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Does Science Teacher Certification Matter? A Closer Look at First-Year Science Teacher Impacts on Student Outcomes in Texas
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Kristin E. Mansell – Review of Education, 2024
This study examines the certification pathway of science teachers in Texas, how science teacher certification patterns have changed over time, and the association of certification pathway to student outcomes in science. This quantitative study uses administrative data from the Texas Statewide Longitudinal Data System (UH-ERC). The UH-ERC database…
Descriptors: Science Teachers, Teacher Certification, Teacher Qualifications, Educational Objectives
Middle School Teachers' Perceptions of Standardized Testing and Preparation with Students' Different Abilities and Classroom Instructional Strategies: A Case Study
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Manoj Karikode Thomas – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Students with different abilities perform lower on state standardized tests, such as the STAAR test (Texas Education Agency, n.d.). The purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to study the underlying causes that contributed to the low performance of students with different abilities on STAAR standardized tests and strategies the…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Middle School Teachers, Standardized Tests, Test Score Decline
Rise and Fall of Texas STEM Education: Evidence from the Nation's Report Card
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Marder, Michael; Villanueva, Chandra Kring – Center for Public Policy Priorities, 2018
Math scores of Texas 8th graders rose to lead the nation in 2011, but they have been dropping ever since. This report examines plausible explanations for this rise and fall, ranging from the family income of students to funding cuts by the Texas Legislature. [This document was prepared by the Center for Public Policy Priorities for the Texas…
Descriptors: STEM Education, National Competency Tests, Mathematics Tests, Grade 8
District Results for the 2013 Mathematics and Reading Assessments. Executive Summary
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National Center for Education Statistics, 2013
NAEP Trial Urban District Assessment (TUDA) results in mathematics and reading are based on representative samples of 1,100 to 2,300 public school students at grade 4 and 900 to 2,100 public school students at grade 8 in each participating urban district in 2013. Twenty-one urban districts participated in the 2013 assessments. The assessments…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, School Districts, National Competency Tests, Mathematics Achievement
The Nation's Report Card: A First Look--2013 Mathematics and Reading Trial Urban District Assessment. NCES 2014-466
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National Center for Education Statistics, 2013
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), in partnership with the National Assessment Governing Board and the Council of the Great City Schools (CGCS), created the Trial Urban District Assessment (TUDA) in 2002 to support the improvement of student achievement in the nation's large urban districts. The TUDA focuses attention on urban…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, School Districts, National Competency Tests, Mathematics Achievement
State Test Score Trends through 2008-09, Part 1: Rising Scores on State Tests and NAEP. Texas
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Center on Education Policy, 2010
This paper profiles Texas' test score trends through 2008-09. Between 2005 and 2009, the percentages of students reaching the proficient level on the state test and the basic level on NAEP (National Assessment of Educational Progress) increased in reading at grades 4 and 8 and in math at grade 8. In grade 4 math, however, the percentage scoring…
Descriptors: State Standards, Academic Achievement, Scores, Grade 4