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Strait, Gerald G.; Smith, Bradley H.; McQuillin, Samuel D. – Assessment for Effective Intervention, 2018
Approximately, 283 sixth-grade students completed four randomly generated Math Curriculum-Based Measures (M-CBMs) from interventioncentral.org twice during a fall semester. These M-CBMs measured foundational skills in addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. We found that using mean fluency or accuracy scores from four M-CBMs produced…
Descriptors: Curriculum Based Assessment, Mathematics Tests, Middle School Students, Test Reliability
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Xiang, Yun; Tarasawa, Beth – Journal of School Choice, 2015
The rapid expansion of charter schools reflects a growing interest in education reform and school turnaround efforts across the United States. However, national research on charter school performance remains inconclusive. Of particular debate is the impact of transferring from a traditional public school to a charter school on student achievement…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Academic Achievement, School Effectiveness, Hierarchical Linear Modeling
Lambert, Edna Earl White – ProQuest LLC, 2014
In the wake of No Child Left Behind, schools continue to be evaluated according to standardized test results. Researchers suggest that technology can assist students with development and school achievement. While laptop initiative (LI) technology was being implemented by South Carolina districts in the middle schools classrooms, educational…
Descriptors: Laptop Computers, Mathematics Achievement, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Instruction
Smalls, Ruth R. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
An academic achievement gap exists between European American and African American students in the United States elementary educational system. At present, the achievement gap is currently being measured by local, state, and national standardized assessments and reveals that there is a great disparity among African American and European American…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Achievement Gap, African American Students, Males
Lynch, Tai E. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Educational leaders are charged with making informed decisions regarding various aspects of schooling that affect the overall achievement of students. Numerous legislative ideas, funding initiatives, programming standards, and practicing guidelines for early childhood education programs have been introduced (Buyssee & Wesley, 2006). Early care…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Program Effectiveness, Reading Achievement, Kindergarten