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Roberts, Pauline; Barblett, Lennie; Robinson, Ken – Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 2019
National Assessment Program for Numeracy and Literacy (NAPLAN) is the national assessment programme for literacy and numeracy in Australia administered to children in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 each year. The testing process was introduced in 2008 and is described by the developers as low stakes, however, research has highlighted that this is not the…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, National Competency Tests, Literacy
Miller, Julia; Evans, Ryan – Wilder Research, 2022
This report presents findings from the annual evaluation of the MacPhail Intensive Strings Program, specifically at Ascension Catholic School in Minneapolis. It includes satisfaction and outcome data for the 2021-22 school year. [For the 2020-21 report, see ED619377.]
Descriptors: Musical Instruments, After School Programs, Program Effectiveness, Music Education
Texas Education Agency, 2022
This annual report provides information for the 2020-21 school year on grade-level retention and student performance in the Texas public school system. Student retention and promotion data are reported with data on the performance of students in Grades 3-8 on the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) reading and mathematics…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Public Schools, Grade Repetition, Academic Achievement
Jonathan D. Schweig; Andrew McEachin; Megan Kuhfeld; Lou Mariano; Melissa Diliberti – Grantee Submission, 2022
As students return to in-person instruction in the 2021-2022 school year, local education agencies (LEAs) must develop resource allocation strategies to support schools in need. Federal programs have provided resources to support restart and recovery. However, there is little consensus on how LEAs can target resources to support those schools most…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Resource Allocation, Educational Needs
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Jonathan D. Schweig; Andrew McEachin; Megan Kuhfeld; Lou Mariano; Melissa Diliberti – Educational Assessment, 2022
As students return to in-person instruction in the 2021-2022 school year, local education agencies (LEAs) must develop resource allocation strategies to support schools in need. Federal programs have provided resources to support restart and recovery. However, there is little consensus on how LEAs can target resources to support those schools most…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Resource Allocation, Educational Needs
Allyson L. Snyder; Xin Tong; Angeline S. Lillard – Grantee Submission, 2021
Although Montessori is the most common unconventional education model, no multi-state study has compared standardized test proficiency of Montessori schools with districts. Here we report on this for the 10 states/regions with the most public Montessori schools (n = 195). In 3rd grade, Montessori schools were less proficient in math but more…
Descriptors: Standardized Tests, Montessori Schools, Public Schools, Grade 3
Patrick Rooney; David Cantrell – Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, US Department of Education, 2021
The 2020-2021 school year presented unprecedented challenges for States and local educational agencies (LEAs) throughout the country because of the national pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). For successful recovery efforts, it is essential to examine the expectations for children with disabilities, English learners…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Alternative Assessment, Grade 3, Grade 4
Isaacs, Jazmin; Kuhfeld, Megan; Lewis, Karyn – NWEA, 2023
This is the technical index for the research brief "Education's Long COVID: 2022-23 Achievement Data Reveal Stalled Progress toward Pandemic Recovery." Using data from 6.7 million U.S. public school students currently in grades 3-8, the study examined academic gains in the 2022-23 school year relative to pre-pandemic years. It also…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Academic Achievement, Public Schools
NWEA, 2023
This brief provides a policy perspective into the recent NWEA research on how COVID-19 has affected student learning. It builds on previous research showing achievement levels stalling over the 2022-23 school year from the previous year. This analysis on student learning from grades 3-8 shows that academic recovery has stalled for older learners…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Middle School Students, Educational Trends
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Lara Bryfonski – Language Teaching Research, 2024
This study investigated the relationship between task-based teacher training and novice English language teachers' cognitions and implementations of tasks in Honduran bilingual schools. After participating in a four-week training program on task-based language teaching, teachers with little or no prior teaching experience designed task-based…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Educational Principles, Teaching Methods, Teaching Experience
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Deng, Qinli; Tong, Shelley Xiuli – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2021
This study examined the reading comprehension profiles, and the related linguistic and cognitive skills, of 146 Chinese students in Grades 3-9 who are deaf or hard of hearing (d/Dhh). Employing a rigorous regression approach, the current study identified 19 unexpected poor comprehenders, 24 expected average comprehenders, and 16 unexpected good…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Comprehension, Cognitive Ability, Language Skills
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Solem, Michael; Vaughan, Phillip; Savage, Corey; De Nadai, Alessandro S. – Journal of Geography, 2021
This paper examines national gaps and trends in geography achievement in eighth grade from 1994 to 2018. Statistical models comprising student- and school-level variables were developed to predict achievement using data provided by the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). Although there were statistically significant relationships…
Descriptors: Geography Instruction, Teaching Methods, Educational Trends, Trend Analysis
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Cagasan, Louie; Care, Esther; Robertson, Pamela; Luo, Rebekah – Educational Assessment, 2020
This paper explores ways of capturing teachers' formative assessment behaviors in Philippine classrooms through an observation tool. Early versions of the tool were structured using the 'Elicit-Student response-Recognize-Use' ESRU model. To account for the practices observed in the classroom, the observation tool was resituated to focus on Elicit…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Teacher Student Relationship, Classroom Observation Techniques, Cultural Context
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Kotaman, Hüseyin; Aslan, Mustafa – Educational Psychology, 2020
The purpose of this study is to examine the motivation type preferences of students in kindergartens and second, fourth, sixth, and eighth grades and the underlying reasons thereof after successfully completing a mathematics task. The students in the study solved an easy mathematics question. After they solved the problem, they were presented with…
Descriptors: Preferences, Student Attitudes, Motivation Techniques, Student Motivation
Jina Hughes – ProQuest LLC, 2020
Underrepresentation of African-American males as grade level rises is a major concern in education (Duggins & Acosta, 2017; Howard, 2010; Husband, 2012; Tatum, 2006; Washington, Patton-Terry, & Siedenberg, 2013). Prior studies have placed the blame on African-American males in grades k-12 for their lack of academic progress. In an effort…
Descriptors: African American Students, Males, Racism, Gender Bias
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