuity design to estimate the effect of EL…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Classification, Social Bias, Labeling (of Persons)
McKinney, Reisha Monique – ProQuest LLC, 2013
As early childhood education continues to move to the forefront of public policy debate, more attention is being paid to early literacy. Strickland and Riley-Ayers (2006) indicated that early literacy and early learning opportunities play a vital role in academic achievement. This study invested whether there were statistically significant…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Emergent Literacy, Correlation, Preschool Education
Haas, Eric; Huang, Min; Tran, Loan – Regional Educational Laboratory West, 2014
Across the United States, and in the states served by the Regional Educational Laboratory West (REL West) in particular, there is widespread concern about how to successfully educate the growing number of English language learner (ELL) students, especially those identified as long-term ELL students and those identified as reclassified fluent…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Student Characteristics, Language Proficiency, Language Tests
Vasinda, Sheri, Ed.; Szabo, Susan, Ed.; Johnson, Robin D., Ed. – Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers, 2015
The theme for the 58th annual conference of the Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers (ALER) was Bridging Cultures Through Literacy. In the first section of the Yearbook, Parker Fawson's presidential address captures the unique nature of ALER and its role in his professional development, and then moved beyond to capture the changing…
Descriptors: Literacy, Literacy Education, Reading Comprehension, Common Core State Standards
Schroeder, Janice – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2007
The purpose of this study was to compare scores on state standardised tests for five-year-old children in full- and half-day kindergarten programmes in the United States. Four thousand four hundred and eleven students participated in this three-year cohort study; each completed standards-based instruction in an urban public school setting.…
Descriptors: Poverty, Language Arts, Academic Achievement, Kindergarten
